February 18, 2005 -- Investigators yesterday identified three suspects in the drowning murder of a New Jersey water-treatment chemist, with roughly 40 of the woman's co-workers left to be interviewed...

The Prosecutor's Office has also accused Totowa cops of compromising the evidence. They say evidence such as a smashed beaker apparently held by Angara shortly before her death was swept up off the floor.

Investigators are also furious cops allowed the victim's brother-in-law to drive her car home from the plant before they searched it for evidence. "The crime scene was destroyed," one investigator raged...

The source for the news of there being three suspects? A "law-enforcement source". The three suspects are not named either. So, if we can trust the NY Post (definitely an arguable point), we need to trust the unnamed source. Even with that chain of trust satisfied, we then need to imagine this not being more than a blatant attempt to get the perpetrator(s) to do something stupid.

UPDATE: In addition to the titular topic, "TV crime show shot scene similar to chemist's death" has this:

...Avigliano would neither confirm nor deny a published report that investigators had identified three plant employees who "could have had the opportunity to commit the crime."

"The people in my office deny telling anyone that there were three suspects, and I certainly didn't say it," Avigliano said. "If somebody gave out that information, they would certainly be subject to disciplinary proceedings."

Totowa Police Chief Robert Coyle said he knew nothing about such a suspect list. Avigliano said he saw no need for further questioning of his own detectives...

(Via this. "Enlighten New Jersey"???)