the only reason she pulled over was because of some figure of authority had demanded her pull over. was it possible that bridger was correct, that a policeman or someone in authority had pulled kim over? based upon the position of the jeep, the fact that the driver s license appeared to be missing, one of the investigators early on believed that this could be a blue light bandit or perhaps even a police officer involved in the stop of the vehicle. a blue light bandit is someone who mounts a police light on his vehicle and uses it to prey on innocent people. this theory was bolstered by the fact that kim s driver s side window was down. if you logically looked at it, it really narrowed down the reason she pulled over. and it didn t take long before a witness came forward to corroborate this theory.
red jeep and to look out for her if they saw her on the roadway. 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 something rotten it happened. kim s money and purse was there, strangely, her driver s license was missing. the first thing we had to do is 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 said i ve seen enough. it s her. so we turned off the tv and unplugged all the phones and just went to bed.
could have committed a violent crime of this type. on the night of the crime, griffin ended his shift around 10:00 p.m. but instead of going home, while still in uniform, he drove his police car to baker s intersection and parked at ron s restaurant, which was closed. around 2:00 a.m., a motorist stopped and asked for help telling griffin he had some car trouble. griffin called for a tow truck using his personal cell phone, which placed him near the crime scene. about 30 to 45 minutes later, prosecutors believe griffin saw kim medlin drive by. and as planned, decided to pull her over for a traffic violation as a ruse to introduce himself. a witness saw the policeman pull kim s red jeep over and saw that kim had done nothing wrong. prosecutors believe griffin asked kim for her driver s
of them, since they can use their vehicles while off duty. 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.
josh griffin denied any involvement in kim s murder, but soon, his fellow officers turned against him. apparently, everything started when kim told police she feared driving home alone at night along the dark country roads, and was concerned that a customer of the men s club was following her. in an effort to help, police broadcast an announcement asking officers to keep an eye out for kim s car, to make sure nothing happened to her. and we know from the investigation after the fact that mr. griffin was, in fact, out and listening to that broadcast that evening. the evidence shows officer josh griffin took an inappropriate interest in kim medlin, and investigators learned that griffin told fellow police officers about it. he saw her jeep running up and down through town and would call to other policemen and make