David Ayers served 11 years in prison for the murder of an elderly neighbor. While his conviction was overturned due to police misconduct, DNA evidence suggests an unknown man is the real killer. So why haven’t police reinvestigated the crime?
Read the story at Cleveland Magazine.
To read my earlier story on the Dorothy Brown murder, “The Curious Case of David Ayers,” click here.
Cleveland was built around streetcars, not cars. Embracing that past could be key to its future.
After 12 years at Cleveland Magazine, I’m heading east to join Boston Magazine as a senior writer. I start Feb. 9.
I’m humbled and excited to get a chance to tell some of Boston’s stories. It’s a great news town, especially for the types of stories I’m most often drawn to — politics, the justice system, history and the arts.
I’ll be landing in Boston just after the blizzard and just before the Super Bowl. For anyone willing to help me get to know the city through their eyes, I’m buying lunch, coffee, drinks.
Meanwhile, I’ve got a few more stories coming in Cleveland Magazine‘s March issue. I’ll share my work from both cities here.
Cleveland police officer Michael Brelo is charged with manslaughter.
Prosecutors claim that after a high-speed, 62-car chase in November 2012, Brelo jumped onto the suspects’ car and emptied his gun into them at close range, killing them.
The former Marine’s case has implications for the nation’s roiling debate about police and excessive force – and the differences between war and policing.
Some pockets of Cleveland are almost completely empty. What’s it like to live in the last house on a city block?
A year and a half since her liberation from Ariel Castro’s prison, Michelle Knight has traveled overseas, written a best-seller and created a new life for herself in Cleveland.
Newly released files trace the private war between America’s two most famous crime fighters.
Retired FBI fugitive hunter Phil Torsney’s work led to the capture of Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger. But after 25 years, he can’t shake the unsolved murder of 10-year-old Amy Mihaljevic.
Has James Badal solved the torso murders, Cleveland’s most notorious unsolved mystery?
Read the article here at Cleveland Magazine.
The torso murders revealed Eliot Ness’ talents — and exposed his flaws.
Read the story at Cleveland Magazine.
Erick Trickey 