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The Couple with the Tip
We had been working the case for a while, closing in, but we still didn’t have a name. That changed on the morning of January 30, 1976. A call came into the department from a young marriage counselor in Placentia, the city just east of Fullerton. His name was Ron Rockenbach, and he had something…
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Rescuing David Lee
The day we arrested Kenneth Hulbert, I noticed a small boy lingering near a vending machine in the station lobby. He looked about five or six—too young to be alone, and like a kid who’d learned to live hungry. His clothes were worn, his hair unkempt, and there was something in his eyes that stuck…
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Why I wrote “The Parking Lot Rapist”
When I retired from the Fullerton Police Department after 30 years, I left with more than just a pension. I carried with me the memories of cases that stuck with me—the ones that mattered, the ones that never let go. Some were solved cleanly, some left loose ends, but one in particular stood out. A…
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