mac, the father of three daughters and a son, asked the couple to understand his situation. i said, listen, i said, i m going to do everything i can, but i m kind of limited to what i can do, because of my workload now. linda was great. she even said i ll do anything. i ve got secretarial skills, i can help you file, type up things, do this and do that, just so i could spend more time dealing with her family s case. linda zarzycki, the stepmother, would go to the eastpointe police station on her lunch hour to pore through the case files. she d suggest theorys to mac. and he d say, yep, he thought of that too but kept running into brick walls. he couldn t seem to make progress. but in 2004, the brick wall was about to start crumbling because a new player, a completely unlikely partner for the veteran detective, had talked herself on to the case. she wasn t even a cop, she was a 23-year-old college intern with a law enforcement consulting firm in chicago where mac had
mac, the father of three daughters and a son, asked the couple to understand his situation. i said, listen, i said, i m going to do everything i can, but i m kind of limited to what i can do, because of my workload now. linda was great. she even said i ll do anything. i ve got secretarial skills, i can help you file, type up things, do this and do that, just so i could spend more time dealing with her family s case. linda zarzycki, the stepmother, would go to the eastpointe police station on her lunch hour to pore through the case files. she d suggest theorys to mac. and he d say, yep, he thought of that too but kept running into brick walls. he couldn t seem to make progress. but in 2004, the brick wall was about to start crumbling because a new player, a completely unlikely partner for the veteran detective, had talked herself on to the case. she wasn t even a cop, she was a 23-year-old college intern with a law enforcement consulting
mac, the father of three daughters and a son, asked the couple to understand his situation. i said, listen, i said, i m going to do everything i can, but i m kind of limited to what i can do, because of my workload that i have now. linda was great. she even said i ll do anything. i ve got secretarial skills, i can help you file, type up things, do this and do that, just so i could spend more time dealing with her family s case. linda zarzycki, the stepmother, would go to the eastpointe police station on her lunch hour to pore through the case files. she d suggest theories to mac. and he d say, yep, he thought of that too but kept running into brick walls. he couldn t seem to make progress. but in 2004, the brick wall was about to start crumbling because a new player, a completely unlikely partner for the veteran detective, had talked herself on to the case. she wasn t even a cop, she was a 23-year-old college intern with a law enforcement consulting firm in chicago where mac
a law enforcement consulting firm in chicago where mac had taken courses on how to interrogate criminals. immediately, the young intern was fascinated by cindy s case file. she picked it off her boss desk when he wasn t looking. i ve since admitted it to my boss, i read the file, and it really was contagious. i took that file home with me almost every single night and just kept rereading it. jen leibow, was at the time, an undergrad studying for a communications degree. she quickly became obsessed with suburban detroit teenager who disappeared when she, herself, was only 4. and then i brought it up to my bosses and they allowed me to call mac and see if, you know, i can be an extra set of hands for him. anything he needed. you know, as a new investigator, i could learn from him, but i could also help him out. and the phone relationship would remain for the next 2 1/2 years. mac, back in eastpointe, doing the shoe-leather investigating, as he had time for, and jen
a law enforcement consulting firm in chicago where mac had taken courses on how to interrogate criminals. immediately, the young intern was fascinated by cindy s case file. she picked it off her boss desk when he wasn t looking. i ve since admitted it to my boss, i read the file, and it really was contagious. i took that file home with me almost every single night and just kept rereading it. jen leibow, was at the time, an undergrad studying for a communications degree. she quickly became obsessed with suburban detroit teenager who disappeared when she herself was only 4. and then i brought it up to my bosses and they allowed me to call mac and see if, you know, i can be an extra set of hands for him. anything he needed. you know, as a new investigator, i could learn from him, but i could also help him out. and the phone relationship would remain for the next 2 1/2 years. mac welcome, back in eastpointe, doing the shoe-leather investigating, as he had time