Fair enough. With some more checking it is only an investigation that is in the early stages of collecting information. So, I believe you are right in not calling it a "case." That would require that the Sheriff's Office suspects that a crime has been committed. They are not to that point, so classifying this as a case at this stage is probably premature. But at least they are willing to collect information instead of just blowing it off. That is further than anyone has gotten on a local level to date that I am aware of. I have corrected the update in the OP to reflect that this is an investigation reference number and not a case number. Not sure how to correct it in the main title though.

The first link is to Steve Kirsch's newsletter. I do not believe that Steve Kirsch would pass on bad information because he is at least willing to state that this is a legitimate inquiry. But he is skeptical that it will go anywhere. So, I think this effort is going to depend on the public's response as to whether they will move forward - if they do at all.

Fair enough. With some more checking it is only an investigation that is in the early stages of collecting information. So, I believe you are right in not calling it a "case." That would require that the Sheriff's Office suspects that a crime has been committed. They are not to that point and classifying this as a case at this stage is probably premature. But at least they are willing to collect information instead of just blowing it off. That is further than anyone has gotten on a local level to date that I am aware of. I have corrected the update in the OP to reflect that this is an investigation reference number and not a case number. Not sure how to correct it in the main title though.

The first link is to Steve Kirsch's newsletter. I do not believe that Steve Kirsch would pass on bad information because he is at least willing to state that this is a legitimate inquiry. But he is skeptical that it will go anywhere. So, I think this effort is going to depend on the public's response as to whether they will move forward - if they do at all.

Fair enough. It is only an investigation that is in the early stages of collecting information. At least they are willing to collect information instead of just blowing it off. I do not believe that Steve Kirsch would pass on bad information because he is at least willing to state that this is a legitimate inquiry. But he is skeptical that it will go anywhere. So, I think this effort is going to depend on the public's response as to whether they will move forward - if they do.