Which cases take the cake for shoddy police work

[mikewho]

Which cases come to mind as showing shoddy police work and an overall fumbling of the case?

I can't believe the bed was burned in the tamiyasu case. Even if it wouldn't make a difference it was still strange.

[WishfulDreamer]

Tommy Burkett
Doug Johnston

[TheMongolian]

Jaclyn Dowaliby - Whether the parents did it or not, the lack of real evidence and poor police work in this case is pretty astounding. Using witnesses who claimed they recognized the father's nose from 75 yards away while it was dark out.

[LaurierCrimmajor]

Shoddy might not be as apropos as straight-up corrupt here, but the Kevin Ives and Don Henry case has always been very hinky to me.

Also, I feel that alot of "questionable suicides" could've been affirmed or disproved one way or the other if police had approached cases with a little more focus and articulation to some of the suspect areas, which when neglected has bred a thick aura of conspiracy in oh so many cases....

Burning Eric Tamiyasu's bed ranks among the top uber bungles.

Then there's the whole whack of missing wife cases where the doofus suspect husband can't seem to alibi out, keeps changing their stories and were the last to see their "mysteriously" vanished, yet PD's don't push deeper. Domestic homicides are so damn common, that when you stumble upon these ones that seem so cut and dry, crap PDs are invovled.

[TheCars1986]

Wendy Camp

[zachhh]

The Debbie Wolfe investigation seemed like a complete joke. The police captain telling Debbie's mother that they weren't going to search the lake with professional divers because some family friends had already paddled around out there looking. The captain also completely brushed off the claim that the diver found her body in a rusty oil drum (which was on her property and was now missing). Instead, he says it was a field jacket that had ballooned up

[WishfulDreamer]

Originally Posted by zachhh

The Debbie Wolfe investigation seemed like a complete joke. The police captain telling Debbie's mother that they weren't going to search the lake with professional divers because some family friends had already paddled around out there looking. The captain also completely brushed off the claim that the diver found her body in a rusty oil drum (which was on her property and was now missing). Instead, he says it was a field jacket that had ballooned up

Agreed. Someone's gotten away with murder for almost three decades because the police utterly dropped the ball.

[Clockworkhigh]

Ruby and.............ah, I forget. But they got in a car accident and then walked and fell through the ice. Police claim something more sinister happened to them because they had dragged that river and found nothing. Well, you made a mistake. Admit it, you are human. But instead the cops claimed the bodies weren't there in the first place which makes people think other things happened.

And honestly, how can Chad Noe not be convicted by now for Wendy Camp?

I'm a huge police supporter, but they've dropped the ball on a few cases.

[XCalibur]

Originally Posted by Clockworkhigh[B

]Ruby and.............ah, I forget. But they got in a car accident and then walked and fell through the ice. Police claim something more sinister happened to them because they had dragged that river and found nothing. Well, you made a mistake.[/B] Admit it, you are human. But instead the cops claimed the bodies weren't there in the first place which makes people think other things happened.

And honestly, how can Chad Noe not be convicted by now for Wendy Camp?

I'm a huge police supporter, but they've dropped the ball on a few cases.

Ruby and Arnold.......... Ruby's last name was pronounced Brew-year, but I don't remember how it was spelled. Can't remember Arnold's last name.

I've always been on the fence with that one. The evidence was rather complicated, I'd have to rewatch it.

[zachhh]

Originally Posted by XCalibur

Ruby and Arnold.......... Ruby's last name was pronounced Brew-year, but I don't remember how it was spelled. Can't remember Arnold's last name.

I've always been on the fence with that one. The evidence was rather complicated, I'd have to rewatch it.

Arnold Archambeau and Ruby Bruguier

[Corky Kneivel]

Stanley Grdzirisiccishizzc - I think there was some corruption happening there.

[Necco]

Corky, I hate to be the spelling police, but I think the last two letters are in the wrong order.

[MissFit29]

Russell Evans
Chad Maurer
Crystal Spencer

Michael Scott Martin was a case of overzealous police work

The whole Charles Morgan/Doug Johnston/Don Devereux mess wasn't really a case of shoddy police work. I think the police decided their own safety was more important than finding out the truth.

[Hambone2421]

The two that immediately come to mind are Wendy Camp and Eric Tamiyasu. Both law enforcement agencies in each case do not appear to give a damn about the case.

[UMFaninMD]

Keith Warren