I found clues within the star badge

[portofleith]

Apr 5, 2018 2:30:31 GMT roberson said:

Chances are, the badge was dropped like all the other garbage EARONS dropped on streets, sidewalks, yards and roofs. Probably an item he stole from someone else. Something he purloined from another burglary, perhaps one acquired before 1976. God only know when and where that badge originated. He could have lifted it from the library lost and found. A prolific thief like EARONS was probably stealing whatever wasn't bolted down whenever the fancy struck him.

That it was his personal badge is not very likely. That he brought his work badge to a crime scene and dropped it is pretty far-fetched. What would be the point and why would a guy who clearly dressed specifically for his crimes bring part of his WORK UNIFORM to a crime scene? That would be like a prolific teenager rapist leaving behind his McDonald's name tag at a crime scene.

And this guy was a genius, right? That's what so many people say. So why would a prolific genius rapist leave behind a badge if it could lead anyone anywhere? I can see dropping it to mock police, even to make them spin their wheels, but the badge is just a junk adornment from at least forty years ago. They made a bajillion of them. And they aren't linked to specific companies, jobs or people. Not then, not now. Police diligently examined the badge almost fifty years ago and got nowhere. No one now is going to do any better, barring a true blue miracle of miracles, and especially not from a JPEG Internet image.

I do not believe he dropped the badge accidentally nor do I believe it was his personal badge.  I believe that every item EAR left behind was a message or taunt to LE.  The victims in this case bore the same rare name as one of the Sacramento lead investigators.  I believe the only investigative value now would be locating a burglar report that indicated an indentical badge was stolen- a Hookfast Model B-617.

[sammyt]

Apr 4, 2018 12:43:36 GMT Belle_Deviante said:

And one of the early victims:

In 1976, Jane, then 30, was married to an Air Force officer. She was getting her Bachelor’s degree in nursing from California State University and was in the Air Force reserves, stationed at Travis Air Force base as a flight nurse.

www.modbee.com/news/local/crime/article204417949.html

AND

On August 19, Keith Harrington, 24, and Patrice Harrington, 27, were found bludgeoned to death in their home on Cockleshell Drive in the Niguel Shores gated community in Dana Point. Patrice Harrington had also been raped. Although there was evidence that the Harringtons were bound at the wrist and ankles, no ligatures or murder weapon were found at the scene. The Harringtons had been married for three months at the time of their deaths. Patrice Harrington was a nurse in Irvine, while Keith Harrington was a medical student at the University of California, Irvine. Keith Harrington's brother later spent nearly $2 million supporting California Proposition 69.

Interesting.

One infamous POI was a senior member of the air force.

The wife of this POI was allegedly a medical student at UCI at the same time as Keith Harrington.

Small world perhaps, but the POI himself was also at COS at the same time as VR victim Claude Snelling.

[mustangman]

Apr 4, 2018 21:11:31 GMT Belle_Deviante said:

Apr 4, 2018 20:55:33 GMT looking4justice said:

The first thing that came to my mind when looking at your badge comparisons was campus university/college security badge. I have considered a substitute teacher angle as well.

oooh the substitute teacher angle would explain the school paperwork left behind as well. And being a teacher would be able to scope all the women for targets. Hence the female victim nursing student, and the male student too. Great theology!

Jun 6, 2017 14:18:17 GMT -4 mustangman said:
"I also thought about EAR being a teacher, but that doesn't explain his striking different cities with knowledge of where, who or when to attack, unless he was a "Substitute" Teacher who moved from school to school, he could pick his targets easily and had access to where the students lived also he would overhear the students talking about there day to day lives thus giving him valuable info on when to strike without a lot of recon needed. If EAR was a Substitute he would've been at the School police meetings about EAR to gather info on any police investigation. As I remember most of my Substitute Teachers were young just starting out."

