unfortunately in east los angeles with a shaved head and they thought he was a gang member, and there is no evidence whatsoever to lead me to believe he was. wrong place, wrong time, and mistaken identity. what is tough about solving that? witnesses. witnesses. no one is coming forward? no one is coming forward. did they believe it was his brother? we believe so. we may have a jailhouse informant. surveillance that house. detective fields need an eyewitness or another gang member to identify ronald s killer, a small trace of dna lifted from a cough drop near ronald s body was not enough to match a profile. some people say that, you know, people in the community, you talk to people and they say, that look, people don t come forward because they are scared to talk to the police for fear of retaliation. is that a valid fear? yes, in any community, because anybody who reports a crime worries about that, but in 29 years on this job, i have lost one witness in 29 years and i
no one is coming forward? no one is coming forward. did they believe it was his brother? we believe so. we have a jailhouse informant. surveillance that house. detective fields need an eyewitness or another gang member to identify ronald s killer, a small trace of dna lifted from a cough drop lifted from ronald s body was not enough to match a profile. some people say that, you know, people in the community, you talk to people and they say, that look, people don t come forward because they are scared to talk to the police for fear of retaliation. is that a valid fear? yes, in any community, because anybody who reports a crime worries about that, but in 29 years on this job, i have lost one witness in 29 years and i have dealt with hundreds and hundreds of witnesses, so it is not as common as someone might think. most of these gangsters are cowards, and they are not going to do anything. the gangs only need to make a few examples to send a message.