01-25-2008, 02:29 AM
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.
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.