The third, josh griffin, worked that night until 10:00 p.m., then went off duty. officer griffin told investigators he had not seen kim medlin that night, he had not stopped the car, he did not see the jeep in any way, shape, or form. and he basically said he had gone home and gone to bed before this jeep the jeep would have been discovered. officer griffin was 24 years old. he d been a member of the police force for just over a year. when investigators searched griffin s police car, they found nothing suspicious. his car was absolutely almost spotless, which if you knew josh, he was kind of known around the department of having the dirtiest car in the fleet. with a warrant, police searched griffin s house, but they couldn t find his pair of police-issued work shoes. mr. griffin told me that he had thrown those shoes away because they were damaged on an accident scene investigation.
but a check of griffin s cell phone records contradicted his alibi that he was home sleeping that night. records show that griffin made a cell phone call around 2:00 a.m. to a tow truck company. when confronted by his superiors, griffin changed his story. he said he was sitting in his police car in uniform at baker s intersection in a restaurant parking lot after his shift ended, reading a book. he claimed to be sitting in that parking lot, reading this law book at this restaurant that was closed. and a motorist asked him to call for a tow truck because his car broke down nearby. this put officer griffin on baker s intersection just a half hour to 45 minutes before kim medlin drove by on old charlotte highway. josh griffin denied any involvement in kim s murder.
That intersection after 4:00 a.m. this was after bridger was notified by police and was headed to the scene of kim s abandoned car. that was the first and the strongest rock-solid evidence that i was where i said i was. investigators were also sure that the killer wore size 8, 8 1/2, or 9 thorogood brand 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 a car and drive around. he had to sort of 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.
Phone records contradicted his alibi that he was home sleeping that night. records show that griffin made a cell phone call around 2:00 a.m. to a tow truck company. when confronted by his superiors, griffin changed his story. he said he was sitting in his police car in uniform at baker s intersection in a restaurant parking lot after his shift ended, reading a book. he claimed to be sitting in that parking lot reading this law book at this restaurant that was closed. and the motorist asked for him to call for a tow truck because his car broke down nearby. this put officer griffin on baker s intersection just a half hour to 45 minutes before kim medlin drove by on old charlotte highway. josh griffin denied any involvement in kim s murder, but
That night until 10:00 p.m., then went off duty. officer griffin told investigators he had not seen kim medlin that night, he had not stopped the car, he did not see the jeep in any way, shape or form. and he basically said he had gone home and gone to bed before the jeep would have been discovered. officer griffin was 24 years old. he d been a member of the police force for just over a year. when investigators searched griffin s police car, they found nothing suspicious. his car was absolutely almost spotless, which if you knew josh, he was kind of known around the department of having the dirtiest car in the fleet. with a warrant, police searched griffin s house, but they couldn t find his pair of police-issued work shoes. mr. griffin told me that he had thrown those shoes away because they were damaged on an accident scene investigation. but a check of griffin s cell