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Chapter 1 – A Body is Found
“An autopsy would be performed.*”
Unidentified Body found 1985 S D Union 6-25-85.pdf
“the body was indeed that of Donna Marie Gentile.*”
Article Identifying Body as Donna.pdf
“None of his victims were informants.*”
Andrei Chikatilo Russian Serial Killer.pdf
Extra extras:
Certifications & Commendations.pdf
Donna Gentile 8-22-62 Booking Photo
Donna Gentile Certificate of Death Page.pdfChapter 2 – The Early Days
“He told me I must suspend any running for two weeks.*”
Police Academy Shin Splint Injury.pdf
“My in-laws, Al and Helen Alsop*”
“My best friend and reserve partner Jeff Bambara* also attended.”
“After receiving my graduation certificate, I posed for a picture with *Chief Bill Kolender.”
“Eastern Division encompasses approximately 67.2 square miles*”
Eastern Division Map.pdf
“My final evaluation from the academy* stated,”
Police Academy Evaluations 11-13-79 and 2-29-80.pdf
“Armstead wrote an eight-page memorandum* on March 31, 1981”
“I received an interoffice memo from Hall on April 22, 1981, *”
Pay issue Grievance 96th Academy Class 3-81.pdf
“On June 15, Ashcraft and I met with Chief Ken O’Brien to determine the validity of the grievance.*”
Extra extras:
Civil Service Test Results 8-23-79.pdf
Chapter 3 – The Ride-A-Long
“At the stadium, Carver smiled and said, “Great! Remember to fill out the waiver form.” *”
Blank Ride A Long Form.pdf
“I think the last two words cost me a written reprimand.*”
Note in File for Gentile Ride A Long 4-19-81.pdf
Extra extras:
Lawyer notes Re Ride A Long Investigation Sgt Ed Sammons.pdf Phone Msg re Sgt. Sammons Ride A Long Investigation.pdfChapter 4 – Waiting for the other shoe to drop
“Would you take the case and arrest report for me?” *”
First Felony Spouse Beating Arrest 4-28-82.pdf
“In 1983, I wrote an arrest report for a *DUI/Hit and Run sent back to my command as an exemplary report.”
Excellent Hit and Run DUI Arrest 2-19-83.pdf
“He asked Draper and I to write officers reports on the incident.*”
Draper Detox incident 8-29-83.pdf Detox Note in File Draper and I.pdf
Extra extras:
Memo From Sgt. Connie Zimmerman 3-1-84.pdf
Chapter 5 – My Investigation
“Carl was developing the film and she’d have them later in the week.*”
Sorry there shouldn’t have been an asterisk as there isn’t any photos to show.
“I was investigated by Internal Affairs and they returned with a “he said – she said” conclusion and sent it to my division.*”
IA Investigation is completed notice 9-26-84.pdf
Extra extras:
Eastern Division Map.pdf
Chapter 6 – Donna and Internal Affairs
“[…] she came up with the idea of having me write a character letter to her probation officer handling her case.*”
Donna Gentile Character Letter 1st One.pdf
“I came up with the idea of writing it on the cardboard backing to one of my crime /incident report forms. *”
Donna Gentile Character Letter 2nd One.pdf
“Again, I left items omitted from this letter as well.*”
Donna Gentile Character Letter Omitted Highlighted.pdf
“I personally relieved an officer who got tired of driving around the block 27 times.*”
Patrol Journal Unit 340 Sam Goudarzi calls for assistance in following Donna.pdf
“[…] Edward Dillon sat there like a statue and uttered only a few words.*
5 Second IA Interview with Breitenstein 8-27-84 1458 hours.pdf
“On September 26, I received a memo from Internal Affairs*”
IA Investigation is completed notice 9-26-84.pdf
“One of the plates they gave Gentile for me to run was for a vice vehicle.*
License Run.pdf
“My ex-wife’s perception of her conversation with Breitenstein was she should be in danger from me. She wasn’t.*”
Susan’s Letter to me re Breitenstein’s Phone Call 2-7-85.pdf
“This involved a child who rode her bicycle off the center median and collided with my vehicle in traffic.*”
Santee Traffic Collision 10-16-84.pdf
“At this time I was removed from the field by Lieutenant Ron Seden. (See Patrol journals*)”
Patrol Journals 6-3-84 through 10-16-84.pdf
Extra extras:
Donna Gentile Car Prowl Report 8-22-84.pdf Mike Gulyas 153.pdf New Department Yellow Sheet on Informant Police 5-14-84.pdfIA’s Investigation
1 Goudarzi’s Supervisors Investigation 8-11-84.pdf 2 Goudarzi Taped Interview with Gentile 8-12-84 0013 hrs.pdf 3 Five Taped Phone Conversation with Gentile.pdf 4 First IA Interview with Breitenstein 8-22-84 1026 hours.pdf 5 Second IA Interview with Breitenstein 8-27-84 1458 hours.pdf 6 IA Summary report by Breitenstein.pdfChapter 7 – I Told the Truth but it Wasn’t Enough
“On September 26, 1984, I received an interoffice memo from Internal Affairs my investigation was complete and the package would be sent to my command.*”
IA Investigation is completed notice 9-26-84.pdf
“Mike said, “You might look up Jack Duane Sargent and Melba Marie Skinner*”
“Her composite sketch*”
Lock Box Burglary series Melba Marie Skinner and Jack Duane Sargent arrest 1-6-83.pdf
“*Skinner was relentless in his efforts to catch me in a lie.”
