BOISE -- Detectives say Daniel Ehrlick and his girlfriend Melissa Jenkins weren't very helpful in searching for her son Robert Manwill who was found dead days later.
Ehrlick is accused of murdering Robert in 2009.
Today in court, police officers and detectives told stories of Ehrlick and Jenkins making it tough to begin their search for Robert.
Some of the first Boise Police officers to talk with Ehrlick and Jenkins said both were hesitant to talk with them. Officers even had a difficult time getting Jenkins to sign a form allowing them to put Robert on a nationwide database that alerts all officers of a missing child.
We also heard more about their attitudes and actions, that Jenkins didn't seem concerned and Ehrlick seemed nervous and agitated, at one point even laying in the grass and flailing around.
The best way I can describe it is a roller coaster of emotions. Would go from completely calm and at one point laughing to wailing, extremely distraught, to the point where it was odd because it was happening so often, going up and down, said Boise Police Officer Adam Schloegel.
Prosecutors are trying to establish that Ehrlick's actions during the search were strange enough to draw attention and show that he was inconsistent with his behavior and stories that night.
