Allow me to expand just a bit on something that I felt was important and needs to be told so that maybe others can learn from this...
DSI and Marcus and possibly one other agent knocked on the door and were told that no one was there but the person opening the door... now here is where the extra thought process came in...
This was the defendants sister, who happened to be blind (so she said)... she answered the door and told the agents that her sister had gone to Philadelphia... and started to close the door. Being the keen investigator he is... DSI noticed lights on in the house and quickly realized that "blind people need no lights.... " so someone else was definitely in the house... he politely asked to enter to take a closer look and she said ok...
He searched and found a couple in bed in one of the bedrooms... the man identified himself as someone other than the husband of the defendant and he said the person in bed, with the sheet over her head was someone other than the defendant... at that point.... DSI or Marcus... not sure which, looked on the dressing table and saw a couple of bottles of medicine... he looked at them and ask the female in bed if those were her medication... she said... without thinking... "yes"... well... the name on the medication was in fact the defendant and at that point.... she had identified herself.... too late to say no...
The agents took her into custody and met me for the trade off and I brought her back to my jurisdiction and that was the end of that story.......................
The point I am making here is that by using their cool thinking abilities and not taking the info provided at face value.... they had determined that they had in fact, found their man/woman...
Too many times in this business, agents will not go further in their investigations, not take that little extra step and just walk away taking things at face value and thus missing important clues that could lead to a successful hunt... this is the difference between a professional recovery agent or bondsman and someone that just bumps along until they finally decide that they cannot do this and go another way, blaming other factors as the reason they were not successful... happens all the time and those of us that have been in this business for a while see people come and go and it is generally because they just don't pay attention to the little details that can make them successful... so having said all that.................................
Always, always listen closely and look at all things that may be instrumental in the search... you never know what simple little thing will make the difference between success or failure in this crazy business....
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