I am well aware my extended posts can be very tiresome to read and understand. If there is only one thing I have learned in my quest for justice, theat is what I know
best.
A well know journalist once said the best way to solve a mureder case is to have it printed on the front page of the NY Daily News. No truer words have even been
spoken.
Early next year I expect you folks are going to see a documentary on serial killers. You will probably see me being interviewed. I haven't a clue how much, if anything
they will use in the 45 minutes or so I was filmed. If they use any of it I believe they will use the part when I am asked: Does the police really care about the
murders of prostitutes. You will hear me say, "NO." Please don't misunderstand what I was trying to say. The truth is most detectives, including yours truly don't
much care about most of the homicide cases we work on other than approaching them on a professional basis, and devoid of emotions.
When I was assigned to a Homicide Squad in 1982 there was no such thing known as a Homicide Squad in NYC. Hard to believe that the largest PD in the country in the
most well known city in the world had no Homicide Squad. It was only in the late 1980's someone in HQ realized something on a PR basis needed to be done. My Unit was
known as Detective Borough Queens Task Force. We had about 30 detectives and 5 supervisors. The Squad was broken in half with half being assigned to DBQTF, and the
other half to Homicide. The commanding officer was in charge of both. Nothing changed other than in the payroll sheets we received each week. The teams assigned known
as A,B,C,D,E,F, or those on a rotating basis were Homicide. The others were DBQTF. Nothing changed other than a name change of half the squad. It was only a matter of
PR at its best.
What I learned very early on is our work had little to do with solving murders, it had more to do with the numbers of how many cases we could close. A high profile
case being solved was always our objective. I suspect most PD's are of the same objectives: Solve the cases for the numbers that are released at the end of the year.
Solving a murder of a prostitute is never a high priority, but solve 10 of them and that is another matter. And this is a major consideration for the SCPD simply
because 4 prostitutes were found murdered near Gilgo Beach. The disappearance of SG was little more than a minor issue that would be dealt with once time allowed it
to make it disappear from the public's conscience. When SCPD was forced to do a wider search they found another 5 or 6 bodies strewn about or near the area. That got
the attention of the national press as well as the local press.
I remember we had this homicide of a retired Rabbi. It got our attention. Not a big deal, but one that needed attention. A lot of great work was done on that case by
several teams of detectives. The 'easy' part of that investigation was we all knew who was responsible for it. We needed to find some connecting evidence to put that
person and her friends linked to the case.
When the case broke it was my team that closed it up. We would have never gotten to that place if it hadn't been of the great work of other detectivies. It was a big
case that got the attention of the Brass. On the day we closed that case two detectives I worked with that specialized in Colombian murders was checking out a home in
Bayside, Queens. For no particular reason other than to gather intelligence. A Colombian fellow walks out of the house with a duffle bag on his shoulder. He sees the
detectives and drops the bag and runs off. There was 3/4 of a million dollars in that bag. The detectives retrieve the bag and go into the house for further
investigation and find another 1/2 million. When our Boro Commander/Chief is apprised of the find he jumps in his car and races to the scene and puts the money in his
car. He wanted to ensure there will be no claims that some of the money disappeared. Our arrests went unnoticed. We didn't even get an attaboy from the Chief because a
murder case of a Rabbi was less important than recovering $1.25 Million from someone/organization with no crime being charged other than having a lot of money that
couldn't be accounted for.
All detectives like to be recognized for their good work, SCPD is no different. I am sure every detective on the GILGO Case would give their right arm to solve the
case. The question is: Does the PD and the politicians in Suffolk County are of the same mind.
My posts are not directed at bashing cops, they are directed at the few in the PD and political arena that may have a stake in not seeing this case properly
investigated because their friends that raise money for them and are persons of interest can't afford to have an open investigation.
