]"NEITHER HER PARENTS OR ANY MEMBER OF THE GROUP THAT WERE WITH HER ARE EITHER PERSONS OF INTEREST OR SUSPECTS." -DCI REDWOOD

Just wondering something out loud here. If - hypothetically, of course - the parents and/or other members of the group WERE, in fact persons of interest or suspects, what would Redwood have said? Would he have announced that to the world's media and had the associated furore blow up? Would he have kept quiet altogether and had the suspicion/innuendo gathering pace (as it would, inevitably, have done) or... and this is just a wild stab here... would he have just said "they're not persons of interest" as he knows that they will be largely left alone for now and SY can get on with whatever they're doing.
If, and again this is entirely hypothetical, they were actually persons of interest and subsequently were investigated/charged/whatever then what are they going to do...? Sue SY for misinformation?
Just sayin'