The Baseline Killer, Plumber Bob, and Military Magazine

I became interested in the Baseline Killer a few months ago because my daughter moved to Phoenix to attend school. The police have been trying to catch this monster for a year. He's responsible for eight murders, two dozen robberies, a dozen rapes, and is known to wear different disguises. I had the DC snipers figured out within a few days, but was ignored by the police and FBI. My profile could have saved lives. This time, I used limited available information and created a profile on the Baseline Killer and sent it to the Phoenix police. I felt I could add a new angle that the overworked police may not have considered. Sometimes a fresh outlook can open new direction.

I was shocked yesterday when my phone rang and it was Commander Frank Sweeney of the Phoenix Police Department. He told me he liked my profile, believed it was plausible, and he was going to make sure the Homicide detectives working the case got copies. The odds are slim that I'm right (mainly because I don't have inside information and have to assume many things) but I seem to have a knack for profiling monsters. I must have assumed a lot of things right for the police to give me serious consideration. I hope my profile helps catch this guy. Only time will tell, and I hope they get him before he murders again.

The Bad Season made Plumber Bob's top 18 books on Amazon. It's in with some big time writers. That was a surprise. The book is up and down this week.

My previous blog entry about the VC flag will be published in the December print issue of Military Magazine. The editor contacted me yesterday and wants to use it. It's been a productive week.

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Vietnam: The Liberty Bridge

(This entry has had a lot of comments, and I'm glad it can help bring Nam vets together or to help find each other. If you have a comment, please attach your name to the comment or from this point forward it won't be published. I've received many comments that are phony and obviously made up, submitted by anonymous submission. I do screen all comments. Click the photo to enlarge. Semper Fi.) This is the Liberty Bridge (click to make larger) in Quang Nam Province in Vietnam during July of 1968. Of the 14,000 Marines killed in Vietnam, 10,000 were killed in Quang Nam Province. (Figures in comment section show a little under 7000 KIA in Quang Nam.) This was late in my tour on July 2. The bridge had been blown once again by the enemy to isolate the Marine base at An Hoa. I was a 50 caliber machine gunner on a convoy to resupply the An Hoa Firebase. I called this the River Styx because it had a ferry boat. Once you crossed the river you entered a nightmare hell on earth cal...

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Help Solve This Murder From June 2000 (Update)

(I've done an update to keep this story in the public eye. Ohio has just released a list of what will probably end up being close to 2000 unsolved homicides. Southwestern Ohio has at least 500 crimes on that list. There had been no activity on this story since Ohio detectives came to see me in 2009 and asked me about my theory. I don't know if they followed up on what I told them, but a statement in the comment section makes me believe someone knows more about the crime than what has been released to the public by police.) At home, George Gibson, age 47, is found dead inside the tiny first floor bathroom, as if trying to escape his killer. A veterinary pathologist and a twelve year employee at Proctor and Gamble, he appeared to be caught by surprise while at the kitchen table and tried to escape into the bathroom. Gibson was shot nine times, seven small caliber bullets to the head and two to the chest. One of his three pet Bernese mountain dogs was shot to death on the f...

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