Yesterday, returning from the BOC meeting at the Coos County Courthouse, it was uplifting to run into two Coquille Police Department officers as they waited on call for District Attorney, Paul Fraser conducting interviews into the Leah Freeman murder. This was a multi-agency effort and hours and hours of re-interviews of witnesses took place to rebuild the long cold case and these young officers are both proud and excited to be part of directing it to a resolution.
Police Chief Mark Dannels, (thank the stars we have a real police chief now), would not have submitted the case to the DA without a reasonable expectation of an indictment. As someone pointed out a DA can indict a ham sandwich if he wants to, or kill a case in a grand jury, so it is all up to Fraser now.
It was also very encouraging to see how proud these guys are to be ‘crime fighters’ instead of the traffic Nazis they used to be under the former police chief. I am proud of them too and confident Leah’s mom will soon be able to watch her daughter’s killer brought to justice.
Even those of us who never met you love you Leah. Peace be upon you.
