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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2009-01-14, Page 8Page 8 The Huron Expositor • January 14, 2009 • Huron County Crime S (since inception 1988) bsr Charges: 1070 Arrests: 443 Property Recovered: Drugs Recovered: Rewards Authorized:..h e His or� 7,.c jai 6', I• Crime Stoppers Interne H (since inception .1976) Arrests: 755,474 Property Recovered: $1,939;632,049 •s When a young college student, Michael CARMEN, was shot to death,: during a robbery at an Al- buquerque, New Mexico gas sta tion in July 1976, Detective Greg MACALEESE had no idea who was' responsible for the killing,: shotgun. The medical staff kept him alive for four hours and during that time he tried to tell the detec- tives who was responsible, but he didn't have the strength to form the words. r o witnesses came forward and it appeared that the senseless and brutal 'shotgun slayingwQpld re- m*, a mystery. CARMEN was only two weeks away from getting married and had taken an extra shift at the gas station to give a co-worker the night off. When police responded to an emergency tail,- they found CARMEN gravely wounded. He'd been shot in the abdomen at point blank range with a 12uage_ S t • At that time, Albuquerque had one of thehighest per capita crime rates in the country and people were afraid ° to help the.. police. MACALEESE conceived the ides of producing a video re-enactment of the homicide, guaranteed ono- nyrriity for anyone who was wilt- ing, to call him with information and put up a reward toencourage someone to provide a lead that • :would help identify those respon- sible for the murder of CARMEN. MACALEESE'pIafl;t� identify those responsible forkilling CARMEN. worked. Within "a :few hours ter the re-creationyof the murder was broadcast on television, he received a phone call.The video image had triggered the memo- . ry of a person who hearda: loud bang in•the'vicinity of the gas bar and then saw a car driving off. The caller told MACALEESE that the vehicle belonged to a resident in a nearby apartment complex:., Through investigation, MACA- LEESE and, a team of- detectives arrested two men within 72 hours aid charged them with the mur- rler of CARMEN. • �3? Usborne &HIbb.rt Mutual Fire Inssaraflc. Company Exeter, Ontario NOM 181 Established in 1876 FARM, RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL Agents: Wayne Mayer, Exeter 519-235-1915 David Moore, Dublin. 519-345-2512; J.R. Uniac, Mitchell 519-348-9012 Barb Worden, RR 2- Staffa 51$-345-277 HEAD OFFICE 519-235-0350 Box and SMITII Funeral . Chapel' Inc. 'Our Family Serving Your Family" christoir-VI. Smith Funeral Director 47 High St. Seaforth - , .519-527-114 The Municipality. of HURON EAST 519-527-0160 •