LEONARD RAY HARPER-1997

LEONARD WAS A CASE GIVEN TO US IN 1999. THE PICTURE ON THE TOP IS THE ORIGINAL MUGSHOT OF HIM. THE PICTURE ON THE BOTTOM IS HIS NEWEST MUGSHOT IN JANUARY 2010. HE WAS ON A BOND FOR $100,000 FOR THE MURDER OF HIS FRIEND. MY PARTNER, JIM RICHARDS, AND MYSELF, WORKED THIS CASE UNTIL WE RAN OUT OF LEADS. WE WERE NOT THE ONLY HUNTERS TO WORK THE CASE. BUT, NO ONE COULD SEEM TO FIND LEONARD. THE FAMILY WAS FAIRLY WEALTHY, BUT THEY WERE NO HELP. THE WIFE WAS NO HELP EITHER. HER AND LEONARD HAD A CHILD TOGETHER. BUT ONE THING I DO KNOW IS THAT A MOM, OR DAD, OR GRANDMA, OR WIFE, IS GOING TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEIR LOVED ONE IS. THEY TELL YOU THINGS TO MISLEAD, OR MISDIRECT YOU; ALL THE TIME KNOWING FULL WELL WHERE THE FUGITIVE IS. BUT LEONARD HAD FELL COMPLETELY OFF THE EARTH! WE SIMPLY SAID TO OURSELVES "LEONARD HAD HIS FAMILY, OR A FRIEND, PROBABLY HELP HIM OUT OF THE COUNTRY". AND THE CASE WENT DEAD COLD. AND NOW, ALMOST 12 YEARS LATER, LEONARD WAS CAUGHT IN BRAZIL IN JANUARY 2010; WITH A NEW WIFE AND CHILD! EVEN THOUGH JIM AND I DID NOT CATCH LEONARD, IT WAS STILL AN IMMENSE PLEASURE TO HAVE WORKED THE CASE, AND TO NOW SEE HIM FINALLY BEHIND BARS.