5 Quotes by Sgt. Long

If anything this case did do, it showed me the importance of how not to quit. There's always something to follow.

His memory of the incident was basically nonexistent, except for what he has been told or read.

Back in '68, I think with the information they had, probably they looked at a hate crime as the motive. Sexual assault was secondary, thirdly would have been theft. I think now we put that reversed. I think you have a robbery that kind of gets out of hand that leads to murder and sexual assault.

I couldn't give you a numerical value on our chances of solving it. But I can tell you this: In 1998, law enforcement wasn't even in the ball park. And today we're on third base.

You can only imagine what went through this gentleman's mind. Initially he was skeptical. After I was able to meet him in person, I think he realized we were for real.