[KiltedBanshees93GT]

As another Tampavite (is that a word?) I've been hearing about this everymorning after work. I gotta say, there are a couple of things about how theyre handling this case that bug me.
I was watching one of the re-broadcasts of one of the early press conferences this week, and I gotta say, the Sarasota SO (or at least the Chief) seemes way too emotionally invested in the case. He seemed on the edge of tears during the conference. An emotionally involved police dept does not make for a good investigation. This can have two really negative side effects for this case.
1:Railrading/tunnel vision. The guy they have in custody has quite a record, including kidnapping(aquitted) and several drug arrests. Not a saint, but I wont convict him on the sole basis of a grainy videotape. (even if he does look like a ***hole)
2: If this is the guy, (quite possible) some of the things that the Sheriff has said to the media will provide excellent leverage for any decent, even medeocre defense lawyer.
At this point I dont see how you can venture an opinion without knowing what other info the SCSO has access to. They have been very careful as to avoid contamination of the scenes that I know of, and so far have not released any of the forensics, including TOD, which is very indicative, considering they had the guy in custody since what? Wednesday?
Also, I'm curious as to how they made the connection between him and the girl, since he was supposidly arrested on "unrelated"(read VOP) charges. (I may have missed this on the news)
All in all, its a sad situation, but I want to know the real evidence before I make up my mind.

Flame on!
J