Cont’d
“… The body of Gloria Montgomery’s 34-year-old sister, Diane Edwards, was found decomposing near a landfill off Interstate 70 on October 9, 1997. … What was left of her body was found in some weeds by a man who’d stopped by the side of the road to relieve himself. Only five minutes after the dispatcher put out the word about the discovery of Edwards’ then still unidentified body, according to a police report, Golubski was the first officer to arrive on the scene.
…
Her autopsy was conducted by
Erik K. Mitchell, whose
forensic mistakescontributed to the
wrongful convictions of
Hector Rivas, who died while waiting for a retrial after his conviction was overturned, and of
Pete Coones, who
died this February. In November, Coones was
released from prison after serving 12 years for a murder he did not commit.
In the summary of his autopsy of Diane Edwards, Mitchell said the “configuration of the body at the scene and scene information are compatible with a probable sexual assault and a homicide, most likely by asphyxial means” a month or maybe two earlier. In other words, who knows.
Montgomery called police many times over the years to see what police had learned about her sister’s death. The investigation is ongoing, they kept telling her, and only Roger Golubski could talk to her about it.
… Another murder victim involved with Golubski was 39-year-old Rose Calvin, whose family had often seen her with the police detective, and had heard her talk about what a bad guy and dirty cop he was. When her body was found, in July of 1996, Golubski wouldn’t let her relatives see her body, and told them it was badly decomposed, which was not the case. They knew it couldn’t be, since her niece had seen her alive only the day before.
… Should a cop who’d been involved with the victim have had anything to do with her case? Absolutely not, yet Golubski was assigned to investigate hers, along with two other detectives. …”
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It goes on and on. Unreal.
