by Dreams End » Sat Jun 10, 2006 12:23 pm
I was investigating a murder case here some time ago. Long story...it involved the sister of a childhood friend. Happily, the murderer, her husband, was just given his first guilty verdict for conspiring to murder her parents. The guy he solicited to do the job turned him in and cooperated in taping the conversations. He has not yet faced the murder charges of his wife yet.<br><br>There is no RA element to this case, but in trying to learn about it I talked with a guy who claimed to have a lot of friends in the Mafia. He worked with a friend of mine, who said that this guy really did seem to get all kinds of favors and merchandise that..you know...fell off a truck or whatever. Here's what's interesting. It's just speculation, but it kind of shows you how this stuff works when the police are compromised as they seem to be here.<br><br>Basically, this guy said that the Mafia, even here in little ole Nashville, has allies in all the various local police departments. He said he could get traffic tickets fixed in every local police department except Hendersonville, which is a little odd since that's where many country music stars live and there's some overlap there, as well, with organized crime. No idea how much.<br><br>Anyway, in looking into this, it appears that the murderer, who was working for his father-in-law's law firm, was also doing legal work for a strip club owner. In fact, his current lawyer is also a lawyer for folks in that industry. While as a moral issue, I really don't have an issue with sexuality related enterprises just like I don't think recreational drugs should be illegal, I do understand that the reality of that industry is exploitation and also a great deal of organized crime involvement. I doubt we could ever have a society where one might feel confident that, prostitutes say, were really freely choosing their profession and not forced into it, consciously or unconsciously by a history of abuse, unscrupulous pimps or economic circumstances. In any event, again, even here in Nashville, organized crime is involved in this industry, and the guy Perry March was working for (this is the murderer) seems to actually have been a front guy for a mob type in Indiana, not legally allowed to own clubs here in nashville.<br><br>Okay, where am I going with this? Here's the deal. First off, the investigation was botched from the beginning. For example, Janet's (the murder victim) was found at an apartment complex. No one interviewed people in that complex till something like two months later. Also, Perry's hard drive was going to be confiscated...but he was told ahead of time...and the hard drive "disappeared." Just vanished right out of his computer. Finally, a call was made to the police suggesting the body was on this strip club owner's property. My own theory is that he assisted Perry in disposing of the body. In any event, it looks like he was tipped off. If Janet's body ever was there, it wasn't there by the time the police started digging.<br><br>In addition, Perry's father had come up from Mexico...and was implicated in the murder conspiracy charges. So he is testifying against Perry. Now..finally, we get to how this relates to RA. Perry's dad told the police how the two of them had driven the body up to Kentucky and disposed of it in a certain place. The thing is, the story is full of holes. The police, however, have the confession and now have no need to pursue any of the organized crime connections. <br><br>Likely, they are already aware that those connections are there. They actually went after the strip club owner for info, but officially nothing has come of it. My assumption is that this is a high profile case, so despite the connections between the police and organized crime figures, they needed a conviction. But there is a line that they won't cross. But I think in such cases, there's a real art to getting a conviction without bringing in all the other connections. <br><br>I can't prove all this, of course, though the involvement of mafia types in the life of the murderer, Perry, is quite clear. I think that this is simply the way life works in many communities. Even when perpetrators sometimes get busted there's just a line you don't cross. When it starts to involve establishment figures or to expose how our law enforcement agencies are compromised by their own involvement and corruption it simply won't go any further. I think this is standard operating procedure and to acknowledge this and understand this immediately makes the idea of RA/pedo networks involving more establishment types believable. It doesn't prove it, but it tells me that it's perfectly feasible for such networks to operate with impunity.<br><br>Our own society, here in the US, is in a pretty advanced state of internal decay, in my view. The corruption is so prevalent that it's really hard to find an official source to turn to to investigate such matters. I think the Levines, the parents of Janet March, feel the prosecutor is rather trustworthy and I hope they are right. I think (they don't give me inside info even though I know them...so should anyone connected to this case be reading this...I make no claims about what their actual perspective is) that they understand that the police are not trustworthy, and in any event, I have made my own opinion on this clear to them. However, I think that my friend thinks I'm nuts (in general, not specifically about the case) so I don't know how seriously they take my perspective. <br><br>The "revolution" that is needed in our society and culture is one that must go very deep. A few changes at the top won't get it, which is another reason I don't like political perspectives about how our country has been "hijacked" by a small group. This corruption and exploitation is a river both very wide and very deep. <br><br> <p></p><i></i>
