Group members: Iris, Mohammed, Maria and Dana
Summary:
The story was about the policeman called Joe Gliniewicz. It was August 31, 2016 when Fox Lake police officers found a body shot in the village. The initial suspects were three mele man who Gliniewicz was pursuing. After two weeks authorities were thinking about the possibility of suicide. He died with his own gun. In November, investigators found that Gliniewicz killed himself because he stole money from the local police Explorers program. In January his wife, Melodie Gliniewicz was indicted to help her husband in money laundering. After several months the truth came and investigators found that Joe Gliniewicz committed suicide and Melodie was punished by five years in prison for having involvement with theft of money.
Timeline:
Sept 1, 2015 - Joe Gliniewicz was found dead;
Sept 7, 2015 - Gliniewicz’s funeral;
Sept 14, 2015 - Investigators was thinking about suicide;
Nov 4, 2015 - Investigators found out about the theft of money;
Jan 27, 2016 - Melodie Gliniewicz was indicted and the truth was discovered.
Articles:
Joe Gliniewicz.
Joe Gliniewicz’ wife, Melodie Gliniewicz.
In this case the true came really fast. In my opinion journalists should have the hypothesis of suicide. They should not accuse the three men because they had not enough evidence. I would ask about how the investigators thought about suicide and why they started to investigate his wife. The last question is for the journalists: Do you prefer to publish cases like this, when true came fast or cases that are hard to find the truth?
ReplyDeleteI think this story was difficult for journalists. because it came so fast and they have had a lot of reports and facts in a short time. I think they may have mistaken the information about suspecting three men. However, I do not blame them because the shot between civilians and policemen is a huge problem.
ReplyDeleteMy question for the journalists is, I get that the work should be continuing no matter what, but if there weren't much materials to report about, what would you do then?