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Missing Colorado Mom’s Story Grips Crime Geeks, writes Simon Crittle

In the annals of true crime, the case of missing Salida mother, Suzanne Morphew, has recently captured the national imagination. America’s whodunnit sub-culture, a diverse collection of amateur sleuths and crime story geeks, is snooping around the intriguing case and is determined to figure out what really happened.

Not since JonBenet Ramsey’s 1996 death, in an upmarket ...

Permanent Remote Notary Rules A Step Closer

By Simon Crittle

A law that will allow Coloradans to have documents notarized remotely is a step closer to becoming permanent now that Secretary of State Jena Griswold​ has adopted amendments to Colorado Notary Program Rules, including remote notarization rules to implement Senate Bill 20-096.

The rules will become temporarily effective on December 31, 2020, and ...

So You Wanna Be A Private Eye . . .

By Simon Crittle

The US Department of Labor Statistics says private investigators earn on average just over $50,000 a year or about $25 an hour. Of course, some earn a lot more. As good as this might sound, you should know that not everyone who wants to be a PI actually ends up becoming one. Some say ...

Desperate Family Needs A PI To Find Missing Woman

By Simon Crittle

A desperate Colorado Springs family plans to hire a private investigator to locate Christine Pierce, a well-known local musician, who has been missing since October 16.

Pierce’s niece Sabrina Cooke described her aunt as a beloved daughter, sister, aunt, friend, and much-loved drummer in the Colorado Springs band, Riverbottom.

“No ...

Two New Books – One Fact, One Fiction – Explore The Modern PI

By Simon Crittle

Today’s world is complicated: companies are becoming more powerful than nations, the lines between public and corporate institutions grow murkier, and the internet is shredding our privacy. To combat these onslaughts, people everywhere — rich and not so rich, in business and in their personal lives — are turning away from traditional police, lawyers, ...