Overview
- Fox 10 reported Tuesday that the FBI is using enhanced DNA tools on hair and other trace evidence, and that DNA from a glove found about two miles away has not matched profiles in the CODIS database.
- Retired detective Bob Gilliam said the 911 recordings are being withheld to guard sensitive facts that could tip a perpetrator or contaminate witness accounts.
- Experts remain split on what the evidence shows, with profiler Jim Clemente reading the blood patterns as a lone‑offender abduction and retired detectives Bob Gilliam and John Lamb arguing more than one person was likely involved.
- Public pressure is reshaping the search, as the sheriff increases patrols near the home after social media trespassing and figures like Ed Smart and former FBI agents warn that conspiracy theories and speculation drain resources and target innocents.
- A separate federal case over a fake ransom demand is moving forward, with Los Angeles man Derrick Callella charged and a June 23 trial date set, while media reports say a California genealogy lab may be assisting on DNA but officials have not confirmed that role.