The Oakland County Child Killer
What the Hell is the Deal with the Oakland County Child Killer Investigation?
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.
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.
I circled back to the Washington Post tonight to check on their Abused by the Badge series, about how their investigation uncovered hundreds of law enforcement officers who sexually exploit kids and how many avoid prison time. There is a new article (December 18, 2024) about the “perfect predator”–Maypearl, Texas Police Chief Kevin Coffey, who groomed an entire town.
Abused by the Badge, The “Perfect” Predator. Sorry, subscribers only and it is one of those graphics-filled online articles that isn’t going to print out correctly. I took a big break from the WAPO and just re-upped my subscription tonight. You should find a way to read this reporting–it is enlightening and shocking.
It is no real surprise this man was a police chief. It’s not like agency heads never engage in these crimes. “A Post investigation identified 47 heads of law enforcement agencies who were charged with crimes involving child sexual abuse from 2005 through 2022. Three-quarters of them worked in departments with less than 10 cops.”
“Speaking out against law enforcement is especially difficult in small towns, where cops are deeply embedded in the communities they serve. For the residents, there are often fewer avenues to lodge misconduct complaints and less protection from retaliation.” Same with suburban towns. Like Oxford or Berkley, Michigan, for just two examples.
And I’d say almost no protection from retaliation. That’s why it’s amazing these stories have been uncovered and reported on by the Post.