Quote Originally Posted by Jarhead5811 View Post
Real investigations are solved largely though interviews and interrogations using much more mundane evidence. Criminals, by in large, are incredible dumba---es and tend to let their mouth do them in.
Which is why my step-father's advice (a trial attorney) to me was always have your attorney present when talking with police. Even if it's just for "background" or to file your own complaint - even for a traffic stop! Be courteous but don't answer anything... Then again, he was a bit of a cynic.