Summary of Michael Connelly's Crime Beat

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#1 The Fort Lauderdale Police Department has received 38 murders so far this year, which is a record-breaking number. The most ever was 52 in 1981.

#2 The police department has a rotation system for assigning cases to lead detectives. This time, partners Russo and Allen were up to handle the case from start to finish. If it wasn’t solved by the group effort in the next few hours, it would be theirs to work alone.

#3 The detectives were able to narrow down three potential scenarios regarding Walter: he was going to be a witness in a robbery trial, he was evicting people from the apartment, or he was allowing young men to stay in his apartment in exchange for work around the building.

#4 The detectives interview the two men who were with Troy when he was alive just minutes before his death. They know they have a case that will take a lot of work on the street.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 6, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822505902

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The Fort Lauderdale Police Department has received 38 murders so far this year, which is a record-breaking number. The most ever was 52 in 1981.

#2

The police department has a rotation system for assigning cases to lead detectives. This time, partners Russo and Allen were up to handle the case from start to finish. If it wasn’t solved by the group effort in the next few hours, it would be theirs to work alone.

#3

The detectives were able to narrow down three potential scenarios regarding Walter: he was going to be a witness in a robbery trial, he was evicting people from the apartment, or he was allowing young men to stay in his apartment in exchange for work around the building.

#4

The detectives interview the two men who were with Troy when he was alive just minutes before his death. They know they have a case that will take a lot of work on the street.

#5

The detectives were unable to solve the Michael Connable case, and it began to rain as they carried him to the van. The blood began to wash down the drain, and the face of the body mover with the tattooed tears fell on it.

#6

On Friday, July 3, detectives Phil Mundy and Pete Melwid are called to the scene of the 40th murder that night, Johnnie Eddines. They clear the case just before midnight.

#7

The case is closed after Troy Tetreault, age 18, confesses to the murder. He says that Moody was attacking him, but all of his explanations do not explain how someone defending himself would stab his attacker between the shoulder blades and then ransack and rob his home.

#8

The Metropolitan Organized Crime Intelligence Unit is a secret police unit in Broward County, Florida. They follow and watch over the activities of mobsters, and they are closer than you could imagine.

#9

MIU’s operatives help