Today the Poughkeepsie Journal is reporting that the Dutchess County District Attorney's Office released a statement declaring that Hyde Park Police officers are not suspects in the case. Sadly, the article says little else and it appears that the publication is not doing a very good job of gathering or reporting information. There isn't even a quote in the article, much less a link to the actual statement. Which of course then leads us to more questions that should be answered.
If you bother to visit the PoJo article, you will see that they no longer allow public comments on any articles related to the case, supposedly because of "repeated" violations of their terms of service. Perhaps they should hire a better moderator for the online edition comments area, rather then making the unprecedented choice to silence the public voice on the matter. Blanket censorship is hardly the hallmark of journalistic integrity.
Which then leads us now to wonder of course, why has the DCDAO chosen to have the Poughkeepsie Journal speak for them exclusively? Why was the statement not issued to the public, officially, through their own website, rather than exclusively through a for-profit publication? Didn't they learn anything from the mistake of the Hyde Park Police in their mismanagement of public information sharing? Why are we not seeing any actual official statements, only vague reports by publications who's integrity may also be compromised? If there is indeed a coverup, these vague reports can later be revised, or simp0ly written off as misunderstandings, rather than complicity, should the truth ever come out.
The possibility of a coverup is not at all far-fetched, nor is the notion of a conspiracy between agencies and perhaps even the press. The DCDAO has refused to prosecute police officers accused of violent crimes in the past, and is no stranger to corruption. Former DCDAO prosecutor G. Gordon Liddy went on to become the ringleader of the notorious Watergate break in, for example. Not that we even really need to have examples or a track-record of scandal to entertain the possibility that any police agency or prosecutor's office is not immune from misconduct.
Therefore, we must also ask why the DCDAO has chosen to make such a statement in first place? Were the DNA samples given by the two police officers processed that quickly? Much simpler toxicology reports take 6-8 weeks, as was true while the public awaited the results of the Dutchess County Medical Examiner's Office autopsy of the slain teen. Results that the public never got, after the ME was ordered by the DA to remains silent about the case. Officially, the death has not even been ruled a homicide, though police are investigating as one apparently.
It is also curious that the investigation would rule out anyone since no arrests have been made in the case. Do they even have any suspects at all? Why did the DCDAO make a statement ruling out police officers, but not anyone else, such as Katie's boyfriend Mike who was suspected initially by many people in the community. He has since told the Poughkeepsie Journal that he was ruled out as a suspect after submitting a DNA sample himself, but no such statement was ever issued by the DA or the police on his behalf. Why the favoritism being shown to police by the prosecutor's office?
From almost the beginning, the only information that the public is given on this case, is information defending the police and what appears to be a failed investigation. With each small development in the story, it appears more likely that there is indeed a conspiracy and a coverup, rather then justice for Katie.
EDIT: Looks like PoJo decided to finally put out a more in depth article this morning.
EDIT 2: Here is a link to the actual statement released by the DCDAO....
http://www.mediafire.com/?rma17e4flb7emaf
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 213 of 213Is there any local real-estate deal or project that has been stalled, abandoned, de-valued, or transferred to new administrators or a new company as a consequence of her death and where she was found?
Dreams aside.
Legit 'smarmy' ongoing matters?
What RE deals are actually 'up for review' at this time ?
Anyone involved directly with the Town Board have any direct relationships with pending HP development projects?
@ Jak - "Dreams are not easily interpreted of course, being an abstract of the sub-conscious."
Associations and free association belong to Freud; subconscious is Jung, seems you have a mix of the two dream theory rivals.
Maybe both were right. Maybe depending on the level of the dream. An "Inception" quantifier. Lol.
Strictly looking at motives though, is is possible that some sort of real estate deal might have been affected by or is still being affected by the mystery of a dead young lady in a town park? Could "business" be why the results of the investigation are on hold?
Someone else pointed out that it might be political, but maybe it's more "business" in some way than political, or both perhaps. Wouldn't be the first time a politician put themselves up as the sacrificial lamb in a larger plot.
Politics;Business;Law Enforcement.
Money & Cover-up.
All the tools are there for you.
The reason this is taking so long and the public aren't being allowed any details is because **** is trying to cover it up and frame someone else. It takes time to plant all the evidence they have on some poor soul, while his 2 boys in blue get a free pass out of jail.
Please don't make accusations as statements of fact against individuals by name. It's fine to share opinions and information, but keep in mind that there is no true anonymity on the internet. You can be sued for what you say here as easily as if you said it at a town meeting.
Follow the money; follow the Real Estate projects that are on the Planning Board list.
Follow the HP Board votes.
Connect the dots.
May be tied to this issue; may be another 'can- of-HP-worms'!
I think the most likely answer to this murder is that the police just don't know who did it, and that's why they haven't been able to say anything. The idea that somehow the police are corrupt doesn't make any sense. Just look at the house that was pointed out on this site where the officer lives, those houses are low income dumps, if there was corruption, then the HP po po would be living in much more upscale neighborhoods than that area. I haven't read, seen, or heard of any corruption about them, it's ridiculous to say something like that.
As to this other scheme about real estate or politics, that also is ridiculous, borderline psychotic.
I do think POJO has shown a lack of professional journalism, they haven't shown any investigate interest in this, that's why I buy the Hudson Valley News for real information, as well reading the great job that you have done, Station Six.
Station Six thanks for keeping this case alive.
@Anon 6:25, thanks for reading. Glad to at least provide a place where folks can come together and vent, think out loud, and in general simply discuss the case. Something that is no longer allowed at PoJo unfortunately.
As to the "meat" of your post though, I have to disagree. If it was simply a matter of them being totally clueless as to whodunnit, then they should be appealing to the public for help, not leaving the public in the dark with potentially important clues going unreported. Furthermore, if that is the case, then the Chief had absolutely NO business making assurances that our community is safe. End all be all, if they are clueless, they need to admit that. Failing to do so for political reasons could be seen as political corruption in and of itself, not mention a dereliction of duty.
As to corruption in general, that's not really something you can judge by the house someone lives in. Being corrupt doesn't make one an instant millionaire, and even if it did, a cop would probably be smart enough to spend the money on a boat, a vacation home out of town, things not so immediately apparent.
As far as this death being the result of some real-estate or political scheme, I think it's plausible. This region is certainly no stranger to such corruption which has even led to people being killed in the past. But that theory really is just a theory at this point. A figment of Jackinthebox's at-sleep imagination really.
What is more likely and more plauseable unfortunately, is that she may have been killed by a police officer to cover up another crime and/or indiscretion. We have more reason to suspect a particular officer at this point, than we ever had to suspect her boyyfriend, and we saw how quick the PoJo readers were to hang him for the crime.
And lastly, we also still have the possibility that this was indeed an "accident" after all, and the crime that is being covered up is not murder, but tampering with evidence of a lesser crime, such as providing drug/alcohol to a minor and then staging her body in such a way as to make it look like a murder.
At the end of the day though, we really don't know what happened at all, have woefully little information to go on, and just about any theory is still on the table.
PoJo refugee here, I'm glad you guys are still discussing and keeping the wheels turning. Definitely hope this case gets solved soon.
...this case....and it brings light to the tangled, gnarley 'webs of questions' (or slime) that our HP officials are involved in....maybe.
I agree about how you are framing corruption and the police, but I still don't see any connection to political or real estate gains.That seems pretty far fetched to me.
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