“Unit 108, y’all meet me at the jail,” the evening shift Lieutenant said over the radio. It was around 1987, and we were one of three cars on patrol that night. LT stopped for a break at the Sheriff’s Office downtown. Back then, the jail was upstairs in the same building. While sitting in the…

They say dogs possess super-sensory skills that surpass human capabilities. My dog Otis can’t find a Milk-Bone two inches from his nose. It’s frustrating to watch him search the room for a treat I dropped right in front of him. Otis would not survive in the wild. He does, however, have a sixth sense regarding…

A local hunter once found a murder victim dumped in the swamp. It was our job to determine who she was and what happened. The evidence led us to another jurisdiction, to her boyfriend’s house. We believed he was the suspect. The inside of his house told a story. Blood spatter covered the walls. Blood stained…