But Morgan says police have a fairly good idea where the killer fired based on where the shells landed. Last week, detectives returned to MVP's Interactive Video Cafe, where Brown attended a party the night he was slain. Police asked bar employees if they could recall certain faces at MVP's the night of the murder, says Aaron Buggs, the bar manager. The case has every marking of being a difficult one to crack, according to former homicide detectives outside the region. First, the crime scene, which provides the most vital clues in a murder investigation, was altered by the heavy rain.
Technicians sometimes erect makeshift tents to preserve evidence at a crime scene.
But that wasn't done in Brown's case, says J. Tom Morgan, DeKalb's district attorney. Evidence was marked with small flags until a thorough investigation could begin in the morning. Danny Boone, a veteran homicide detective in Maryland, says the first 24 hours of a case are the most important. Every day after that, the trail grows colder. Memories start to fade.