If you’ve never watched the 1997 movie Wag the Dog, or it’s been a long time, today would be a good day to stream it. You’ll have to shell out just under $4.00 to watch or rewatch it, but it’s worth it.
“Thanks to Channel 56 for reminding the public that the person or persons who murdered these young children is still walking the streets and living among us.”
A reader sent me this April 30, 1977 letter written by Mark Stebbin’s mom, Ruth, and published in the Royal Oak Tribune:
The reader also included this YouTube video, which presumably contains footage of the PBS (Channel 56) show Ruth Stebbins referenced.
The YouTube channel has not posted Part 2 of this 1977 broadcast. Part 2 is said to address police response and community safety measures.
Ruth didn’t live long enough to learn the sick truth that it was law enforcement doing all of the forgetting, not the public.
What is possible in cases where evidence is properly collected, stored, documented and chain of custody procedures are followed.
The Lawrence, Kansas, Police Department has made progress in a more than 20-year-old criminal investigation.
— Read on www.kmbc.com/article/lawrence-police-arrest-decades-old-cold-case/69887510