Five Taped Phone Conversation with Gentile.pdf
“These included: Immoral Conduct, Public Statements and Appearances, Truthfulness, Obedience to a Lawful Order and Informant Contacts.*”
“The other seven charges I failed to overcome were Unbecoming Conduct, Abuse of Position, Associations, Performance of Duty, Neglect of Duty, Dissemination of Information and Investigations.*”
City of San Diego charges against me 2-1-85.pdf
Extra extras:
Violating a Direct Order after Investigation was complete.pdfChapter 8 – Dirty Tricks
“Of course, you won’t find it anywhere on his recorded interview,*”
Internal Affairs Interview with my partner Steve Tompkins 8-21-84.pdf
“Also, it was an officer’s report only and not given a case number.*”
My Unfounded Hit and Run at Eastern Division.pdf
“It is worn on the uniform, along with a gold nameplate with a star for every five years of service. *”
“Even though his office was directly behind me where you could walk around the corner to his and rather than calling me back to his desk and talking to me, he wrote a memo and gave it to his aide to give me.*”
Memo regarding being overlooked for advanced officers training 10-16-84.pdf
“He took the complaint from me tore it up and gave it back to me saying, “That’s what I think about you and Goodrich’s aide.” *”
Officer Jan McGills Complaint re overtime 1-7-85.pdf
Extra extras:
DA Skinner Letter Seden’s Memo to Goudarzi during my investigation.pdfChapter 9 – Oddities -You Decide
“I never received the commendation and a copy of it with a note written in a woman’s handwriting stating,*”
Commendation never received.pdf
“When they interviewed my reserve partner on August 21, 1984, he told investigators he heard a rumor about Carl Black taking Donna and some Sergeants and their family members to the Colorado River for a weekend.*”
IA Interview when Steve tells Breitenstein about Black 8-21-84 1521 hours.pdf
“I was interviewed for the first time on August 22, 1984.*”
IA Summary report by Breitenstein.pdf
“There was a total of nine recorded conversations starting August 15, 1984 through August 21, 1984, into the early morning.*”
(Omitted a couple conversations because they were not relevant to the case.)
Five Taped Phone Conversation with Gentile.pdf
“Yet Breitenstein’s report indicates I was called in on August 16, 1984.*”
IA Summary report by Breitenstein.pdf
“I was instructed by Sergeant Breitenstein this was an administrative investigation.*”|
Five Taped Phone Conversation with Gentile.pdf
“I obtained a copy of the case *Gentile phoned into the telephone report unit.”
