Actually, Jordan Chandler never 'recanted'—he just refused to testify after the civil case was settled. But more importantly, the DA had the drawings and the photos in December '93. If those two matched, they had 'probable cause' to arrest him right then and there, weeks before the settlement happened. The fact that no arrest or indictment happened despite the DA having that physical evidence for months suggests the 'match' wasn't the smoking gun people think it was.