[spectre]

You hit on something. I think someone who broke in, was looking for clues...and something was OUT of sorts, or not in place.

So the person took something to make it look like a family token robbery.

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[Freedom2specul8]

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[Devil_Anse]

Well, if someone--a civilian--went in there, found something telling, and told police, that'll come back to haunt the police in any trial of Scott.

I imagine Scott's attorney would try very hard to argue that the civilian was actually acting at the behest of the authorities. In which case, the burglary/search would be illegal, in which case, all evidence springing from it would be inadmissible against Scott.

But... the police are aware of all this. I don't think they would make their evidence dependent in any way on whatever (if anything) the January "burglar" might have told them.