And I take it you still don't have any evidence that shows any of these people were involved. A photo from 20 years ago isn't proof that they were "long term friends" even after the first arrest and trial.
I'm not being unreasonable here. I'm just asking for some evidence of involvement before I start lynching people.
This may come as a shock to you...but there are a lot of horrible people in this world that have friends that aren't aware of how horrible they are.