On July 15, 2026, I took a trip to Exeter while in Visalia to tape a documentary. While I was there, I met Kaitlyn at the Exeter 1982 Marketplace (she is adorable, and the store is amazing), and I posted about it on my Lawyer’s Daughter page on FB. Based on the response, I need … More Stolen: Possible Evidence from Exeter
Update: Did not see this press release yesterday. It explains more about the approach to the series and mentions victims! I’m still worried this will romanticize one person (Michelle), but she did write the book! I didn’t realize HBO was going to drop the teaser on Sunday and it did catch me a bit off-guard. … More The HBO I’ll Be Gone in the Dark Teaser Has Dropped
I was roasted on Reddit* the other day – totally unexpected – and it seems like things got weird when someone accused me of posting to promote my coaching business. Of course, my website has my coaching business on it, but that wasn’t why I was there. I was just participating in the discussion like … More The Golden State Killer Economy – Who’s Making Money
It’s fall and we have a new house in Sacramento! I won’t be living there full time but at least I can come up and hang-out now – for at least as long as the kiddo can handle me. It’s just a bus ride away from court so I’m ready baby. Bring it on! Ever … More Joseph DeAngelo is Dead | What If?
It’s 4am as I start this because I can’t sleep. I’m so angry, it’s beyond my belief. I have to get this off my chest because what happened yesterday was absolute garbage. Regardless of your position on the death penalty, that’s not what this is about. No, it’s possible for everyone to have their own … More Golden State Killer Survivors Exploited for Political Gain
I was probably a preteen when I first discussed the death penalty with my dad – he was against it. He’d actually tried a death penalty case (the guy was guilty) and interestingly enough, Lyman had figured out there was a way to potentially get him off based on a technicality. But, as I understand … More I Have a Horse in this Race | The California Death Penalty
When Katie was born, the joke was she was born unto a family twig. We have no real family tree. I mean we do but it’s small. My dad’s family were definitely not breeders. Sure my dad had three kids, but if you asked him, that was because he had good genes (do you know … More The Mysterious Case of Anne Penn
It’s no secret you know I grew up in a household of Democrats. My dad was fierce about justice for all, equality, civil rights and human rights. He was sexist as hell but after that, I saw him out in the community as a fair man committed to community and hard work. It’s no surprise … More Busted | Five Myths About the Smith Family
I have this fantasy of buying one of those sheds from Home Depot and having a friend sheet rock the thing, add some electricity and then make it the most girly place possible (that’s my taste, romantic, soft, flowery). There’d be a super big comfy chair, a laptop desk and it would smell like spring … More So Now What? Kavanaugh, Trauma, Healing and Moving Forward
I didn’t know who Michelle McNamara was until I heard Patton talking about her on Conan shortly after she died. I had never heard from her nor read any of her work. That was little more than a year ago. I Googled and discovered her LA Magazine article and then read more about her death … More I’ll Be Gone in the Dark – Telling Other People’s Stories – Barnes and Noble Part 2
I sat in court on Tuesday, listening to arguments for the first time, as they apply to privacy, the search warrant, the search “return” (what they found) and three points of view – that of “the people,” which is the prosecution that doesn’t technically represent the victims but instead represents the state, that of the … More Privacy at Issue in DeAngelo Pretrial Hearing: Discuss
We were stopped in the left turn lane of an intersection that was five lanes deep. Adrian was super mad and started to get out of the passenger seat – which means he would have stepped out into traffic. I shouted stop! And locked all the doors. For some reason that worked. That moment scared … More Stranger Things – The Upside Down World of Murder – Adrian Gonzales