The Crime Reporter and the Cop: “A Hollywood Homicide True Life Detective Story” With a Surprising Twist of Destiny

By Steve Hodel | July 18, 2024 |

July 18, 2024 Birch Bay, Washington I joined the LAPD at age twenty-one in 1963. After being assigned to and working uniform patrol at four divisions (WLA, Van Nuys, Wilshire, and Hollywood), I transferred to Hollywood Detectives and worked all the “tables.”  I started in the Juvenile Unit, then rotated to the Burglary Detail, then…

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