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November 22, 2017
Be Safe During the Holidays
[image error]As we approach Thanksgiving and you’re thinking about 3:00 a.m. wake-up calls to play shoppers’ hockey with other high-sticking, elbow-throwing zealous crazies, think about this: the predators are out in full force during the holidays.
I realize this will not deter the hardcore shoppers and discount junkies (including my wife) from hitting the streets, so rather than argue, maybe I could offer some advice:
Safety Tips: Park in well-lighted areas and be aware of your surroundings before exit...
November 17, 2017
Deer in the Headlights
[image error]The way to avoid hitting a deer on a dark and desolate highway is to turn your lights off and hit the horn. Of course, this is counterintuitive, if not impossible to do. Unless you were raised in rural America where this tactic is apparently learned during driver’s education.
Those who train and prepare for dangerous and deadly situations will react intuitively, while others will be the proverbial deer in the headlights.
I raised my daughters to be alert while in public. Pay attention to your...
November 10, 2017
Garden of Angels
I shed the coat, unbuttoned and rolled up my sleeves, loosened my tie and looked across the parking lot beyond the chain link fence to the mountains of debris. It would be a long day.
An employee sorting trash had made the discovery when the pungent smell of rotting flesh gagged him. He assumed it to be a dog or cat, but then he saw the arm.
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Garden of Angels
It was July 9, 2002, and the Southern California sun had driven the mercury to three-digits by 10:00 a.m. Being outdoors was bad enough, wearing a suit made it worse. Recovering a murdered baby from the recycling center was nearly unbearable. It was another day working Homicide.
I shed the coat, unbuttoned and rolled up my sleeves, loosened my tie and looked across the parking lot beyond the chain link fence to the mountains of debris. It would be a long day.
An employee sorting trash had mad...
November 4, 2017
A Dance with a Demon
A Dance with a Demon
Hell found me. It seeped into my skin and flowed through my veins as I held the hand of a killer.
“You’re not a bad girl, Sandra,” I told her, staring into the hollow eyes that shifted from me to the floor.
I saw no remorse, no emotion. She seemed to be thinking, plotting a way out.
“This thing was out of your control,” I continued.
“Yeah?” she said, her voice lilting with the possibility.
“But, you know, Sandra, I’ve been doing this for a long time. I’ve investigated a...
A Dance with a Demon: A True Crime Homicide Detective Story
Hell found me. It seeped into my skin and flowed through my veins as I held the hand of a killer.
“You’re not a bad girl, Sandra,” I told her, staring into the hollow eyes that shifted from me to the floor.
I saw no remorse, no emotion. She seemed to be thinking, plotting a way out.
“This thing was out of your control,” I continued.
“Yeah?” she said, her voice lilting with the possibility.
“But, you know, Sandra, I’ve been doing this for a long time. I’ve investigated a lot of murders, talked...
