“What if the ki…

“What if the killer is from a very wealthy family? Suppose the parents discover their son is the killer and send him off to Europe for psychiatric treatment. The family name is spared, their son is receiving treatment, and they are sure no one else will be killed. They can live with that.”

MSP Lt. Joe Koenig, quoted in The Detroit News on March 16, 1980.  

“We went over t…

“We went over those tips so many times. I don’t think it will do any good [to reexamine tips]. But they can do what they want.”

MSP OCCK Task Force Commander Robert Robertson, March 16, 1980, in response to a reexamination of tips by a MSP lieutenant assigned to same in January of that year.  

It’s Part of What I Do.

From the movie Edge of Darkness, starring Mel Gibson as Detective Thomas Craven (I am no fan of Mr. Gibson, just for the record):  

Darius Jedburgh: Now, you know better than anyone, cases like these are never solved. They’re simply too complicated, too much hard work. There’s a lot going on out there in this world. And you just never can connect A to B. 
Thomas Craven: How do you know that? 
Darius Jedburgh: Because I’m usually the guy that stops you connecting A to B. It’s part of what I do.