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 license, then asked her to join
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 blonde-haired girl in the jeep,
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 he actually disposed of those shoes right after this happened. he said he threw them in a dumpster right behind the kmart. because of incidents like this, officials caution motorists to be suspicious of
him in his patrol car while he ran her license plate number. griffin may have made a sexual advance, and kim objected. griffin knew then that he had gone too far. he panicked, handcuffed her and drove off. griffin drove off of old charlotte highway, and kim knew it was a dead-end street. her injuries suggest she jumped from the moving car. griffin caught up with her, struck her on the back of the head, stomped on her back, breaking her neck, and leaving the distinctive foot impression. he then strangled her to death, probably with his police flashlight. before he left, he removed the handcuffs and covered her body with debris. i still can t imagine what
phone records contradicted his alibi that he was home sleeping that night. records show that griffin made a cell phone call around 2:00 a.m. to a tow truck company. when confronted by his superiors, griffin changed his story. he said he was sitting in his police car in uniform at baker s intersection in a restaurant parking lot after his shift ended, reading a book. he claimed to be sitting in that parking lot reading this law book at this restaurant that was closed. and the motorist asked for him to call for a tow truck because his car broke down nearby. this put officer griffin on baker s intersection just a half hour to 45 minutes before kim medlin drove by on old charlotte highway. josh griffin denied any involvement in kim s murder, but