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unfortunately, this didn t help. two weeks later, police found kim s abandoned jeep on the side of the road. the engine was running and the lights were on. we knew then that something rotten had happened. kim s purse and her money were still in the jeep, but strangely, her driver s license was missing. there was certainly no logical explanation as to why ms. medlin had left her vehicle. the first thing we attempted to do was to determine if, in fact, a crime had occurred. the next day, a search team found kim s body a mile and a half from her car, hidden under some debris. we watched the news, and my wife looked at me and she says, i ve seen enough. it s her. so, we turned off the tv and unplugged both phones and just went to bed.
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, bridger, 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. bridger medlin 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. the only reason she pulled over
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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 was wearing 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 be there at the department. the second officer was on duty, responding to a burglary that night, and was in constant radio contact with headquarters. the third, josh griffin, worked