The investigation continues

Exactly 17 months since Jerry Anderson's arrest, the Caldwell County Sheriff's Office is still investigating the man accused of murdering his wife. Sgt. Bennett testified that the office follows up on leads or new information and it doesn't matter if it's today, tomorrow or two years from now, that's policy. He testified that last week, he believes, he went, along with Det. Hartley, to Duncan, S.C., to look around the scrap yard. There is a scrap yard behind the hotel and Waffle House. While down there, the detectives took photographs and asked about video cameras. Bennett didn't know how many cameras the scrap yard had, but they filmed mostly the parking lot and scrap yard. He said none was filmed of the Waffle House and Quality Inn. Dubs asked if the security tapes filmed the road where cars entered the area, Bennett said yes. Asked if he obtained any video tapes, Bennett said no. Dubs asked why investigators didn't go down there after Emily's body was found to look around the scrap yard, Bennett said he personally just learned about it during trial and felt compelled to go down there.
To be fair, the defense has done some investigation since the trial began. They interviewed the dog man, Roy McNeil, on Memorial Day. I would assume its normal to make sure your witnesses are ready, to know what they are saying and to investigate any information that may go along with witness testimony - or go against it.
Other than that, Bennett basically just went over the day-to-day investigation that lead up to Anderson's arrest. He corroborated other witnesses' testimony, such as Mindy Ramsey, Jerry D. Anderson and Mary Bentley. I guess that's to show the jurors that the prosecution's witnesses are telling the truth.
The defense was just beginning its questions right before break. I would say they will question Bennett at least until our 3:30 break. I bet he'll be on the stand all day... We'll know by 5.