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An Ugly Death - Murder in Mayfield

Started by mongers, May 17, 2013, 05:25:52 PM

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May 17, 2013, 05:25:52 PM Last Edit: May 17, 2013, 07:06:01 PM by mongers
Interesting story about a woman in Kentucky who took it upon herself to investigate a murder in Mayfield. Plenty of police incompetence on show:

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Veteran BBC investigative reporter Tom Mangold got an email out of the blue one day from a woman in Mayfield, Kentucky, asking him for help to find the murderers of a teenage girl. Intrigued, he flew out to meet her soon afterwards, and stumbled into an extraordinary story.

As soon as I landed in Paducah, Kentucky, I went straight to the local wine shop and bought a case of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. Mayfield, 30 miles from Paducah, is a dry town. One needs to get one's priorities right.

The Mayfield Super 8, the best (and only) accommodation in town is run by a lovely Indian man originally from Wembley, north London. I was greeted like a prince, went to my room, and waited for the phone to ring.

She called just as I had finished unpacking, the voice dark, firm and rather appealing. I asked her to come up, and the moment we met I knew we were going to be fine. Susan Galbreath has a pretty face with smile wrinkles, a head of highlighted blonde and shrewd eyes that miss nothing. She was carrying a huge file of papers and after brief pleasantries, we sat in the work area of the modest room, and started talking.
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She was terrified I would think my trip had been a waste. I reassured her it had been my call from the outset. There was no ceremony, we started work almost immediately. I unscrewed the Sauvignon, we filled two plastic toothbrush cups, and she began to brief me. No time to indulge in jet lag. Susan was in a hurry.
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Full article here, worth checking out has it has a video presentation:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19558804
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

Jacob

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May 17, 2013, 05:59:48 PM
You're missing the link, mongers.

garbon

#2
May 17, 2013, 06:02:48 PM
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

garbon

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May 17, 2013, 06:03:42 PM
He accidentally had link posted as that broken image.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Phillip V

#5
May 17, 2013, 06:30:45 PM
We cannot always depend on the police! :o

Jacob

#6
May 17, 2013, 07:01:44 PM
... good journalism and investigative work.

mongers

#7
May 17, 2013, 07:06:32 PM
Quote from: Jacob on May 17, 2013, 05:59:48 PM
You're missing the link, mongers.

Oops clicked the IMG instead of the URL box.  :blush:
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

Razgovory

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May 17, 2013, 09:18:24 PM
Quote from: Phillip V on May 17, 2013, 06:30:45 PM
We cannot always depend on the police! :o

Well not in the South.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

CountDeMoney

#9
May 17, 2013, 09:46:52 PM
Quote from: Jacob on May 17, 2013, 07:01:44 PM
... good journalism and investigative work.

Americans hate that.  They would prefer shoddy police work.
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