PI’s Declassified!

Few private investigators ever have a client who is a fugitive but that is exactly what happened to New Jersey private investigator Lisa Reed. Unbeknownst to Lisa, her client was being sought for bilking the US Department of Defense out of millions of dollars in defense contracts. The client fortunately provided an assumed name freeing Lisa to coordinate with law enforcement since the man she thought was her client did not exist. Tune in to hear Lisa tell her harrowing story of the tracking and ultimate capture of Roger C. Day, one of America’s Most Wanted.

It is impossible to imagine the horror of the Holocaust. It is unbearable to see children torn from their parents, never to be seen again. Even though those who survived were liberated almost seventy years ago, the pain is deeply entrenched. While some sit on the sidelines and morn, Private Investigator Fred Blum takes action. Tune in to hear Private Investigator Fred Blum discuss the path he traveled to locate not only his own family members, but to locate scores of others from families fractured by this catastrophic stain on history.

Often a claim of sexual assault has no physical evidence and is based only on the word of the accuser. The accuser claims the sexual encounter is forced and unwanted. The accused claims it was consensual. Was it or wasn't it? How do you know who to believe? It can be complicated. Enter Private Investigator Jennifer Brown to discuss the issues and provide guidelines to investigate this contemporary dilemma.

As people are more and more transient, searching and locating an individual often becomes a primary task for many investigators. It could be finding a witness on a civil, a criminal case, a birth parent, a war veteran or an heir to an estate. Every so often a private investigator is even assigned to develop a family history and connect the links between generations. The longer the elapsed time since there was contact or a known address, the more difficult the search becomes. This is where expert genealogist Christopher Utley enters the scene. Tune into hear Christopher to provide tips to genealogy research and discuss his research strategy.

News anchors and broadcast journalists are often much like private investigators, operating on the front lines, conducting spontaneous interviews, and reacting to real-time unexpected events. They share many of the same traits as PI’s and must be quick to think on their feet, ready for any new development and report the facts. Tune in to hear New York CBS newscaster, Michael Schoen, tell the tales of his countless experiences both on and off the air.

Dottie Caylor disappeared in 1985. Her husband, Jule Caylor, still a person of interest, claimed he put her on the BART train. Dottie’s car with her purse was found in the BART Parking Lot. Dottie suffered from agoraphobia and her purse was the method she used to cope with her disability by always carrying items she needed such as the bee sting kit she used for her bee sting allergy. Five days later, a time unaccounted for by Jule, he reported Dottie missing after pressure from Dottie’s sister and friends. She has not been seen since. Tune in to hear PI’s Declassified host and Private Investigator, Francie Koehler, investigative reporter, Joan Morris, and Private Investigator Notty Bumbo discuss the investigation surrounding Dottie’s disappearance.

Are you struggling with marketing your private investigator or other legal support business? Are you a private investigator or in a related legal field who has just started out and don’t know what to do first? Are you interested in becoming a private investigator, a process server or other legal support professional and wonder how to market? Tune in to hear the answers to these questions and more from marketing consultant, Mindy Naumer.

Using the most highly technical equipment available, Daniel Schumaker specializes in taking evidence in civil and criminal cases and putting it into a visual format where it can be presented and easily understood. Tune into hear crime scene reconstruction expert Daniel Schumaker explain the many applications for his state-of-art equipment that competes even with what is seen on CSI.

Charged with First Degree Aggravated Kidnapping and Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution, Alma Alicia James was on the run with her sons, 9-year-old Zane and 12-year-old Matteo after the court awarded custody to her estranged husband, Iraqi and Kosovo Army veteran, Stephen James. Missing since June 20, 2012, the boy’s father thought he would never see his boys again. The case captured the interest of California PI Logan Clarke, who worked tirelessly and without compensation for 11 months and located the boys’ whereabouts in Mexico. As a result, just a few weeks ago, Zane and Matteo were returned to Texas and reunited with their father. Tune in to hear this harrowing tale of the search for Zane and Matteo and the touching reunification with their father, Stephen James.

Is there a debt owed to you? What can you do about it? Do you believe the person is hiding assets? According to Lexis Nexis, as many as 35% of delinquent debtors move each year and 50% of all accounts received for collections require some form of skip tracing. Where do you start? Have you ever considered hiring a professional to collect money owed you? Susan Nash, a forensic accountant and author of Skip Tracing Basics and Beyond, joins PI’s Declassified! to discuss this weighty topic.