Prolific Novelist Publishes Third Book in Max Cantu Detective Series
Teacher-turned-detective Max Cantu takes up his third case.
Walter Turner published The Laguna File: A Max Cantu Novel (iUniverse, 2008), his third book in the Max Cantu detective series.
In The Laguna File, the teacher-turned-private investigator is asked to investigate a home invasion of a once famous movie star, now a recluse and living in Laguna Beach. The client tells Max not to inform the police in order to protect her privacy. Despite finding very little to go on with the case, he has a suspect in sight, but Max can’t immediately establish his guilt as there are a few challenges involved, not to mention the considerable legwork. As he digs deeper into the case, Max
Laci Peterson, a 27-year-old wife who was eight months pregnant, disappeared on December 24, 2002. When the body of the California woman and her unborn child were found four months later, her husband, Scott, was charged with two counts of murder. Detective Craig Grogan gave a sworn statement that he had probable cause to believe Mr. Peterson committed two counts of the crime of 187 Penal Code, homicide, on or about December 23 or 24 of 2002, in the county of Stanislaus. April 17, 2003 the Judge of the Superior Court in Stanislaus County, California issued a warrant for the arrest of Scott Lee Peterson. The court found that the District Attorney’s office did, in fact, have probable cause to bring Scott Peterson in. The Judge specifically
At approximately 5:28 p.m., I arrived on scene and was briefed by Officer Nicholson. I was provided with the name of the victim Amanda Holmes (white, female DOB 10/17/1982). Officer Nicholson advised me that the victim was last seen by her roommate at approximately 12:00 a.m. I then spoke to the roommate to obtain consent to process the residence.
There is many things in his testimonies the contradict with other people's testimonies. First in his testimony he says he was walking passed Max's porch when he saw Max sitting out there, so he went and joined him for a couple cokes. That doesn't make sense because in the preliminary report it says the Max invited his friends over for a housewarming party. He also goes on to say that he went up to the bathroom at 2:45 and was up there for 10 minutes and came down to see Max dead laying on the ground. He called out about 3:00. But if you look at Chloe's testimony it say that she went to the bathroom at 2:30 and didn't come back down till 3:00 when she heard Ray yell. But the problem with that is that it was a 2 bedroom- 1 Bathroom house. So they would have been in the bathroom at the same time. It doesn't make sense, someone is lying.
Anna Garcia died unexpectedly on a hot summer day. The EMT broke down the door and found Anna lying face down on the floor. The case is being investigated. The persons of interest are Alex Garcia, Anna’s former husband; Doug Greene, Anna’s neighbor; Erica Piedmont, Alex’s new wife; and Lucy Leffingwell, Anna’s best friend. The person who is most suspicious of having something to do with Anna’s death is her former husband, Alex Garcia.
On January 5, 2016, Detective Lewis received a copy of the video surveillance from Home Depot. Detective Lewis
On July 12, 2005, Liana White, wife and mother, disappeared in northern Edmonton. At 5:45 am that morning a woman called to report an abandoned car, left open with personal effects, including Mrs. White’s licence, scattered around it (Edmonton Journal, 2007, para. 2, 4). The next day her husband, Michael White, made a public plea for his wife’s return as they continued searching for her whereabouts (Harding & Shaw, 2005, Timeline of Events, para. 3). By July 14, Michael had become a suspect and the police were all too happy when he decided to lead a search party of his own, in the hopes that, if Michael was in fact the reason for Mrs. White’s disappearance, he would lead them right to her (Edmonton Journal, 2007, A Turning Point., para. 14).
K-9 officer told Mr. Solomon to stop and he continues to run. Mr. Solomon heard the officer say he was going to release the dog and Mr. Solomon gave up. Mr. Solomon was then taken into police custody. When the victim came home, Detective Gibbs went into the home and found a black backpack at the top of the stairs. The victims stated that the backpack was not theirs. Detective Gibbs opened the backpack and the victim’s stolen laptop was inside and Daniel Solomon’s homework was also inside. Mr. Solomon and Mr. Powell were brought to 311 County Street and they both confessed to breaking the window and going inside of the home. They both blamed each other for taking items.”