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 The Substitute Teacher angle has been brought up before, but after learning more about Ear and his calling victims after they had moved to a new residence, I am not sure that a Substitute would have access to the new phone numbers of his victims who had moved, also this is a highly visible job and not sure he could've hid so easily.  This has lead me to believe that EAR is someone very likely to be in the school system who also has access to the addresses & phone numbers of potential targets and also have enough flexibility in their work schedule to carry out the attacks.  A school janitor is a likely suspect because they are not assigned to just one school, they have many schools they work at, giving them time for surveillance and a safe place to retreat and hide after an attack, many attacks were of homes a few blocks from, or a street leading to, or of a home right next to a school.       

[Belle_Deviante]

Im not on the bandwagon that he was so intelligent (just because of the longevity of this case) that he would never make mistakes or drop clues as toys.

Lets say he did steal the badge from a "library lost and found". That would still put him in as having a connection to a local library and being in the area. Plus it would leave this thing called "evidence" with fingerprints. lol If he was so full of perfection and everyone giving full weight to an error free 40 year killing spree, why would he risk the connection, someone recognizing the badge or reporting it as missing and the fingerprints? Makes no common sense. The only thing that would apply would be him wanting to get caught. There is a history of him wanting to be stopped (via victim testimony and other documented evidence) and most likely has a history of reaching out for help in his childhood when he started to develop symptoms and urges but people around him either were enablers or overlooked his cries.

I would think a theory that includes assigning too much notoriety leaves much to be discovered. 

But who am I do speculate?

[looking4justice]

Apr 4, 2018 22:43:52 GMT @mcgruffthecrimedog said:

Apr 4, 2018 18:58:08 GMT Belle_Deviante said:

In California, campus cops for state schools are sworn police officers, just like regular city police. More importantly their badges indicate their department. You simply will never see a police officer's badge NOT say the department he works for. That's really important info. If this were a UC police badge, it would say "University of California Police Department" somewhere on it, if it were a Cal State University police department badge, it would say "California State University Police" somewhere on it, like in the picture you previously posted. Police agencies simply don't equip their officers with ambiguous badges.

You put a lot of stock into the California state seal, which makes sense, but private security companies (all the was as recently as 2017) have been known to use the CA state seal to make their badges seem more official to increase their employees’ “command presence.”
I do not know where you came across that, because the Bureau of Security and Investigation Service stated use of California State seal in non-government organization (your private business ) is a misdemeanor by California government code.

You're correct, it is. That doesn't mean businesses follow the law. It's not a misdemeanor in the sense that a local cop will go up to a security guard and put him in handcuffs for breaking that law. The enforcement of that law is the responsibility of BSIS, who is more likely to issue the company the guard works for an administrative fine rather than level criminal sanctions. Prior to around 2013, BSIS simply did not bother with much enforcement of that law unless somebody called and complained about a specific company, and that rarely happened, as you would imagine.

Around 2013, BSIS actually began cracking down on companies that were making their security guards look too much like cops (at the lobbying efforts of police agencies, actually). BSIS actually now requires certain companies employing security guards to submit their badge design to them for approval. Prior to 2013, that wasn't a thing.The law also requires that if a security guard wears a badge, he also have a shoulder patch that clearly states "PRIVATE SECURITY". A bunch of security companies still don't comply with that law. Some companies even still use badges with California state seals on them (illegally).

If you want proof that security companies break the law and illegally use the state seal, here's a badge from 2013 from a large Sacramento company (it has well over 1,000 employees) that was still using the state seal on their badges right before BSIS began cracking down. The redacted portion of the badge bears the name of the company which goes to show that even private companies large enough put their company name on their badges.

And I was being sincere, I really do appreciate all the work you've put into this case. That why I wanted to stop you from expending too much energy in a direction that's been thoroughly investigated.

Great post. That said, although the state seal is present, the star tip design on the found badge that Belle detailed is a design that very closely resembles campus police and ATF badges, while this private security badge more closely resembles a police badge.

[looking4justice]

Apr 5, 2018 0:32:36 GMT trabuco said:

The badge that was found, does it appear authentic? Does it appear to have been altered in some way? Especially the words "Special Officer?"

After one of the Town Hall Meetings detective Shelby and his partner scoured the parking lot for men who fit the EAR physical description. One of the detectives questioned a man driving a volkswagen. The man showed the detective his credentials that he was employed by the California Justice Department. Did the detective notice if this man had a badge? If so, what did the badge look like?

