Investigations
The Investigations topic area furnishes cops with the latest news, information and strategies used in closing a case and putting bad guys behind bars. This touches on everything that happens between the suspect’s crimes to the final conviction.
Especially during the initial phase of an investigation, the issue of using the correct crime scene search pattern will come up — here are some options for consideration
The investigator should make a transition statement about some fact which raises doubt that the crime was spontaneous and then pose an ‘alternative question’ that presumes the act was deliberate
This important phase of the investigation is not the presentation of evidence — it is where we advise the subject that we know (without a doubt) that they committed the crime
Dogs trained to search for cadavers are part of a larger search through California’s rugged and remote North Coast terrain
Cell phone video from a bystander caught the dramatic moment police entered the home on tape
The two freed Castro brothers expressed that they had no sympathy for their brother, calling him a monster
Police have vowed to find the person responsible for the mass shooting
Investigators have been searching for clues of an intruder, who the boy claimed had attacked his sister before fleeing
Pedro Castro says he would have turned in his brother Ariel if he had known he was involved in the women’s disappearance
3 more children were rescued after being held captive throughout the 37-hour standoff
Federal agents said they found bomb-making materials belonging to a paramedic who helped evacuate residents the night of the explosion
officers from at least a dozen state and federal law enforcement agencies fanned out along California’s remote north coast where they believe Shane Franklin Miller is
The first officer on the scene fired at the dog and tried scaring it, but it attacked him and ran off into the desert
Tests have confirmed that alleged kidnapper Ariel Castro is the father of a 6-year-old girl held captive in Cleveland
The plastic surgeon allegedly attacked his girlfriend for 16 hours in Miami
$50M uncut diamonds were stolen from Belgian jewelers in February off of a plane
Police believe the Northern Calif. man who killed his wife and 2 daughters is armed and dangerous
Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis told Congress he received no information about Russia’s warning of Tsarnaev
The vast majority of the reward will go to a couple who he tied up in their Big Bear cabin
The lead singer of Grammy-nominated heavy metal band As I Lay Dying was arrested for soliciting someone to kill his wife
The suspect avoided law enforcement for decades by using a fake identity but recently had been using his own name
Ariel Castro handed out fliers with the 14-year-old’s photo and performed music at a fundraiser held in her honor
3 brothers have been arrested for kidnapping the women over 10 years ago and holding them captive
Police maintain that the party was loud and students refused to leave, late into the night
Both sides said in the court motion that they agree to allow him to be released under strict conditions, including home confinement and monitoring with an electronic bracelet
Police believe lives were saved when they converged on a mobile home and found Molotov cocktails, pipe bombs, guns
Lawyers for Robel Phillipos are asking a federal judge to release him from jail, saying he had nothing to do with the deadly bombings and isn’t a flight risk
Federal agents follow the widow of Tamerlan Tsarnaev in unmarked vehicles when she leaves her parents home
He buried his mother’s boyfriend in a shallow grave in his backyard
Facing life in prison, Danny Roman needed someone to maintain his control over the Harpys criminal empire — who would be better than his daughter, Vianna?
The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is taking the lead on the search
The man was taken into custody under the Baker Act, designated to keep an at-risk person under 72 hours watch
2 friends removed evidence from Tsarnaev’s room, and a third lied to investigators during questioning
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