Donna Gentile Car Prowl Report 8-22-84.pdf
“I was also charged for their visit.*”
Pacific Bell Charge for Phone problem 6-14-85.pdf
“It was only mentioned on the phone and in another chapter where my ex-wife was contacted by Sergeant Breitenstein.*”
Susan’s Letter to me re Breitenstein’s Phone Call 2-7-85.pdf
“On October 20, 1984 I received a notice of violation from the City of Santee.*”
City of Santee Notice of Violation 10-17-84.pdf
“I was given six days from November 18, 1985 to move out.*”
Marshal’s Notice to Vacate House.pdf
“I was forced off the road, down an embankment and rolled over three times.*”
“[…] was transported by ambulance to Grossmont Hospital with only bumps and bruises.*”
Campo Fire Dept Ambulance Bill 11-24-85.pdf
Extra extras:
Goudarzi’s Supervisors Investigation 8-11-84.pdfChapter 10 – Messing with My Family
“She also wrote me a six-page letter which outlined their phone conversation verbatim.*”
Susan’s Letter to me RE Breitenstein’s Phone Call 2-7-85.pdf
“Breitenstein inquired as to who the letter was addressed to and what it said? *”
60 Minutes Letter to Mike Wallace.pdf
“Carl Black was a Lieutenant in Communications in 1981* along with Sergeant Breitenstein”
Extra extras:
Glenn Breitenstein’s I.A. Card.pdf
Chapter 11 – Civil Service Hearing
“The headline said, “Woman’s Body Found in Pine Valley” *”
Unidentified Body found 1985 S D Union 6-25-85.pdf“The July 4, issue of The San Diego Union included a follow-up article.*”
Unidentified Body found 1985 S D Union 6-25-85.pdf
Extra extras:
City of San Diego charges against me 2-1-85.pdf City of San Diego Civil Service Findings 7-10-85.pdf Letter to the Editor by M. Bryan 7-12-85.pdfChapter 12 – Dirty Tricks II
“Three and a half months later on May 8, 1985 I received a three-page letter*”
Letter from Attorney Polischuk 5-7-85 Regarding Child Custody.pdf
“[…] it was just me and my three Bassett hounds, Holly, Polly and her daddy, Schroeder. *”
“We became friendly and on February 18, 1983 Kendrick went on a Ride- A-Long with me.*”
Gary Kendrick Ride A Long form 2-18-83.pdf
“We got our statements to Congressman Jim Bates who forwarded them to Congress.*”
Sworn Statement to Congress 10-85 with Addendum 10-86.pdf
Extra extras:
City of Santee Notice of Violation 10-17-84.pdf Marshal’s Notice to Vacate House.pdf Three day Notice to Quit from Kendricks Lawyer 9-27-85.pdfChapter 13 – Surviving the Mean Streets
“I was served with a kick out order* from the Marshal’s Office.”
Marshal’s Notice to Vacate House.pdf
“The arrest made Tom Blair’s column*”
“They were Psalm 7 and Psalm 54. I tried to tell her I couldn’t accept the Bible from her but she wouldn’t take no for an answer and practically pushed me out of her apartment with it.*”
Psalm 54.pdf
“I also worked an undercover narcotics assignment for Quigley when he ran the Ocean Beach drug sweeps back when I was a Reserve Officer.*”
Extra extras:
Probation Dept Employment Denial Letter.pdfChapter 14 – My Lifesavers
“Rich Bonin, a reporter and head producer at 60 Minutes and his producer at the time Lowell Bergman received a letter*”
60 Minutes Letter to Mike Wallace.pdf“It was sent by Federal Express to them in November of 1985.*”
60 Minutes Letter Receipt.pdf
“[…] the Yellow Cab Company after receiving contributions from the owner,*”
Sorry there shouldn’t have been an asterisk as there isn’t any docs to show.
“The restaurant was just off the ocean with breathtaking views.*”
“I knew I was innocent of any wrongdoing, but now I had confirmation from an expert.*”
Don Hardy Polygraph Results 1-23-86.pdf
“In the 90’s John was contacted for comment from the Oceanside Blade Newspaper They did an article about me.*”
Oceanside Blade Article.pdf
Chapter 15 – Success is the Best Revenge/Famous Cases Worked
“After receiving the information on the case,*”
Duane Mills Battery Case 10-13-87.pdf
“I found a book titled, “The Great Book of Modern War Airplanes”*”
Gunston, Bill “The Great Book of Modern Warplanes.” New York, Portland House 1987
“The callers were identified and five suspects including three adults and two juveniles*”
Jeffrey Myrick et al Hate Crime Indictment.pdf
Extra Extras:
Hate Crime Cases
Hate Crime Press Release 9-27-90.pdf Jeffrey Myrick et al Hate Crime Indictment.pdf
Chapter 16 – Working with Dick before the Task Force
“By the end of 1986, there were approximately 20 bodies found dumped in the county.*”
Sorry there shouldn’t have been an asterisk as there isn’t any docs to show.
