Capt. Elkins Quotations

The owner of the car had gotten out and left the child in the car with the engine running. The child got out of the car seat and put the car in gear and ran over the owner of the car. She was pinned between the bumper of her car and Acceptance Insurance.

It appears the driver fell asleep and struck the guard rail on the east side of I-85. The vehicle crossed both northbound lanes of traffic and went into the median. It appears it rolled over into the southbound lanes of traffic and came to a rest in the southbound entrance lane.

Two occupants were ejected. Both unfortunately were children.

You have to start with the basics. It's an extremely difficult case to work. We must determine the approximate age. It's crucial to estimate age and how long they have been there. You start at ground zero and work your way up. You've got to look at the whole forest, not just one tree.

There was a 16-year-old arrested which was really unfortunate, but it was not what we expected for a holiday weekend.

As it reached near the end of the runway, the pilot accelerated in an attempt to take back off and avoid a crash. Instead, the plane went down an embankment, through a fence and across King Avenue (Country Club Road) and ended up in a fence that secures Indian Pines Country Club.

You need to find out the cause of the person's demise. We don't know what happened or who it is. A lot of things hinge on their findings, but they have done some magical work before.

There's been one body dumped in that area once before. In 1991, we found a young guy who was dumped in a creek there. His identity was not discovered, but it was clearly a homicide.

Steve was my division commander. He helped me get through so much. He taught me how to prepare a budget and take inventory. He helped me wade through all the paper work. He helped all of us - that's just the kind of guy he is.

It was a good thing to see. It really was less than a normal weekend. The years that I worked in uniform, gosh it seemed New Year's Eve night we'd have a minimum of eight or 10 arrests. Maybe people read the paper or used common sense and had designated drivers.

They come in your name, to your address and with a line of credit.

I'm waiting on forensic results. They're the experts, but this could take some time. I'm sure they're a very busy group of people. We'll see if what they find matches anything.

He stood and held his ground and as one of the officers approached him to arrest him, the officer was blind-sided from multiple offenders.

A juvenile female verified that Maddox was inside the house. We obtained a search warrant. We were able to make contact with Maddox at 2:15 p.m. by using a cell phone, and at 2:27 p.m. he surrendered.

All the items were taken from within the building. There are no suspects at this time. The case is currently under investigation.