Cops and Robbers

Do you believe in Karma? Do you believe in the possibility that the paths of two persons are destined to cross? I don’t know if I do. I’ve been a cop for over thirty years and, through those years, I’ve had the opportunity to taste evil. You may say, what a strange choice of words, opportunity. Understand that a good cop requires his dance with the devil. The Re-Killing of Greyeyes, The Trilogy of a Single Death is a true story about murder with an amazing and magical discovery.

In October, 1979, on the same night that I graduated from the Utah Police Academy, Marilyn Greyeyes left a party alone. Two days later her nude, horribly mutilated body, was discovered on a barren hilltop by two little girls. During the autopsy, the Medical Examiner found a small piece of metal in her brain matter that nobody could identify. Five years later I picked up that piece of metal and recognized it to be a broken trigger guard from a gun. I just needed to find the gun.

Finding the gun that matched that trigger guard was like trying to find the car that matched the hub cap found in the middle of the road, only harder. People don’t throw cars away or destroy them when they lose a hub cap.

I found that gun. Through my investigation I learned that the gun was involved in the deaths of two people. The gun was stolen three times, twice in the same week. I solved every theft and eventually put it in the hands of the man who killed Marilyn. In 1985, I arrested and booked Marilyn’s murderer into jail.

In 1986, the Prosecutor who had filed the murder charges lost his battle for the Salt Lake County Attorney’s Office. He was transferred to Juvenile Court and this case was dismissed.
This story is a must read for every person who enjoys a good crime drama. The story behind the gun is truly unbelievable, unbelievable but true. I realize that its an old story, but so am I. I realize that the murderer was never convicted of his crime, but guess what? That’s life. Still, in my life I’ve had the opportunity to experience failures nobody should ever know. Now that you know, experience with me my failure. I truly believe this is an important, interesting story about hope, truth, justice and injustice.