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So I went to work yesterday morning and the Sgt. wanted to hold a safety check. We set up at 0800 and with in 45 minutes the back of my car was full and I was on my way to the jail. While en route to the jail, I saw that the city units had a large area taped off so after I dropped off my arestees, I went back to see what they had. I typicaly dont scan on my radio because we have enough traffic on our channels to drive me nuts.
So I get out with them and they explain to me that thye had a murder sometime in the wee hours. The best thing that could possibly happen in a murder, it was video recorded by a security camera by the building they were behind. So, they had a great discription of the perp. I went back to the safety check and passed on the perp information to our units and the safety check was over and everyone was on a mission! Now, you may ask why the city had not put out an offical BOLO, I wonder too. It just seems to me that the County and the City just does not always mesh as though I think they should.
Anyhoo, most of the units were consintrating on the area near the crime scene, a couple hours went by and no luck yet. However, there were a few people that were walking the streets that had warrants on them that went to jail during the process. Well, just by luck, one of our guys saw someone walking down one of the main streets in the city but a little ways away from the crime scene. I got out with him too and It was the guy! He even still had blood on the knife he used and had a cut finger. He changed his shirt, as I assume it was bloody and I asked him to take off his shoes as the killer was wearing socks, his socks were still bloody.
This kid was 19 years old and a drifter. I would guess that if he had not ever done this before and gotten away with this crime, we would have done it again. Thank god for the video, if it had not been for that we may have not ever solved this one.
So I get out with them and they explain to me that thye had a murder sometime in the wee hours. The best thing that could possibly happen in a murder, it was video recorded by a security camera by the building they were behind. So, they had a great discription of the perp. I went back to the safety check and passed on the perp information to our units and the safety check was over and everyone was on a mission! Now, you may ask why the city had not put out an offical BOLO, I wonder too. It just seems to me that the County and the City just does not always mesh as though I think they should.
Anyhoo, most of the units were consintrating on the area near the crime scene, a couple hours went by and no luck yet. However, there were a few people that were walking the streets that had warrants on them that went to jail during the process. Well, just by luck, one of our guys saw someone walking down one of the main streets in the city but a little ways away from the crime scene. I got out with him too and It was the guy! He even still had blood on the knife he used and had a cut finger. He changed his shirt, as I assume it was bloody and I asked him to take off his shoes as the killer was wearing socks, his socks were still bloody.
This kid was 19 years old and a drifter. I would guess that if he had not ever done this before and gotten away with this crime, we would have done it again. Thank god for the video, if it had not been for that we may have not ever solved this one.
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