Dave Mack

The number of tips has swollen.

There's a surge of tips after Savannah Guthrie's last plea for the public's help.

Did somebody call in and say, hey, I saw a guy throw what looked to be a cell phone out of a car on that night?

But what could they be looking for, Brian?

And what does this mean that they're literally beating the Bushes?

And Brian Fitzgibbons, you and I covered and investigated ourselves the Delphi double murders of Abby and Libby.

And if you will recall, it came out in court and it was really heartbreaking that a tip had been taken down at the beginning of the investigation.

And that tip had been translated incorrectly.

And I believe that they reversed Richard Allen or they reversed the name of the street.

So all of this time when people were searching and so much was happening trying to solve the case, it was right under their noses.

But the tip got screwed up and overlooked.

There's so many citizen tips.

I always use the Gabby Petito case as a great example of citizen sleuth.

Everyone was looking for Gabby Petito in her white Ford Transit.

We now know that she and Brian Laundrie had been in what is called dispersed camping.

Way, way out in the wilderness.

No port-a-potty hookups, no lights, no cell phone range.

And there was a citizen who had been following the story, and they had the handle red, blue, and methane, as I recall.

And they spotted Gabby Potato's white Ford Transit.

And out of the blue, in the middle of nowhere, they go, hey, that could be Gabby's Ford Transit.