Wow. I really do need to read Shelby's book!

[looking4justice]

Apr 5, 2018 2:30:31 GMT roberson said:

Chances are, the badge was dropped like all the other garbage EARONS dropped on streets, sidewalks, yards and roofs. Probably an item he stole from someone else. Something he purloined from another burglary, perhaps one acquired before 1976. God only know when and where that badge originated. He could have lifted it from the library lost and found. A prolific thief like EARONS was probably stealing whatever wasn't bolted down whenever the fancy struck him.

That it was his personal badge is not very likely. That he brought his work badge to a crime scene and dropped it is pretty far-fetched. What would be the point and why would a guy who clearly dressed specifically for his crimes bring part of his WORK UNIFORM to a crime scene? That would be like a prolific teenager rapist leaving behind his McDonald's name tag at a crime scene.

And this guy was a genius, right? That's what so many people say. So why would a prolific genius rapist leave behind a badge if it could lead anyone anywhere? I can see dropping it to mock police, even to make them spin their wheels, but the badge is just a junk adornment from at least forty years ago. They made a bajillion of them. And they aren't linked to specific companies, jobs or people. Not then, not now. Police diligently examined the badge almost fifty years ago and got nowhere. No one now is going to do any better, barring a true blue miracle of miracles, and especially not from a JPEG Internet image.

"So why would a prolific genius rapist leave behind a badge if it could lead anyone anywhere?"

The same reason many other criminals drop things at a crime scene-they are in a hurry to get away!

[looking4justice]

Apr 5, 2018 6:05:13 GMT @mcgruffthecrimedog said:

Yeah, he worked for the Ventura County Community College Police Department. Before that, he worked for the military police.

This is what their badge looks like:

Yes-and a lot of state colleges use this style badge.

[rickraven]

I always believed this badge was used for effect rather than what it says on it itself. Meaning if EAR did use this badge, he may have used it for what he wanted to appear to look like. All the wannabe quasi cops out there love to carry badges like they belong to some secret society. Flash the badge real quick, it looks real enough, looks like a lot of California police badges. The state seal just makes it look more official.

All official badges issued by the city or state would say on it as such, Sacramento Police Department, California Highway Patrol, California Department of Corrections ect. Those type of badges would have a number on them also. This badge stinks like a security guard badge. Probably acquired from a relative, a flea market, a swap meet, a garage sale or such.



I wonder if there were any reports of police impersonators leading up to and after the first attack. He may have discarded this ruse after the first rape believing that he could be remembered and described if there were reports of a fake cop walking around. Impersonating a police officer is usually a young man's crime.

[Belle_Deviante]

Apr 5, 2018 21:17:17 GMT looking4justice said:

Apr 4, 2018 22:43:52 GMT @mcgruffthecrimedog said:

In California, campus cops for state schools are sworn police officers, just like regular city police. More importantly their badges indicate their department. You simply will never see a police officer's badge NOT say the department he works for. That's really important info. If this were a UC police badge, it would say "University of California Police Department" somewhere on it, if it were a Cal State University police department badge, it would say "California State University Police" somewhere on it, like in the picture you previously posted. Police agencies simply don't equip their officers with ambiguous badges.

You're correct, it is. That doesn't mean businesses follow the law. It's not a misdemeanor in the sense that a local cop will go up to a security guard and put him in handcuffs for breaking that law. The enforcement of that law is the responsibility of BSIS, who is more likely to issue the company the guard works for an administrative fine rather than level criminal sanctions. Prior to around 2013, BSIS simply did not bother with much enforcement of that law unless somebody called and complained about a specific company, and that rarely happened, as you would imagine.

Around 2013, BSIS actually began cracking down on companies that were making their security guards look too much like cops (at the lobbying efforts of police agencies, actually). BSIS actually now requires certain companies employing security guards to submit their badge design to them for approval. Prior to 2013, that wasn't a thing.The law also requires that if a security guard wears a badge, he also have a shoulder patch that clearly states "PRIVATE SECURITY". A bunch of security companies still don't comply with that law. Some companies even still use badges with California state seals on them (illegally).

