June 6, 2014

Prominent Author Seeks Killer of Her Daughter, Claims Police Misconduct


[From article]
Despite the success of her fiction, in reality, Duncan has been battling for the past 25-years to discover the truth behind her girl, Kaitlyn's death in Albuquerque, New Mexico - a journey which has taken her to the doors of organized crime and a possible police cover-up
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But, five days later, Nguyen was discovered to have stabbed himself in the stomach in the middle of the night, in what he claimed was a suicide attempt.
This raised the suspicions of Duncan, who wondered why anyone would try and kill themselves so painfully by stabbing themselves in the midriff?
Digging deeper, Duncan found that Nguyen was part of a multi-million dollar insurance fraud in Southern California.
The scam was to stage a car accidents with both parties involved to claim fraudulent insurance money.
This was a burgeoning business among Vietnamese immigrants in Southern California and Nguyen would sometimes take Kaitlyn along with him when he carried out the fraud.
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Then, the case twisted even further when two men, Miguel Garcia and Juvenal 'Juve' Escobedo, 18 and 21-years-old, were arrested and charged with the killing.
Police told Duncan that the two men had randomly killed her daughter after one of the men bet the other to shoot Kaitlyn - and he did.
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Then, the case twisted even further when two men, Miguel Garcia and Juvenal 'Juve' Escobedo, 18 and 21-years-old, were arrested and charged with the killing.
Police told Duncan that the two men had randomly killed her daughter after one of the men bet the other to shoot Kaitlyn - and he did.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2645754/Who-killed-Lois-Duncans-daughter-How-author-I-Know-What-You-Did-Last-Summer-spent-25-years-trying-unravel-twisted-tale-police-cover-ups-organized-crime-life-tragically-imitated-art.html

Private grief of 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' author: Writer reveals twisted tale of police cover-ups and organized crime she claims is behind her daughter's murder
Author Lois Duncan, 80, lost her daughter, Kaitlyn, on July 17, 1989 in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Kaitlyn, 18, was shot once in the temple and once in the cheek at a railway crossing
Her murder has never been solved and Duncan has devoted 25-years of her life investigating the crime
Duncan suspects that her daughter may have been murdered because of a multi-million dollar insurance scam
Kaitlyn's Vietnamese boyfriend, who was ten years her senior was allegedly causing car accidents in fraudulent scam
Duncan also believes the police failed to check on a potential suspect found near the scene
Thinks they may have covered this up in the years afterwards
By JAMES NYE
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 20:14 EST, 1 June 2014 | UPDATED: 06:29 EST, 2 June 2014

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