I grew up in the fertile central San Joaquin Valley of California on a 160-acre citrus ranch. A great life for a kid with lots of room to roam. I attended Exeter Union High School and College of the Sequoias, Central Texas College, and Fresno City College focusing on Political Science, Psychology, Investigation and Criminology classes throughout my early career.

In 1968 I enlisted in the U.S. Army, served in Vietnam with the 4th Infantry Division, 1st Battalion, 69th Armor Division at Camp Radcliffe, An Khe, RSVN. For actions in combat I received the Bronze Star with Valor, Purple Heart for wounds received, the RSVN Gallantry Cross, and RSVN Combat Wounded medals.

In 1970 I transferred into Military Intelligence first as an Analyst, then after schooling I was appointed as a Special Agent (Counterintelligence). I enjoyed assignments with the Lincoln Field Office in Lincoln, Nebraska, followed by assignments with the Defense Investigative Service and last assignment at Fort Bragg, North Carolina in 1973.

I entered law enforcement with the Exeter Police Department, Lindsay Police Department, and Clovis Police Department. Desiring to make a higher salary, I left public service and entered Private Investigation, obtaining my state license in 1977. In 1984 I helped start a business combining investigative work with independent paralegal services providing low-cost divorce, separation, paternity, restraining orders, and process service. With my experience in protective orders, I accepted a two-year certification position as Legal Projects Director for Casa de Esperanza, a battered women's/children's shelter in Yuba City, California.

I retired in 2004 and with my wife Lucretia, moved to the Black Hills of South Dakota where

we achieved our dream of a 'cabin in the pines'.

I began writing in 1995 as a means to cope with the stress of working at the shelter. I have written "The Karrob Star" (1995) published online by Bay Forest Publishing of Phoenix, Arizona; I have also written "The True Story of St. Nicholas - Benefactor to the Children of the World" (1998) for my Grandchildren; and "The Griffith's of Wales" (2015) for my Griffith family. The True Story of St. Nicholas was graciously published in the Hot Springs Star newspaper (online) during the Christmas holiday in 2014.

In 2014, I wrote "What Ever Happened to Baby James", published in kindle and book forms by Xlibris Publishing in Indiana. The book outlines, in casebook form, my theft, Black Market adoption and sale to my new parents for $5,000.00, at the hands of Georgia Tann and her evil orphanage called the Tennessee Children's Home Society in 1949, and my life as an adoptee.

In the true-life history of this orphanage, no one was ever arrested, charged, or prosecuted in the case. Tennessee has swept this history under the rug of time. It is the reason I have written "The Nightstalker of Shelby County" (2016) through Amazon-CreateSpace services. The State of Tennessee has never, to this day, recognized the infant victims stolen from their parents, nor taken any action to uphold their human and civil rights. The touted number of victims is over 5,000 children. It is much higher; my TCHS number is 7,703. It doesn't account for the unidentified children left to die by disease or starvation and buried, or dumped into the Mississippi River as fodder for the river crocodiles. Someone was responsible for 'taking out the trash'. My book lends a fictional closure upon that issue.

I hope you enjoy "The Nightstalker of Shelby County.