If you want proof that security companies break the law and illegally use the state seal, here's a badge from 2013 from a large Sacramento company (it has well over 1,000 employees) that was still using the state seal on their badges right before BSIS began cracking down. The redacted portion of the badge bears the name of the company which goes to show that even private companies large enough put their company name on their badges.

And I was being sincere, I really do appreciate all the work you've put into this case. That why I wanted to stop you from expending too much energy in a direction that's been thoroughly investigated.

Great post. That said, although the state seal is present, the star tip design on the found badge that Belle detailed is a design that very closely resembles campus police and ATF badges, while this private security badge more closely resembles a police badge.

And it is modernized with color, making it to modern to even attempt a comparison. (as noted earlier in this thread)

[Belle_Deviante]

Apr 5, 2018 21:42:03 GMT rickraven said:

I always believed this badge was used for effect rather than what it says on it itself. Meaning if EAR did use this badge, he may have used it for what he wanted to appear to look like. All the wannabe quasi cops out there love to carry badges like they belong to some secret society. Flash the badge real quick, it looks real enough, looks like a lot of California police badges. The state seal just makes it look more official.

All official badges issued by the city or state would say on it as such, Sacramento Police Department, California Highway Patrol, California Department of Corrections ect. Those type of badges would have a number on them also. This badge stinks like a security guard badge. Probably acquired from a relative, a flea market, a swap meet, a garage sale or such.



I wonder if there were any reports of police impersonators leading up to and after the first attack. He may have discarded this ruse after the first rape believing that he could be remembered and described if there were reports of a fake cop walking around. Impersonating a police officer is usually a young man's crime.

As far as regulations and statutes in regards to badges, CA did not start regulating them until 1995 from what I can see.

So you are basing this badge on modernized badge requirements.

ARTICLE 3. Regulation, Licensing, and Registration [7582 - 7582.28] ( Article 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1285, Sec. 6. )

leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&division=3.&title=&part=&chapter=11.5.&article=3

[wovoka]

I'm sure most of you know this, but you can go to ancestry directories, leave the name blank, type in Sacramento, the year, and in the keyword box type "security guard". You get a list of everyone in the directory that has it listed as their job. Then slowly weed them out.

If you think he was a pilot,real estate,military ect, type that in the keyword box.

[chainsawjames]

I wonder if he obtained it from a burglary and dropped it in his travels. It was probably a forgotten trinket from a ransacked junk drawer.

[oldguy]

Apr 5, 2018 0:32:36 GMT trabuco said:

The badge that was found, does it appear authentic? Does it appear to have been altered in some way? Especially the words "Special Officer?"

After one of the Town Hall Meetings detective Shelby and his partner scoured the parking lot for men who fit the EAR physical description. One of the detectives questioned a man driving a volkswagen. The man showed the detective his credentials that he was employed by the California Justice Department. Did the detective notice if this man had a badge? If so, what did the badge look like?

Would not a badge issued by a state agency show that agency? The wording "Special Officer" with no specificity sounds like something mail ordered from the back pages of True Crime or Argosy magazine. Something a dweeb wannabe would glom onto.

[rajmahal]

I wonder if that is what they use to call citizens that were entrusted to guard the Sacramento State Capitol?

Today they call it the CPS:

Capitol Protection Section (CPS) is the largest of the six commands assigned to Protective Services Division (PSD). The primary mission of CPS is to provide law enforcement and safety services to the occupants and visitors of the State Capitol building and grounds, as well as the hundreds of state facilities in the Downtown Sacramento region. As part of their daily operations, CPS personnel deploy to the State Capitol 24 hours-per-day, 365 days-per-year, providing safety, service and security to all visitors and staff within the building, as well as the 40 acre park the State Capitol sits on.

To supplement patrol operations, CPS utilizes several special operations units to ensure the highest level of safety, service and security is available to protect the public and state assets, to include the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team, the Mounted Patrol Unit (MPU), Bicycle Patrol Unit (BPU), and the Hazardous Device Detail (HDD). CPS law enforcement responsibilities include, but are not limited to: