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Huron County Crime S
(since inception 1988)
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Charges: 1070
Arrests: 443
Property Recovered:
Drugs Recovered:
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Crime Stoppers Interne H
(since inception .1976)
Arrests: 755,474
Property Recovered: $1,939;632,049
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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_
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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
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: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.
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