05-12-14 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council

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st Employees of the 1 Quarter 2014: Lt. Tammy McBeath and Detective Danny Jones st I am honored to nominate two outstanding city employees for Employee of the Quarter, 1 Quarter, 2014. Lieutenant Tammy McBeath and Detective Danny Jones are being nominated together due to their contributions and actions in one major homicide investigation involving the Police Department. On September 27, 1997 officers were dispatched to a homicide in the Spenwick area of the city. The case resulted in a major call up of Department resources and ultimately involved a number of other law Pasadena Police and the Texas Rangers. The original investigator, Detective Danny Jones, refused to ever let the case go and routinely examined all the evidence on a continuing basis. Once Lieutenant Tammy McBeath assumed command of the Criminal Investigations Division, she strongly supported Detective Jones and the two of them worked diligently to continue to bring this open investigation to a successful resolution. Lieutenant McBeath and Detective Jones had learned of a new television series starting up in 2013, which would follow a reality cold case homicide and provide assistance in pursuing successful closure. The case was accepted by Cold Justice and after several months of effort, a list of potential suspects was narrowed to one person of interest. These two investigators then presented their investigative results, including literally thousands of pages of related reports and statements and over a decade worth of work, to the Harris County District Attorney. As a result of their tireless and unrelenting efforts, two counts of capital murder were filed against the primary suspect, who was ultimately apprehended in Arkansas. After sixteen years since the commission of this hideous crime that ended with the deaths of two innocent citizens of our city, the continued dedication of Detective Jones and Lieutenant McBeath provided closure to a violent chapter in the Police Department cold case files and closure for the children and family of these two victims. It is with great honor that we recognize Lt. Tammy McBeath and Detective Danny Jones as Employees of the Quarter.