by JHowatt | May 26, 2020 | Crime Writing
February 8, 1986. One winter evening, while my girlfriends and I unwound with a glass of wine on our balcony dreaming plots and plans, we decided our next adventure should be to target John St. John’s upcoming sixty-eighth birthday and honor him in a special way –... 
by JHowatt | May 19, 2020 | Crime Writing
These four photos depict 1. The card from the club Shari met Bradford at. 2. Bradford’s photo of Shari in the Mojave Desert on July 4, 1984, taken probably just hours before her murder. 3. LAPD bulletin distributed by St. John and Detective Mellecker to the general... 
by JHowatt | May 12, 2020 | Crime Writing
Photos bring to life the day DA’s team (District Attorney Dave Conn and Pam Ferraro), the investigating detectives, and others on the forensic team went to the desert to identify, photograph. and establish the crime scene location. They depict Detectives St. John and... 
by JHowatt | May 5, 2020 | Crime Writing
The detective who worked with John on the Bradford case – a hard-working, diligent, bachelor –finally found the girl of his dreams, decided to get married and needed a best man. Who else but John St. John? John didn’t do tuxes or shined shoes, bow ties, or cuff links....