Scott Lilly murder update - mad!
Update on the Scott Lilly investigation - the AT thru hiker who was killed last year.
Why didn't they make some of this known earlier - like his missing gear? That's how they found the killer of the couple in PA many years ago - the guy had the gear.
Or offer a reward earlier?
I feel so bad for the family.
The reason police ALWAYS withhold information
> Why didn't they make some of this known earlier - like his missing gear?
Investigators ALWAYS withhold key pieces of information during crimes covered by the media, in order to quickly eliminate the inevitable phony "confessions" by pathetic nobodies who want to feel "important."
Police don't talk about this fact, and movies won't show it (except the wonderful _Naked City_); but one of the things they have to deal with is people who "confess" to crimes that they didn't commit. It's because of this fact that cops always leave out important details so that they can quickly identify these people. For example, if the wrists on a corpse show that the victim was tied with rope, the cops might ask a "confessor" something like, "Why did you feel the need to use metal handcuffs on the victim?" This is standard procedure, allowing cops to be done with these people in ten minutes instead of wasting ten hours tracking down their stories.
For an example of these pathetic people, do a search for
John Mark Karr
Obviously, it's a judgement call on which info to release (to help the public know what to look for) and what to withhold. But I'll trust the judgement of people who both want to solve the case AND do it without being bothered by phony confessions.