Unsolved Mysteries: 4 months later
Sheriff’s Deputy Jeffrey Mitchell’s murderer is still at large. It has been 4 months but it seems like yesterday when the reports of an officer down were streaming in and we were hearing about this tragedy.
The murderer is still at large, and this man’s wife and child continue–what must it be like? How is it to look into a stranger’s eyes and wonder?
I find it even more tragic to read Sheriff John McGinness’ comment that the nice officers are the guys who are most likely to get killed.
“Throughout the years, it’s the officers who tend to be nice guys, easygoing, and quick with a smile, who are most likely to be killed in the line of duty,” the sheriff said. “It’s sad but true.”
Does that mean you have to be an ass to stay alive?
If that’s the case, the tragedy here is even bigger than the matter of one man’s death.
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John Hughes
Nice.