For as long as communication has existed, there have always been those who find ways to deceive others. Often, these lies and misinformation have been used to separate people from their hard-earned savings. And, alarmingly, A.I. is making it increasingly difficult to know when something is a scam. Have you ever heard of the family emergency scam, often targeted at the elderly? This involves a scammer calling a relative, usually a grandparent, and (using information often read

Report writing—it’s enough to make one's eyes glaze over. Despite that, investigative reports are where the work finally shows itself; a clear account of procedure, decisions, and evidence gathered along the way. Once finished, a report can influence how a case proceeds or how a client operates moving forward. For example, you may have heard about the case against actor Alec Baldwin stemming from the death on the set of Rust. He was charged with involuntary manslaughter after

Although my job isn’t ripped from the pages of a detective novel, we handle a wide range of cases. Sometimes that means digging through someone's trash. Yes—literally. At Miears Investigations, we follow leads wherever they take us—even if that means ending up in a dumpster. One of the most well-known recent examples of this is the Golden State Killer, or as we now know him, Joseph James DeAngelo. Between 1974 and 1986, DeAngelo committed at least thirteen murders, fifty-one

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