his dad was head narcotics detective and he was someone i could trust. i received a call from roger and he was in a total panic. kill me, kill me. i said who is going to kill you? i m not sure. mecham tried to talk roger down. he wanted to swim the river and meet by the cover of darkness. all that stuff. they met the following morning. what was the first thing out of roger s mouth? basically, you know, that he knew that bob had killed his wife and kids. and there was more. the new plot to kill bob s parents. that was a shocker. that was the shocker. only one thing to do now. roger would have to do the one thing he thought he would never do. cooperate with the police. he would have to catch his old friend in the act of plotting to kill. the fbi was called in. they put a tap on roger s phone. agent todd scott gave him directions.
was an accident. and all over town people offered their sympathy for the young husband and father, bob duke. just 23 years old and already a widower. poor bob. poor bob. lost his wife, lost his child. mont mecham watched them grow up. a narcotics detective with the green river police department. i m like, i m not buying this. it stinks. too many red flags there? way too many for me. the case was out of his jurisdiction. not much he could do. except plead with the sheriff s department to take another look at the case. they said no, we have closed the case. i said that was sad. it was a small town. bob and roger and the cop s old son spent long happy hours in mecham s basement. he thought of a problem. mom and dad were respectable school teachers with impeccable
i received a call from roger and he was in a total panic. kill me, kill me. i said who is going to kill you? i m not sure. mecham tried to talk roger down. he wanted to swim the river and meet by the cover of darkness. all that stuff. they met the following morning. what was the first thing out of roger s mouth? basically, you know, that he knew that bob had killed his wife and kids. and there was more. the new plot to kill bob s parents. that was a shocker. that was the shocker. only one thing to do now. roger would have to do the one thing he thought he would never do. cooperate with the police. he would have to catch his old friend in the act of plotting to kill. the fbi was called in. they put a tap on roger s phone. agent todd scott gave him directions. we needed them to discuss the plot.
and all over town people offered their sympathy to the young husband and father, bob duke, just 23 years old and already a widower. everybody was like, poor bob, poor bob, lost his wife, lost his child. mont mecham watched them grow up. a narcotics detective with the green river police department. i m like, i m not buying this. this stinks. too many red flags if there. way too many for me, okay? the case wases out of his jurisdiction though. not much he could do. except plead with the sheriff s department to take another look at the case. they said no, we have closed the case. i said that was sad. the thing is if we said it was a small town. bob and roger and the cop s old son spent long happy hours in mecham s basement. he thought of a problem. mom and dad were respectable school teachers with impeccable reputation.