motorists to be suspicious of any vehicle with flashing lights, particularly if driving on a dark, deserted road at night. you put a signal on as if you re going to turn and you wait until you get to a well-lit area that s a public place where there are other people. i ve done that since this case, and i m married to a police officer. but i don t take my safety for granted. and i hope that no one else does either. in a case without much evidence, a partial shoe impression on a sweatshirt was all that was needed. in essence, that footwear impression was the signature of the murder weapon. you ve got to have something, or something in this case, and one of the big somethings in this case was her sweatshirt with the evidence of her murder on her back. and, of course, one of the murder weapons in this case was mr. griffin s foot, as strange as that may sound.
griffin ended his shift around 10:00 p.m. but instead of going home, while still in uniform, he drove his police car to baker s intersection and parked at ron s restaurant, which was closed. around 2:00 a.m., a motorist stopped and asked for help, telling griffin he had some car trouble. griffin called for a tow truck using his personal cell phone, which placed him near the crime scene. about 30 to 45 minutes later, prosecutors believe griffin saw kim medlin drive by. and as planned, decided to pull her over for a traffic violation as a ruse to introduce himself. a witness saw the policeman pull kim s red jeep over and saw that kim had done nothing wrong. prosecutors believe griffin asked kim for her driver s
but soon, his fellow officers turned against him. apparently, everything started when kim told police she feared driving home alone at night along the dark country roads and was concerned that a customer of the men s club was following her. in an effort to help, police broadcast an announcement asking officers to keep an eye out for kim s car, to make sure nothing happened to her. and we know from the investigation after the fact that mr. griffin was, in fact, out and listening to that broadcast that evening. the evidence shows officer josh griffin took an inappropriate interest in kim medlin. and investigators learned that griffin told fellow police officers about it. he saw her jeep running up and down through town and would call to other policemen and make comments about the pretty
in february of 1998, officer josh griffin went on trial for first-degree kidnapping and first-degree murder. he pled not guilty. but the evidence was clear, and he was convicted of both charges and sentenced to life in prison. three years later, griffin asked to speak with investigators. and on tape, he finally confessed. i don t know what his motivation was, but i just know what he said. he admitted stomping on her back. he admitted choking her with a flashlight. he admitted handcuffing her. he admitted cutting her driver s license up into a million pieces and flushing it down the toilet. of course, he admitted to all of the lies. he told me that he actually disposed of those shoes right after this happened. he said he threw them in a dumpster behind the local kmart. because of incidents like this, officials now caution
that she s coming through, and he was trying to figure out a way to meet her. that was really alarming, too. i had other officers that knew about this pattern of behavior, but didn t say anything, and come forward so we could address it and correct it. after kim s murder, several women came forward to say griffin had been harassing them, too. tell you how sick this guy actually was, this came out in trial, there was a girl being stalked, this girl has unlisted number. she gets a call that says, i know you re home, i m coming to see you. what does she do in a panic? she calls the police, calls 911. who is working? who responses to the call? josh griffin. but for a murder conviction, prosecutors needed more than circumstantial evidence. could they find anything stronger?