License To Kill: The Murder Of Erik Scott–UPDATED
Las Vegas has been in the news of late, most particularly for the October 1, 2017 attack on concert goers …
Category Archives: Erik Scott Case
Michael Bennett: Close Call in Las Vegas
Erik Scott Regular readers know I have been following the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police since I began writing about the …
Bill Scott: Prayers Needed–UPDATED
Regular readers know I’ve been reporting on the Erik Scott case since shortly after his death on July 10, 2010 …
The Erik Scott Case, Update 25: License To Kill
July 10, 2010, the Summerlin Costco in Las Vegas, Nevada. West Point graduate and former Army armor officer, Erik Scott …
Police Decisions
Regular readers are aware of the Erik Scott case (archive available here), which chronicles the murder of West Point Graduate …
The Erik Scott Case, Update 24: The Legacy of Body Cameras?
Bill Scott, veteran, flight test engineer graduate of the USAF test pilot school, retired aviation journalist, author, and father of …
The Erik Scott Case, Update 23: Video That Won’t Disappear
Regular readers may recall that one of the many bizarre and corrupt features of the Erik Scott case was the …
The Erik Scott Case, Update 21.2: Anniversaries
July 10, 2014, the fourth anniversary of the murder of West Point graduate Erik Scott by three panicky Las Vegas …
The Erik Scott Case, Update 21: The Wages of Sin
“No good deed goes unpunished.” Attributed to Clare Boothe Luce In reporting on the murder of Erik Scott by three …
The Erik Scott Case, Update 20.4: Hostile Witnesses
The first three updates in this series—Update 20, Update 20.2 and Update 20.3—have exposed the manipulative, underhanded, unethical and incompetent interviewing techniques …
The Erik Scott Case, Update 20.3: Already Over Their Heads, Metro Keeps Digging
Update 20 dealt with competent interviewing technique, and Update 20.2 dealt with the less then convincing reality of what are, arguably, …
The Erik Scott Case, Update 20.2: Metro’s Best(?) Witnesses
In Update 20, I explained the basics of ethical interviewing of witnesses and pointed out, in general, how Metro detectives repeatedly …
The Erik Scott Case; Update 20: The Pitfalls of Interviews
In the Erik Scott case—and many others—I have often cautioned readers about witness testimony. Update 8 dealt with the topic …
The Erik Scott Case, Update 19: Implausibility and Laziness (Bumped)
July 10, 2012 was the second anniversary of the death of West Point graduate and decorated armor officer Erik Scott …
