Along with many of you, I just viewed the ID (Investigation Discovery) Network’s season debut of “Homicide,” a retelling of what is obviously a compelling story of the murders and subsequent investigation and trials in the Hendricks family murders. … [Read more...] about Steve’s observations about the ID Network documentary about the Hendricks case
Reasonable Doubt
The Hendricks phone calls
There has been a lot of debate over the years about phone calls David Hendricks made in the hours before the bodies of his wife and three children were found inside their home. While in Wisconsin, Hendricks called his home and those of neighbors and … [Read more...] about The Hendricks phone calls
Nadine Palmer’s phone call
Approximately three hours after David Hendricks called police, telling them he was worried about the whereabouts and well-being of his family, his mother-in-law, Nadine Palmer, called Bloomington police, too. She lived about 45 minutes away and … [Read more...] about Nadine Palmer’s phone call
Detective Crowe’s notes
Charlie Crowe had been a detective for 12 of the 17 years he had been on the Bloomington, Ill., Police Department and the lead investigator on most of the 30 murders the city had recorded in his time as a detective. These are his hand-written … [Read more...] about Detective Crowe’s notes
Hendricks’s early hours, days behind bars
Shortly after he was arrested for the slayings of his wife and three children, David Hendricks was taken to the McLean County Jail, only a block away from the Bloomington, Ill., Police Department. He would spend the next nine months there, awaiting … [Read more...] about Hendricks’s early hours, days behind bars
The Hendricks “read-out”
One of my few disappointments with the 20/20 on ID “Homicide” retelling of the Hendricks family murders and investigation story is that the national TV show did not include something first reported in my book: that McLean County State’s Attorney Ron … [Read more...] about The Hendricks “read-out”