“When Ronald Elliot Porter was arrested for the attempted murder of Annette Russell in October of 1988, I recognized his face from a 7- Eleven® store at 5202 El Cajon Boulevard.*”
“Further checking revealed, Porter applied to register to vote with the Registrar of Voters Office and gave an address of 4346 52nd Street #6.*”
Ronald Porter Voter Reg 1984.pdf
“We worked on my paperwork and I was helped with the necessary points to cover in my lawsuit against Chief William Kolender and the City of San Diego.*”
Wrongful Termination lawsuit against City of San Diego, William Kolender 6-22-87.pdf
“After the filing of my right to sue letter* which is a joke in itself.”
Claim for Damages against the City of San Diego 5-1-85.pdf
“Without an experienced attorney, a city entity can paperwork you to death.*”
City Attorney Lawsuit Dismissal Letter.pdf
Lawsuit against City of San Diego Dismissal Form.pdf
“He used blank calendar forms to track his cases day by day.*”
Blank Calendar Daily Case Form.pdf
“It contained notes in his handwriting with the proper language to use, along with the motions and autopsy report.*”
Exhumation Paperwork From DA’s Office.pdf
“Sheriff’s Sergeant Jim Cooke was with the Task Force at the time, accompanied by Redden,*”
Police Department’s Polygraph Examiner Paul Redden.pdf
Extra Extras:
Donna Gentile Attorney Holbrooks.pdf Fax to Dick regarding 1-14-89 meeting with Dick, Ayers and Murphy.pdf Field Interrogations slips sent to Green River Task Force 9-14-83 and 1-3-84.pdf
Coroners Reports
01 Jane Doe #1 6-2-85.pdf 02 Donna Gentile 6-23-85.pdf 03 Marsha Shirlene Funderburk 9-26-85.pdf 04 Michele Riccio 4-24-86.pdf 05 Jodell Jenkins 6-3-86.pdf 06 Jan Doe #2 7-22-86.pdf 07 Jane Doe #3 8-3-86.pdf 08 Theresa Marie Brewer 8-4-86.pdf 09 Nancy Allison White 9-1-86.pdf 10 Jane Doe #4 (Pala) 10-1-86.pdf 11 Jane Doe #5 12-5-86.pdf 12 Melissa Gene White 12-31-86.pdf 13 Juliana A. Santillano 1-9-87.pdf 14 Volah Jane Wright 4-9-87.pdf 15 Rosemarie Ritter 4-23-87.pdf 16 Rhonda Lynn Hollis 5-10-87.pdf 17 Anna Lucilla Varela 6-22-87.pdf 18 Sara Gegalecia aka Feinland aka Thornton 9-25-87.pdf 19 Diana Gayle Moffitt 10-19-87.pdfTask Force Investigation
Police Department’s Polygraph Examiner Paul Redden.pdf Property Tag.pdf Task Force Permission to View My 1st Polygraph 1-7-91.pdfTask Force Press Release and Status Report 2-7-90
Memorandum to Homicide Task Force Report 2-7-90.pdf Metro Homicide Task Force Status Report 2-7-90.pdfChapter 17 – Task Force Cases
“Her Autopsy was sealed and no one including family members were able to read the full report.*”
Sorry there shouldn’t have been an asterisk as there isn’t any docs to show.
“She was an active prostitute in the early 1980’s and was placed on geographic probation by the Honorable Judge Robert Cooney.*”
Geographical Probation of Prostitutes.pdf
Chapter 18 – Search Warrants and Suspects
“I developed and provided it to Deputy District Attorney Dick Lewis and scheduled a meeting on January 14, 1989 *”
Fax to Dick regarding 1-14-89 meeting with Dick, Ayers and Murphy.pdf
“In February of 1990, a report came back from the Task Force.*”
Memorandum to Homicide Task Force Report 2-7-90.pdf
“In January of 1984, I was sending information to the Green River Task Force on any prostitute I contacted in San Diego giving a Seattle address.*”
Field Interrogations slips sent to Green River Task Force 9-14-83 and 1-3-84.pdf
“Task Force investigators served a warrant on the Attic Storage facility located at Second Street and Lexington Avenue space B-56 on February 11, 1989.*”
Search Warrant on Richard Allen Sanders 2-11-89.pdf
“A search warrant* was served on the Chimney Rock Road address.”
? Search Warrant on James Morris Jackson 2-28-90.pdf
“I stopped Thomas* many times giving girls including Gentile and Laurie Porter a lift to get them off the streets and away from Law Enforcement.”
Search Warrant Steven Lawrence James.pdf
Extra Extras:
Ronald Porter Voter Reg 1984.pdfChapter 19 – Scandals
“Taylor decided to document her experience and keep a daily diary* of the errands she ran for the Chief’s she worked under between March 1980 and September 1981.”
