Editorial off base in police civil case

How can the Daily Herald say the detectives in the Riley Fox case need to learn a lesson from the jury award?

What lesson is to be learned? Is it to ignore a defendant when he admits to killing his daughter? Is it to not be swayed by the extremely unusual behavior of a father who waits 40 minutes to report his little 3-year-old daughter missing? And not to look twice when that same man claims to have been sleeping but yet a vehicle that looks exactly like his is spotted on a surveillance camera? Is it to disregard a suspect's failed polygraph test?

These items were the basis for the probable cause the detectives had in arresting Kevin Fox. They lost the civil trial in which they were not given a full opportunity to present all of their evidence.

The detectives investigated this matter for months, meticulously reviewed this matter with the state's attorney's office and then made the arrest. They had probable cause.

What could these detectives have possibly done different?

The Herald says the detectives need to look at the facts and seek justice for Riley. Unless I'm missing something, I think the Herald needs to look at all the facts before giving advice.

Mike Rodriguez

Schaumburg