Chris's Crime Forum

Todd has started up a forum called Persons Of Interest.I urge everyone to sign up and help out in posting there.

http://personsofinterest.freeforums.org/

Now ya done it!
You know you can't talk about Todd Matthews without my participation.
You asked for it.

This man is my hero.
He has been ever since the first time I read the Tent Girl story. I read the one about Vickie Bertram after that. The more I've read about Todd, the more I admired him.

When I talked to Todd on the phone last year for my Missing Pieces interview, I was star-struck. I was so excited to be talking to my hero I was babbling like an idiot. Todd reassured me by telling me I did good. (Thanks!)
I always said that I am a better writer than I am a speaker, and I think I've proven it.

Few of us have any concept of how many unidentified sets of human remains there are in the world today, or just in the USA. In NC alone there are 80, according to NamUs.

And few of us would ever want to handle such material, or even look at it.

Todd Mathews is a man who knows that the saddest thing in life is to lose a loved one, without ever knowing what happened to that person.

I have the greatest respect for the people who will examine up close and personal what they know to be the only existing information on what happened to that individual.

Information that will be gone forever if dropped on the ground, and trodden underfoot.

There are many people today who have the dedication to volunteer time and money for the cause of naming the nameless, but when it comes to a price of great personal sacrifice, I think Todd has us all beat.

And if you don't believe me, watch this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1bChBDsgW4

I warn you now, I'm not finished yet. I'm just taking a break.

Well now I've done it.
I thought this was a new topic. Now I see this is from last year. Guess I should have looked at the dates.

I came here off of the Google search page, instead of from the link on my blog. I clicked where I saw CCF, and came to a page talking about Todd Mathews, who, as a matter of fact, was the person I was thinking about when I came here.

You see, I have something new to report about Todd, and now that I've started, I will continue.

Yesterday I've sent an email that I got from Todd to Chris and Doreen. He said to pass it along, so I did. In the message Todd tells about the success of NamUs in completing Phase One of its development. Before forwarding to Chris and Doreen, I added a personal message, which I will now share with the group.

Since I became a blogger, the only police dept I have ever really had good things to say about is the Carrboro PD. I have always appreciated their willingness to work with me, as well as their dedication to solving the case of Debbie Key.

I am aware that others have not been so fortunate in gaining cooperation from their local law enforcement, when they have lost a loved one.

Last week, I had the opportunity to introduce Todd Matthews to the CPD.

Todd had asked me for info on Debbie Key for the NamUs database. I was able to answer most of the questions (height, weight, color of eyes, hair, etc.) but for dental records, I had to ask the CPD.

The CPD wanted to know who wants to know, so I told them about NamUs. That worked very well! I forwarded a message to Todd from Lt John Lau, the lead investigator in the Debbie Key case, requesting to be contacted personally for this information.

So you know, I feel it is an honor to have served as go-between for that connection, and I must say, that is a good feeling!

So today I was trying to think of what to say in my blog in congratulations to Todd Matthews, when I decided it was a good time to check out CCF. It's not surprising that Chris has been working on upgrading the forum, and I was used to seeing new material whenever I visit. What is surprising is that I accidently clicked a link to a topic from last year, that was appropriate for the occasion of today.

If not, than I'm big trouble!
Now check out the news of NamUs!

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/jul/1 ... g-matched/

While your in there, be sure to check out "Related Stories."