I was reading through the Post Standard trying to find a story, any story that I could reasonably write for the upcoming newscast. I had had three other stories fall through that morning and I was starting to panic. While skimming the paper I noticed a story from earlier in July about an attempted abduction case. I did a bit of research and noticed that there weren't any updates on the story which I found strange... an attempted abduction and no leads?
I was grasping at straws so I decided to call the investigating police department which is located in Fulton, NY. After a couple of transfers from the front desk I landed in the voicemail box of the lieutenant on the case. At this point I really didn't think I had a story.. I was sure no one would be getting back to me in time..
About 3 minutes later I received a call from Lieutenant Jeff Kinney from the Fulton PD. I graciously asked him for a phone interview and much to my surprise there was in fact an update.. they had arrested someone the night before! Not only that, but there was an interesting twist in the story.. the fact that the girls had lied to police about where they were when they were approached by this guy. Originally they had told police that Langdon had pulled them off of the porch they were sitting on.. rather they had agreed to go for a walk with this guy. According to Lieutenant Kinney the girls had lied because they were afraid they would get in trouble with their parents. I guess at ages 13 and 15, if I were their parents I'd be more than upset that they were still out at 4am let alone going with some random stranger.. they were very lucky that they were able to get away from that guy in the end.
At any rate, I'll be following up with many more "unsolved" mysteries in the future.
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7 comments:
You are just like William Shatner now. Maybe you could be the new host of Unsolved Mysteries on Lifetime! :)
Your story was awesome! Finally, one of us actually got some "breaking news!" :)
ha..you could seriously be the next shatner..but way cuter and with actual breaking news! i mean..you could start your own t.v. show.."unsolved mysteries of syracuse, ny"
You are certainly blossoming into a hard-headed reporter. I can just picture you now, slumped over, listening to the police scanner into the early hours of the morning.
No, this makes you a Journalism student. If you were a journalist, you would be getting underpaid to find such a story.
sounds like you might have a new boyfriend...POLICE SCANNER.
You mean you can picture me as in you've placed a hidden camera in my apartment?? Hey, you find news your way, and I'll find news MY WAY!
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