so, investigators tried to find some way to narrow it down. and latent evidence expert ricky navarro looked for clues on kim medlin s clothing. that s when he noticed a print on her sweatshirt. at that point in time, i could not determine whether i was looking at a footwear impression or some other type of object that left that impression on the sweatshirt. using alternate light sources and high-speed cameras, navarro concluded he was looking at the heel of a shoe. it was a type of shoe that was not flat from toe all the way back to the heel. it had a distinct heel in it which, like some of your hard-soled shoes would have, not like your athletic shoes would have. and there was a distinct v, or chevron pattern, across the print. navarro discovered the shoe was
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it actually picked up the image of my truck coming through that intersection after 4:00 a.m. and this was after bridger was notified by police and was headed to the scene of kim s abandoned car. that was the first and strongest rock-solid evidence that i was where i said i was. investigators were also sure that the killer wore size 8, 8 1/2, or 9 thorogood shoes. police personnel records showed that only three members of the monroe police department wore this make and model of shoe in that shoe size range. of the three, one was working at the fire department on the night of kim s murder. he was assigned to sort of a stationary duty that evening where he couldn t just get in the car and drive around. he had to sort of be there at the department. the second officer was on duty, responding to a burglary
comments about the pretty blonde-haired girl in the jeep, 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 responds to the call? josh griffin. but for a murder conviction, prosecutors needed more than circumstantial evidence. could they find anything stronger? turn around every now and then i get a little bit hungry and there s nothing good for me around
to find kim medlin s killer, investigators needed to retrace her steps in the hours before her murder. kim left her job at the men s club around 2:00 a.m. her cell phone records indicated she called her husband at 2:15 while driving home. which was their custom. she would call her husband and let him know that she was on her way. he told police he went to sleep right after kim called, but a local police officer contradicted his story. he claimed he saw bridger s black pickup truck driving through town around the time of his wife s abduction. the concern was that perhaps he wasn t being completely truthful about where he was. bridger was outraged. i said, something is rotten here. something is wrong. he thought police should spend more time investigating themselves. kim s street smart.