>Murder weapon, or not, I still think there is a reasonable
>possibility that one of the cops ran off with the Ramseys'
>flashlight and left a dirty one behind.
Quite possibly, though I would tend to doubt it. I would certainly tend to doubt that the cop wore gloves when inserting the batteries into his flashlight so as to avoid leaving fingerprints.

>What cop would admit to . . .
The BPD would not.