Request For Information from Law Enforcement Officers
Contrary to popular belief, Big Mike was not assembled from used up people by a Mad Scientist working in a remote laboratory somewhere in Austrian mountains (like this unfortunate). He's the right size, but the resemblance stops there. I support my affirmation with the existence of Big Mike's mother, a kind and goodhearted lady that it has been my privilege to know for almost as long as I've known Mike. In the past I've referred to Mike's mom as Chatelaine and Mrs. Martini as memory and the situation dictated; here I will refer to her as The Victim. You see, someone or several someones broke into Chatelaine's home and burglarized it. The scumbags didn't get away with much since Chatelaine keeps her valuables in a safety deposit box, but they did break in and they did steal.
This crime was committed during the day, in the afternoon. The criminals were forced to use the window since Big Mike had secured the doors with deadbolt locks. The back window was smashed out and the window frame ruined. Loose change was stolen along with a one gallon whiskey bottle filled with pennies - go figure that one out. They didn't take the TV or any electronics.
The chief clue is a message left on the answering machine. A girl called Chatelaine's house when Chatelaine wasn't home, allowed the machine to answer the call, play its message and begin recording. Then we can hear a female say "Okay, she's not home." with two or more males in the background and the phone goes dead.
Chatelaine called the police when the crime was discovered, filled out all the forms that the police and insurance company requested and the crime has been turned over to a Toledo Police detective. Here's the problem: The detective refuses to work the case.
All I know about police detective work I've learned by reading the paper and watching TV, but it seems to me that if a clearly suspicious phone call was made, some sort of record of that call would be available to officialdom - like a police detective, for instance. But maybe I'm wrong about that.
Anyway, getting around to the point here, I know that a certain number of people who read this site are law enforcement officers or affiliated with law enforcement one way or another. So my question is this:
How do we get the police detective to work on this particular case?
If the answer is 'you don't', I'll accept that and move along. Nothing more to see, right? However, all of the people involved are open to suggestions. If anyone isn't comfortable posting, by all means send me some email. We'd all appreciate any help or suggestions you can give us.
Thanks for reading.
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2 comments:
Did the Detective give you any indication why he won't work this case? I don't know about your state, but in my home state, the breaking and entering of a dwelling house is a felony. It sounds like juveniles are involved and I'm betting this is not their first time. There should be some stats or other reports to substantiate this.
If he won't tell you why he won't work it, then go up the chain until you get to the Chief. If you get no satisfaction from that, there's other alternatives and perhaps another jurisdiction such as the county or state government. Then....there's always the proper manipulation of the news media.
It's really bad PR when a law enforcement agency won't help out a little old lady.
Thanks, Older School. I started writing a comment to this and it turned into a post - see above.
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