FBI and criminal justice stories

James Alex Fields Jr. drove a car into a crowd after the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Va. Fields ended his days as a free man and changed the lives of his surviving victims forever.
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/12/19/violence-unite-right-led-life-lost-and-others-forever-changed

FBI uses death row inmate to search for remains: An exclusive story gotten by corresponding with a federal death row inmate. The FBI and local prosecutors confirmed it once I had the key pieces nailed down.

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2013/10/10/fbi-used-death-row-inmate-in-search-for-remains

Terror suspect got into U.S. despite fingerprints being connected to Iraqi bombing: A scoop I scored by chatting regularly with the U.S. Attorney’s office and FBI and following up a tip on new documents being unsealed.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/43243423/ns/us_news-security/t/fingerprints-terror-case-unchecked-months/#.WZyEKih97VU

In the hours after the glitz and glamour of the Kentucky Derby, someone killed one of the migrant workers on the backside of the track. The killer's identity remains a mystery.
https://www.postandcourier.com/sports/police-probing-mysterious-churchill-downs-death/article_ff16a550-de20-5758-8efc-990167c2beb0.html

FBI links killings of woman, children to husband’s drug case: Talking with FBI agents and following leads into documents and evidence hearings produced this story on how a man’s federal drug case was linked to the death of his wife and two children in Louisiana.

http://www.thomasdamico.com/In-the-News/Slavings-gang-could-be-related-FBI-hints-drug-deals-tied-to-victim.shtml

Iraqis linked to attack on U.S. soldiers: This scoop came from following a tip from the FBI and prosecutors, I tracked down documents and former U.S. soldiers who discussed how and when they were attacked by two Iraqis later arrested in Kentucky on terrorism charges.

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-iraqis-charged-in-ky-linked-to-ied-attack-zone-2012aug16-story.html