June 2, 2016 Marks 40 Years Since the Disappearance of Ruth Martin
40 YEARS AGO TODAY, June 2, 1976, 51-year-old Lincoln realtor RUTH LOUISE MARTIN failed to show up for work. Somewhere between nine and ten…
Allegedly Missing Evidence in the Ruth Martin Cold Case
THE ALLEGEDLY MISSING EVIDENCE IN THE RUTH MARTIN CASE is the most compelling and important item collected in the investigation. It is a partially…
Lincoln’s City Hall, the Phone Booth, and the 1976 Lincoln PD Burglary
Notable mention in “BURIED TRUTH TRILOGY”: “The City Hall in Lincoln was located on the corner of McLean and Broadway streets. It sat kitty-corner…
Shooting at Scully Park
“He brought it all on himself,” they said. “He’s an asshole.” More commonly known as “Tattoo” for the ubiquitous blue ink covering his face,…
BURIED TRUTH The Unabridged Trilogy Part Three: Plea for Justice – Smoke and Mirrors – Excerpt
The morning of October 28, 2011, I received an email from John Foltz stating, “What’s up with this?” He had included an email that…
BURIED TRUTH The Unabridged Trilogy Part Three: Plea for Justice – Menard Penitentiary – Excerpt
It was seven o’clock in the morning on Wednesday, August 11, 2004, when Helen and I pulled out of her driveway and headed for…
BURIED TRUTH The Unabridged Trilogy Part Two: Preponderance of Evidence – Interview with Walter Kasten – Excerpt
WK: Well, you have a different viewpoint than I do. I remember him saying that about the Schneiders, but my remembrance was he never…
BURIED TRUTH The Unabridged Trilogy Part Two: Preponderance of Evidence – Combining Forces – Excerpt
Re: Reconsideration of Drabing and Smrekar Murder Investigations. Mr. Huyett: When Russell Smrekar and Michael Drabing murdered at least five innocent people in Logan…
BURIED TRUTH The Unabridged Trilogy – Part One: Backtrack – Dead of Winter – Excerpt
Like clockwork, I awoke at four in the morning on January 7, 1997 and looked through the sliding glass door in our bedroom. The…
BURIED TRUTH The Unabridged Trilogy Part 1: Backtrack – Overview Excerpt
The year of 1976 my hometown, Lincoln, Illinois, was turned upside down by six violent murders that transpired between June and October. My father,…