To the Editor:
What's with all the bantering? What's the matter with everyone out there. Don't you think the investigators in the Zantop case have brains? It seems to me that the police have approached this with every bit of restraint and caution, slowly gathering information and releasing to us, the public, as little as possible (as it should be). They, too, want very much to get the "right man" and will and should take their time to be meticulous in every which way in an effort to be correct when naming the culprit(s). They certainly don't want this case to fall apart in Court. We should all stop our presumtions. If we are to presume, then... let us all presume that they have much more information at their fingretips than we, the public, do (as it should be). If they believe these young men are involved or in fact commited the crime then, in all probablity, by now, they have the information necessary to back this up. In a case that is so public, painful and difficult, they certainly don't want to mess it up at this juncture.
And... of course, no one wants these boys to kill themselves... they might have more information about the whole thing and there is too much at stake. Furthermore, the significance of their running away after their first interview with the police certainly needs further exploration, guilty or not. Whether they did it or not, whether they were in collusion or not, whether one coerced the other or one was afraid of the other... these things will all eventually unfold, with time. This is painful for all parties involved. We, the public, must show restraint and in that restraint, respect for The Zantops and their daughters. The police have done nothing that deserves severe criticism, as of yet. In fact, to date, the N.H., Vt. and Ind. police have handled themselves with the utmost in dignity and care for all sides. So far they have put many a police dept. to shame with this case (Just look at the Ramsey case of Colorado or the Louima case in N.Y.). As the public observes and scrutinizes them, they, the N.H., Vt. and Ind. police have also shown us that, tucked away in rural America, are some very professional officers who are a credit to their departments and their professions.
