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? get married, have a couple of kids,
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 because they were damaged on an accident scene investigation. but a check of griffin s cell 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
happened and what transpired in those few minutes, the last few minutes of kim s life. if i had an officer who was doing this, i don t care who it was, it shouldn t happen. nobody should die the way kim medlin did. but to get a conviction, prosecutors needed to prove josh griffin was the killer. with not having any dna, they actually had to build their case around that footprint. according to personnel records, griffin was the only officer to wear a size 8 1/2 thorogood shoe. so ricky novarro took a new pair of these shoes, made an impression and matched it to the shoeprint on the back of kim s sweatshirt. navarro believed it was the only one that could have created that impression. 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.
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