The LAPD Sex Crimes Division herein is imaginary; that caseload is taken on by individual sex crimes units throughout Los Angeles.
Thanks to crime scene analyst Chris Kauffman CLPE, Van Buren (IA) County Sheriff’s Office; computer forensics investigator Paul Van Steen-huyse, CFCE, CEECS, Data Analysis & Recovery Consultants; Matthew Schwarz, CLPE, Schwarz Forensics Enterprises; Dennis Kern, CLPE, Department of Criminal Investigation, State of Iowa; Vince Murillo, toolmarks and firearms examiner, Department of Criminal Investigation, State of Iowa; and independent filmmaker Elaine Holliman (for Santa Monica background).
Among books consulted were: Practical Homicide Investigation (1996), Vernon J. Geberth; The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers (2000), Michael Newton; Mind-hunter (1995), John Douglas and Mark Olshaker; In the Minds of Murderers (2007), Paul Roland; and Profile of a Criminal Mind (2003), Brian Innes.
Special thanks to our editor, Michaela Hamilton, who in a brainstorming session at Boucheron 2009 in Indianapolis helped shape this novel. Also, thank-yous go to our agent, Dominick Abel, and our wives, Barb and Pam—in-house editors, and support systems.