Retired publisher, law enforcement officials mesh well
They scratch out theories over coffee, organize scattered case files - even vacation together.
The aging trio that make up El Paso County’s volunteer cold-case squad have grown close during the past five years, the relationship propelled largely by their successful investigation into the alleged serial killings of Robert Charles Browne.
Dubbed by an office secretary as “The Apple Dumpling Gang” after a goofball Disney movie from 1975, the pair of retired law enforcement officers and, oddly enough, a former newspaper publisher all play their role, shaking old trees in a quest to bring peace to families still wondering what happened to dead or vanished loved ones.
