license, then asked her to join 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.
this, officials caution 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 have 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. the real clincher was the
that night, and was in constant radio contact with headquarters. the third, josh griffin, worked that night until 10:00 p.m., then went off duty. officer griffin told investigators he had not seen kim medlin that night, he had not stopped the car, he did not see the jeep in any way, shape or form. and he basically said he had gone home and gone to bed before the jeep would have been discovered. officer griffin was 24 years old. he d been a member of the police force for just over a year. when investigators searched griffin s police car, they found nothing suspicious. his car was absolutely almost spotless, which if you knew josh, he was kind of known around the department of having the dirtiest car in the fleet. with a warrant, police searched griffin s house, but they couldn t find his pair of police-issued work shoes. mr. griffin told me that he had thrown those shoes away
could have committed a violent crime of this type. on the night of the crime, 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
josh griffin denied any involvement in kim s murder, 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