Jeanne Taylor’s Diary.pdf
Chapter 20 – Streed then Goudarzi
“She was caught when the FB I used a former KGB operative, Svetlana Ogorodnikova, who seduced F.B.I. agent Richard Miller* of Valley Center into passing a secret document to the Soviet Union.”
Federal Warrant for FBI agent Richard W. Miller for Espionage 10-3-84.pdf
Chapter 21 – Task Force Rogues Gallery
No documents
Chapter 22 – Former District Attorney Ed Miller Learns About Me
“I put on a black “Skyhawk” comic book character T-shirt with a white glow in the dark character.*”
“After Dick would come to the Task Force secret headquarters* in Mission Valley, we’d meet for breakfast in La Mesa at the Bake House Restaurant.”
“I was invited to Dick’s house in Ramona numerous times and met his wife, Dottie.*”
“A wrongful death case of a girl who died when doctors overdosed her with cocaine for a Rhinoplasty* was finally investigated by the California Medical Board of Quality Assurance.”
Heidi Muir Rhinoplasty Wrongful Death Negligence.pdf
“To this day it still stings when I remember the day of his passing on October 13, 2000.*”
Dick’s funeral Program.pdf
Extra Extras:
Fundraising Dinner 1999.pdfChapter 23 – Oh, What A Tangled Web We Weave
“In 1981, Carl Black was a Lieutenant in Communications.*”
“Three Sergeants who also worked in communications at this time included Sergeant Glenn Breitenstein, Connie Van Putten and Jerry Sanders. Breitenstein* later was involved in investigating me when he moved to Internal Affairs.”
Chapter 24 – Meeting Donna Gentile’s Cousin Anita
“While reading the names of the dead after last year’s December 17 reading, the program coordinator Melanie Dante Goodman was on stage with red “coban” wrapped around her mouth to represent the victims who were silenced and unheard.*”
Extra Extras:
Arrest of Daniel Orin Reed 4-11-84.pdf Booking Slip for Daniel Orin Reed 4-11-84.pdf NCIC Inquiry on Daniel Orin Reed.pdf
Bibliography
Chapter 1:
Clance, Homer “Nude body said to be call girls. Woman figured in firing, demotion of police officers.” San Diego Union, July 4, 1985 B-3.
No Byline, “Woman’s body found.” San Diego Union, June 25, 1985 B-3.
Chikatilo, Andrei, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei,
Chikatilo, March 12, 2018’
Chapter 10:
The San Diego Police Officers Association, Inc. “The San Diego Police Department Commemorative Album,” 1889-1981 Communications Section, pages 219-220.
Chapter 11:
No Byline, “Woman’s body found.” Ibid, San Diego Union, June 25, 1985 B-3.
Chapter 13:
The Book of Psalms, New King James Version, “The Holy Bible” Psalm 7 page 626, 1982.
The Book of Psalms, New King James Version. “The Holy Bible” Psalm 54 page 656, 1982.
Blair, Tom “Once A Cop.” San Diego Union, November 7, 1985 B-1.
Chapter 14:
Stryker-Meyer, John “Once a murder suspect, former cop now a PI.”
Oceanside Blade-Tribune, January 1995, B-1.
Yelp, picture of the “Marine Room Restaurant of La Jolla, California.”
January 2018. https://m.yelp.com
Chapter 15:
Gunston, Bill “The Great Book of Modern Warplanes.” New York, Portland House 1987.
Chapter 16:
Google Earth, Street View, “Ronald Elliot Porter’s Apartment Complex” at 4346 52nd Street, San Diego, 1984/2018. https://www.google.com
Google Earth, StreetView, “7-Eleven® Store at 5202 El Cajon Boulevard.”
Just up the street from Porter’s Apartment, 1984/2018.
https://www.google.com
Chapter 19:
Stamper, Norman “Breaking Rank, A Top Cop’s Expose of the Dark Side of American Policing.” New York, Nation Books, 2005 pages 234-235.
Taylor, Jeanne “The Diary of Jeanne Taylor, San Diego Police Department.” March 28, 1980-September 10, 1981, pages 1-57.
Chapter 22:
Google Earth, Street View, “Secret Homicide Task Force Headquarters.” Mission Valley 1988/2018. https://www.google.com
Chapter 23:
The San Diego Police Officers Association, Inc. Ibid, “The San Diego Police Department Commemorative Album,1889-1981, Communications
Section, pages 219-220.