A FAMILAR VOICE FROM THE GRAVE
Yesterday afternoon, I got quite a suprise in the mail. I had completely forgotten that, a Massachusetts Genealogist was doing some research for me. I'll bet that, it's been two months since I've talked to George. So long that, I had forgotten anyway. Never-the-less, he found two more articles about, my husband's long since deceased Mother. We have recieved about four or five other articles in the past year. However, these two, are both altogether different.
One of those articles, even had a small picture of her in it. The other article, named every Police Detective, and Medical Personel, that worked on her Murder case. George informed me that, he knew that a cople of those Detectives were dead. I suppose from News Paper articles that he had seen in the past. Otherwise, he would have tried to contact them himself, he said.
To my suprise, I personally found out that, more then a couple were dead. I ran all of the names that were included in the big article, through the Social Security Death Index. Can you believe that, "all of them mentioned were dead?" Yes, all of the Police Detectives, and Medical Personel. I guess I shouldn't be shocked. Her murder happened in November of 1972. Furthermore, it remains a "Cold Case."
To be honest, I am completely disgusted with both the Massachusetts State Police Department, and the Chelsea Police Department. In the past, they both claimed that the other probably had those Police rerorts. Until yestreday afternoon, when the Chelsea Police Department finally said that, "they probably had been destroyed years ago." The records clerk said that, "you know that we didn't have computer in those days," and that "everything was hand written." No... I just fell off of the Turnip Truck yesterday.
What kind of stupid question was that supposed to be?
My Husband asked me, "how can they just destroy those records, that is still a cold case?" I fully agree, this is somone's parent that we are talking about. I could care less that, they were hand written, and not in a computer data base some where. They should assign someone to do that, beofore they destroy the paper files.
Oddly enough, yesterday was also my astranged Father-In-Law's 64th Birthday. Coinsidence, or was my Mother-In-Law trying to tell me something? I wish that, one day we will find our the truth about her death. Catch ya'll later.
One of those articles, even had a small picture of her in it. The other article, named every Police Detective, and Medical Personel, that worked on her Murder case. George informed me that, he knew that a cople of those Detectives were dead. I suppose from News Paper articles that he had seen in the past. Otherwise, he would have tried to contact them himself, he said.
To my suprise, I personally found out that, more then a couple were dead. I ran all of the names that were included in the big article, through the Social Security Death Index. Can you believe that, "all of them mentioned were dead?" Yes, all of the Police Detectives, and Medical Personel. I guess I shouldn't be shocked. Her murder happened in November of 1972. Furthermore, it remains a "Cold Case."
To be honest, I am completely disgusted with both the Massachusetts State Police Department, and the Chelsea Police Department. In the past, they both claimed that the other probably had those Police rerorts. Until yestreday afternoon, when the Chelsea Police Department finally said that, "they probably had been destroyed years ago." The records clerk said that, "you know that we didn't have computer in those days," and that "everything was hand written." No... I just fell off of the Turnip Truck yesterday.
What kind of stupid question was that supposed to be?
My Husband asked me, "how can they just destroy those records, that is still a cold case?" I fully agree, this is somone's parent that we are talking about. I could care less that, they were hand written, and not in a computer data base some where. They should assign someone to do that, beofore they destroy the paper files.
Oddly enough, yesterday was also my astranged Father-In-Law's 64th Birthday. Coinsidence, or was my Mother-In-Law trying to tell me something? I wish that, one day we will find our the truth about her death. Catch ya'll later.
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