“[T]he police are entrusted to serve and protect.”

Not to pay a woman $100 to twice sexually assault her 17-year-old daughter and then try to cover that shit up and obstruct justice.

This former police chief and sheriff’s deputy at the time of the crimes told the court he was “an innocent man.” Guess your pals at the sheriff’s office couldn’t make the “whole case go away,” which happens more than people might think. Enjoy your 25-year sabbatical from polite society, you evil POS.

Another DNA solve

Othram Inc. assisted the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office and the Massachusetts State Police in identifying the suspect in the 2005 murder of Suzanna Alvarado. The 62-year-old suspect, Simao Farias, has been arrested and arraigned.

https://turnto10.com/news/local/new-bedford-man-arrested-in-2005-cold-case-murder

https://dnasolves.com/articles/suzanna-alvarado-massachusetts

“The identification of Suzanna Alvarado’s killer represents the 7th case in the State of Massachusetts where officials have publicly identified an individual using technology developed by Othram. To read about other Massachusetts cases, visit DNASolves.”

On an almost weekly basis, cold cases are being solved where the law enforcement agencies ask for help from third party labs. Even when the evidence is degraded and prior attempts by state and FBI labs have been unsuccessful. Some agencies get the job done instead of spending all their energy stonewalling and making excuses.