Death case on Marty Rathbun's brother re-opened?

On his blog, ex-Scientologist Marty Rathbun informs his followers with what reads like law enforcement has re-opened the suspected homicide of Bruce Rathbun, Marty's late brother.

"I have been interviewed by a detective John Maciel of the Garden Grove Police Department. Det Maciel informed me that a private investigator working at your direction and you personally ran an operation to have the good detective re-open the 29-year old case regarding the murder of my dear brother Bruce.", Marty writes.

This conforms with recent revelations of Freedom Magazine that reported about the suspected murder last month:

"At about 9 p.m. on July 1 of that year [1981], two joggers in Garden Grove, California, became alarmed when their dog sniffed at a pile of concrete near railroad tracks in the 7700 block of Garden Grove Boulevard, some 25 miles from the Rathbun family home. The joggers pulled away a few chunks of concrete and found the decomposing body of an adult male dressed in brown shorts and hiking shoes.

Authorities identified the man as Bruce Grenville Rathbun, Marty Rathbun’s other brother. At the time, police suspected the body had been there up to a year, but they now suspect the length of time the body was there was shorter. Authorities continue to refuse to release further details, calling it a cold case which was recently reopened by a Garden Grove Police Detective."

Recent history is filled with cold cases that could be unshelved thanks to new forensic methods. Like in the case of Stepanie Lazarus, who was arrested for a 1986 murder last year, there is hope to solve the murder of Bruce Rathbun even 19 years after his death.

One would think that Marty Rathbun welcomes this investigation but his reaction to the re-opened case read like a series of justifications why he shouldn't be a suspect in the murder case. Marty, for example, writes:

"My brother’s body was found on July 1, 1981. I was working in LRH external comm, a very important responsibility during the life of L Ron Hubbard. I had not seen my brother because of work commitments for perhaps a year or more."

and

"[There are] folders, containing a number of sessions over several days after I was informed of my brother’s death – all detailing every aspect of my relationship with my brother and the devastating impact his death had on my life."

But justice need to be served despite personal emotional involvements. If not done yet, Marty Rathbun better comes up with what he knows about the circumstances about this homicide case.