Tunnel vision can develop within any entity or person working within the criminal justice

system, and it can develop in several ways. In the Garcia case it was due to the frustration

of five years passing without arresting a suspect and hitting dead end after dead end.

The only way to truly give you an idea of how this actually occurs is by diving in

to the minutiae, and it's this minutiae that defense counsel will look at very hard to

try to develop its own theory of the case knowing full well that law enforcement quit looking

at anybody other than the suspect whom they ultimately arrested. The fact that nearly

no stone was left unturned in the Hunter Sherman investigation coupled with the fact

that it appears at least in law enforcement's estimation that the killer has struck

again creates the type of pressure that only law enforcement can feel when the public's

expectation is that they will figure out who the hell has committed these horrible crimes.

So as they narrow the scope of the investigation to the pathology department of Creighton, it

becomes obvious that tunnel vision has begun to develop when they narrow in on the suspect

who collectively they feel checks enough boxes for a working narrative to be developed,

which then can be sold to a jury, well then tunnel vision becomes firmly entrenched.

The Brombeck murder investigation does not go on for five years, it doesn't last for five

months, they have what they believe to be their guy within five weeks and y'all can guess who that is.

Welcome to Defense Diaries on your host Bob Mata, and this is episode 31.

We left off last episode with the EMTs being grilled about who was in

and out of the Brombeck home and what they may have touched or stepped on because the integrity

of the crime scene is of paramount concern. The Brombeck's children all flew into Omaha separately

and were interviewed by detectives in order to determine what they can learn from the kids

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