THANKS THE MEDIA

Thanks to the media for continuing to dig into what happened here. i said it from the beginning after all these guys i work with and charlotte county folks patting each other on the back for a "good job.".. they are pathetic and the mistakes made are sickening. the media should keep digging.

Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008 at 12:58 p.m.


Charlotte did not issue regional alert on 911 call, sheriff says


By JOHN DAVIS



john.davis@heraldtribune.com


The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office never sent out a regional “be on the lookout” alert, warning other law enforcement agencies to search for a green Chevrolet Camaro on the night of Denise Amber Lee’s abduction and murder.

The alert, known as a BOLO, “was issued to Charlotte County Officers only,” Charlotte County Sheriff John Davenport acknowledged in an e-mail this morning.
“I was mistaken when I told you it had been issued to both Sarasota” and North Port, he added.

Davenport had said Wednesday that a 6:35 p.m. alert on Jan. 17 was sent out regionally regarding the green Camaro in the vicinity of Toledo Blade Boulevard and U.S. 41, near the Charlotte County-North Port line.

Davenport refused to release information about whether his office dispatched a deputy to pursue the green Camaro in response to a 6:30 p.m. 911 call from Janet Kowalski.

Kowalski described a woman fighting with a man and screaming as he drove south on U.S. 41 in northern Charlotte County.

Davenport said the office is investigating its response to the call. It is clear that searchers in North Port, including officers from Charlotte, Sarasota and the Florida Highway Patrol, did not respond to the Kowalski call that night.

Kowalski was not formally interviewed by investigators until Sunday, the day after Lee’s body was found in a wooded area near Interstate 75 and Toledo Blade, the last street Kowalski spotting King driving on.

This is looking real bad and I cannot believe Kowalski was not interviewed until Sunday? WTF? This is Lewis and Estrada's responsibility and both should be GONE!

Kowalski was not formally interviewed by investigators until Sunday, the day after Lee’s body was found in a wooded area near Interstate 75 and Toledo Blade, the last street Kowalski spotting King driving on.

where u been, nppd did not even know of this person because of a ccso mistake and you blame others! go away

Nppd is trying to point fingers and blame. How about the fact the neighbor of Denise Lee was not interviewed until approximately an hour to a hour and a half after Nathan Lee first reported Denise missing?! I would say that is a major screw up. One of the NPPD brass was quoted in the news as saying NPPD was still "assessing the situation" and that is why the neighbor was not talked to right away. Had they talked to the neighbor right away things may have ended up different. Apparently investigations is not NPPD's strong point.....

seems the person with the username of sso is pointing fingers and for the last response you obviously dont know anything either but of course the media is always right

To sac...except for the quote from the paper, my post is from first hand knowledge......

With who? a reporter? Like sac said, you obviously weren't on scene.

hey realitycheck, you claim finger pointing, where does nppd do that? I haven't heard anyone from nppd say anything bad about ccso or any other agency. if you were there and you are a real officer why didn't you interview the neighbor? As far as I can see everyone did a great job. I don't know what happened with the ccso 911 call but it only appears that this info did not go out to the officers that needed to know.

Nppd is trying to point fingers and blame. How about the fact the neighbor of Denise Lee was not interviewed until approximately an hour to a hour and a half after Nathan Lee first reported Denise missing?! I would say that is a major screw up. One of the NPPD brass was quoted in the news as saying NPPD was still "assessing the situation" and that is why the neighbor was not talked to right away. Had they talked to the neighbor right away things may have ended up different. Apparently investigations is not NPPD's strong point.....

Your and idiot, the officers on scene interviewed the neighbor withing the first 5-10 min. I asked them, so you really don't know what you are talking about.

Here's from today's Sun-herald:

The affidavit that the North Port Police Department released three days later, Davenport said, had more information than the 9-1-1 call. He said:

Kowalski did not say a driver pushed her down in the car
Kowalski did not someone was slapping at the window
Kowalski did not say whether it was a man or woman in the car
She did not mention whether it was a green Camaro or any type of car

Interesting. To northporter, whats pathetic now?