The third investigation, the report stated that there was drug use in the home and believed the risk of sexual abuse still existed. The investigator, according to the report, tried multiple times to reach Colton. Some of the policies violated include not seeing Colton for extended periods of time. The last time CPS saw Colton was on March 3, 2014
David Leon Riley was pulled over by a police officer for a driving a vehicle with expired license tags. The police officer who initially stopped Riley discovered that his driver’s license had also been suspended. Following department procedures, the police officer then continued to impound his vehicle. Before the car was impounded, the police officers are required to do an inventory of all of the components of the vehicle to prevent being liable for any missing items after the car is recovered, as well as, to discover any illegal or dangerous items. During the vehicle search, officers found two handguns under the hood of Riley’s vehicle and then proceeded to arrest Riley for the possession of firearms. When the arresting officer conducted a person’s search of Riley, it was found that Riley had a cell phone in his pocket. The cell phone was taken by police and taken back to the station where an analyst discovered data on Riley’s cell phone that was ultimately used to tie Riley to a drive-by shooting that had occurred a few weeks earlier. Based on the pictures and video recovered by the detective analyst specializing in gangs, and ballistics tests conducted on the two hand guns found in Riley’s vehicle, the state of California charged Riley in connection with the shooting. The arresting officer accessed data stored on Riley’s cell phone and noticed a repeated term associated with a street gang.
Upon my arrival I was met by a white female adult identified as Juliann Conti. Conti stated that she arrived home on 10/06/2017 at about 1630 hours and found her Sony DVD player was missing. Conti then discover a blue bag located in the master bedroom which contained the following items: Divorce papers, one Birth certificate bearing the names Julia VIA (Deceased), three Social Security Cards bearing the names Julia VIA, Dominick Via (Deceased), and Juliann Conti, One City bank Credit car bearing the name Juliann Conti, one Wal-Mart credit card bearing the name Juliann Conti, one JC Penny credit card bearing the name Juliann Conti, one Lowes credit card bearing the name Juliann Conti, one Nevada unemployment card baring the name Juliann Conti, was missing.
On April 20, 2017, the undersigned detective interviewed the complainant. The complainant stated that he likes playing with his brother, but he rather lives at home with his dad. The complainant stated that he resides at the listed location with his mother and 14 year old brother. The complainant stated that Antwan only visit him on the weekend. The complainant stated that when he gets in trouble at home his mother
While cofacilitating the group, you meet Max, who was court ordered to participate as a result of allegations of assault. After a careful review, you find that he has six past charges of assault. Max is an attractive man in his mid-thirties. He is charming with both the males and female in the group. Although it is clear that he does not feel he should be in the group, you find that he adds dimension to it.
Considered one of the most appalling crimes of all, murder and betrayal. Chloe Goode committed both, not only did she kill her “friend”, she did it for her own selfish reasons. The murder of Max Powers occurred just after he announced Chloe would be one of the four inheritors of his 12.4 million dollar estate. . She thought that the financial motive and personal dislike of Max was enough to dispose of Max. After the crime scene was examined closely, through the physical evidence and faulty testimonies, it is clear that Chloe murdered Max Powers.
His ex-wife Audrey couldn’t believe how much he had changed. When he said he was going to do something she didn’t believe him. Max told her his father wasn’t lying and that he couldn’t lie because that’s what he wished for the night of his birthday which is for his dad not to lie. Audrey was going to move with Max to Boston to get away from Fletcher and his disappointments he brought to the family with lies and start a new life. Fletcher realized that he had changed and wanted to prove it to Audrey and Max. Fletcher then caught up to Audrey and Max to prove it to them which stopped them from leaving to Boston and give Fletcher another chance as a father. It depends on your profession if you should lie or not. In the profession of criminal justice that is how most are trained. Attorneys have to exaggerate and lie to win their most of their cases to receive a better pay
On July 8, 1997, William Bosko, an enlisted sailor returns home from a week at sea to find his wife Michelle Moore-Bosko gruesomely murdered in their apartment. Detectives interview family, friends and neighbors of the couple before asking their next-door neighbor Danial Williams to come in for questioning. Danial Williams is interrogated for the next 11 hours by detectives Maureen Evans and Robert Glenn Ford before confessing to the murder of Michelle Bosko. Even though neither his story of what happened, or his DNA matched the evidence that the police had