by JHowatt | Apr 12, 2021 | Crime Writing
The Cop and the Coroner: Part Three Same Day: Philippe’s Restaurant, LA. John and I walked into Phillipe’s lunch hour crowd, put in our order, and headed for a back booth. Within five minutes, Dambacher sprinted in, spotted John, and shook his outstretched hand. He... 
by JHowatt | Mar 31, 2021 | Crime Writing
The Cop and the Coroner: Part Two I expected the usual ten minute-drive from the Parker Center parking lot to Philippe’s in lunchtime traffic to take just a few minutes. Normally, he’d zip through traffic like Mario Andretti at the Indy 500. Instead, we were stuck... 
by JHowatt | Mar 22, 2021 | Crime Writing
The Cop and The Coroner: Part One September 20, 1985. I stepped into our master bedroom closet, dodged the wicker laundry basket, a pile of clothes and stack of shoeboxes. My brain buzzed with one question. What would I wear to a meeting between LAPD Detective John... 
by JHowatt | Mar 8, 2021 | Crime Writing
“They Shot and Killed My Parents!” – The Menendez Murders I sat on a cold, hard bench in a crowded courtroom listening to testimony about the mental state of two teenage boys who murdered their parents. This “law and order” experience was different from all the... 
by JHowatt | Feb 26, 2021 | Crime Writing
“Don’t Worry. It’ll All be Over in a Couple Minutes.” -The Petit Murders Peter Vronsky, author of Sons of Cain: A History of Serial Killers from the Stone Age to the Present, wrote this about how the term ‘serial killer’ evolved: “Before the term was coined in 1981,... 
by JHowatt | Feb 20, 2021 | Crime Writing
A Double Tragedy: Steven and Carl Wood January 1989, Los Angles California. Walking into Taylors Steak House on a chilly afternoon reminded me of the Oxford winters when Jim and I lived in England. A big treat would be lunch at our local pub. I’d open the heavy oak... 
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