house and done a cursory search of the van before Josh ever stepped foot in the police station. You can't judge the investigation with the hindsight we now have. Sure, mistakes were made, but this idea that it was complete ineptitude is silly. The justice system IRL isn't like TV. Getting a murder conviction without even proving she was dead would have been nearly impossible.
Yes, warrants are hard thanks to a little thing called the Bill of Rights. Sometimes guilty people go free as a price of freedom for the rest of us.
DISCLAIMER: this is a general response to many CB posts, not specifically to USMC's.