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We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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So I haven’t really had the time today to think of anything I wanted to write, much less actually write it down…

It was a pretty uneventful day at work, which is a good thing. RePete is still sick, although no longer running a fever, and I think I may be catching something from her. I felt under the weather all day, very hot and wanting to barf. Of course as far as I am concerned (and the other district managers) the new health rule don’t apply for us and if I can get my ass out of bed I have to be at work. That will work until a health inspector catches one of us at work and then the shit will hit the fan.

I am still pretty much butting heads with my most experienced manager and it seems to get worse every week. He will make changes to the schedule but not actually change the damn thing on the wall itself so I have no clue he’s made changes. He is scheduling people for shit like seventeen hour shifts on his day off and then acts surprised when they hang me.

He was going to leave me without a cook this afternoon and have his favorite guy cooking the day shift, expecting me to work a double shift in his store. I caught wind of it and called him yesterday to let him know he had to get it covered before he took his day off. He half-assed covered it. I still got hung and had to call someone else in. Then he leaves me two frigging bank deposits from Saturday and Sunday to make. If I stole the damn things they would take them out of HIS check. Yeah, I am sure they would do lie detector tests and I would end up in jail but the money would be his responsibility because we bank daily. Not only that but there are personal loans out of his safe that he’s making to his employees and that’s a no-no. I think that next week if there are any I will have to write him up and charge him for them. He is next in line for a promotion and that kind of crap is no way to get it done. See, I have a deal with the bank. I don’t make loans, they don’t make waffles. I guess he missed that class…

Enough ranting. It’s late and I need to hit the sack.

Updated – Brianna Denison’s Body Found!
There is new DNA evidence which links the disappearance of Brianna Denison in Nevada to another sexual assault and kidnapping.

Reno Police are saying that the suspect they are most likely looking for is white, in his mid-thirties, drives a truck or SUV, has facial hair and is in good shape.

Police are saying that the DNA links the disappearance of Denison and the December assault of a college student in the area and leads them to believe that a sole attacker was responsible for both cases.

Police believe that the man lives in the area or knows the campus well and are asking for help from anyone that may have seen someone acting suspiciously or perhaps their behavior has changed radically over the last few weeks.

This map from the Reno Gazette-Journal shows the locations of the abductions that might be related to this case over the last three months.

During the kidnapping on December 16th the suspect knocked the 22-year-old student unconscious, made her perform a sex act on him, and then drove her back to her apartment.

According to the police his DNA profile does not yet match any of the convicted offenders entered into the national DNA database, but apparently scientists have been complaining that the database is severely backlogged. Just how behind they are I am not sure.

They are saying now that the fluid found on Brianna’s pillow was her blood and that they also found her attacker’s DNA at the scene. They are saying that the pillow could have been used to restrain or smother her.

There is new DNA evidence which links the disappearance of Brianna Denison in Nevada to another sexual assault and kidnapping.

Reno Police are saying that the suspect they are most likely looking for is white, in his mid-thirties, drives a truck or SUV, has facial hair and is in good shape.

Police are saying that the DNA links the disappearance of Denison and the December assault of a college student in the area and leads them to believe that a sole attacker was responsible for both cases.

Police believe that the man lives in the area or knows the campus well and are asking for help from anyone that may have seen someone acting suspiciously or perhaps their behavior has changed radically over the last few weeks.

assaults This map from the Reno Gazette-Journal shows the locations of the abductions that might be related to this case over the last three months.

During the kidnapping on December 16th the suspect knocked the 22-year-old student unconscious, made her perform a sex act on him, and then drove her back to her apartment.

According to the police his DNA profile does not yet match any of the convicted offenders entered into the national DNA database, but apparently scientists have been complaining that the database is severely backlogged. Just how behind they are I am not sure.

They are saying now that the fluid found on Brianna’s pillow was her blood and that they also found her attacker’s DNA at the scene. They are saying that the pillow could have been used to restrain or smother her.

Some of the pit bulls seized from Atlanta Quarterback Michael Vick’s home are going to be ready for adoption soon.

Earlier this month Meredith Emerson’s family and friends held a memorial service in Athens, Georgia where she attended college. It gave her friends the chance to say goodbye and offer a bit of closure for them.

Yesterday her family and two hundred of her friends held a memorial service in Boulder Colorado where they recalled her as a "beautiful, witty, clever woman with a contagious laugh".

As I posted in several other entries Emerson was kidnapped on New Years day in Vogel State park while she was hiking Blood Mountain. Police found her seven days later with the help of Gary Michael Hilton, who has been charged with her beating and decapitation.

Hilton could also face charges in the death of Cheryl Hodges Dunlap, who was found dead in a national forest in Florida. The State Attorney, Willie Meggs, says he has enough evidence to pursue charges but has not yet said whether or not they will charge him.

Related Entries on Shadowscope:

• Hilton Suspected in Slaying of Fourth Hiker/Bits & Pieces
• Evidence Links Hilton to N.C. Murders
• Hilton Murder Investigation Expanding
• Florida to Charge Hilton
• Florida Murder Victim Decapitated
• Gary Michael Hilton may be linked to Florida Murder
• Meredith Emerson Found
• Where is Meredith Emerson?

I really hate the fact that with some of the health codes that went into effect back on the first of December I can no longer wear a watch at work. It seems almost stupid but I am sure there are good reasons. I can understand not wearing jewelry on the hands because washing them might not get all of the bacteria out from under rings and such but my watch in no way comes in contact with any type of ready-to-eat food.

I like wearing watches and just got a brand new one last fall that I can no longer wear, at least while on the job. It’s put up in me desk along with a couple of others that I have retired. I really like some of the newer luxury watches I have seen but have pretty much decided against spending any kind of money on them now.