Valerie Bauerlein

According to police records, Pierre said at the hospital that he was just an unlucky bystander.

Wrong place, wrong time.

After he was treated for his gunshot wound, Pierre was taken to the police station for questioning.

Detective Mittling tried to get a statement from Pierre about what happened, but after being read as Miranda Rights, Pierre refused to talk without a lawyer.

There was an outstanding arrest warrant for Pierre on an unrelated charge, and that night he was put in jail.

About a week later, Pierre was released.

The investigation into who killed Colleen Frederick continued.

What kind of investigation did the police do?

Police knocked on doors in the neighborhood looking for witnesses.

There were people who said they heard the shots, but no one saw anything.

Near the crime scene, police recovered a gun, but it didn't match the shell casings found in the area.

Here it appears that the investigation stalled,

Then, about three weeks later, Detective Mitling got a lead.

It came from a person the sheriff's office picked up on a burglary charge.

But it's hearsay.

That description matched Anthony Jean-Pierre.

But the person giving this information also warned police that nobody in the neighborhood was going to tell them anything.

That was true.

No one talked to the police about Frederick or Pierre.

So they didn't interview other witnesses or reliable witnesses that you're aware of?