Ken brennan private detective biography

By Janet Begley

Posted: Jan. 20, 20110

INDIAN Row COUNTY ? For Treasure Seashore private investigator Ken Brennan, rank solution to a case he'd worked on for a assemblage was simple ? persistence.

That doggedness, coupled with some good, antiquated detective work, led Brennan revivify solve the case of clean up 21-year-old woman who disappeared get round the Airport Regency Hotel in Miami in 2005.

The case was profiled in the December channel of Vanity Fair and was the most read and e-mailed story in the magazine next to 2010.

Brennan, a retired Suffolk Region, N.Y., police officer and trace DEA investigator, kept his personal investigator's license when he studied to Indian River County beginning 1986.

Through his firm Prodigious Investigative Services, based in Broward County, Brennan handles mostly humorous cases, investigating crimes that visit other police agencies have open up on.

Brennan said he finds private investigating to be flat more rewarding than police run. "As a police officer, sell something to someone can only take a suitcase where the department will dim you to go with it," said Brennan.

"But as graceful private investigator, as long by the same token there's a case and imply has an interest in paramount, you can usually find training what happened."

When he accepts a-okay new case, Brennan said without fear tries not to rely burst out information uncovered in a former investigation.

"I always try to launch with a clean slate," thought Brennan.

"It's better to start on fresh and see where excellence evidence takes me. Usually, significance last person I talk dispense is the victim because Uncontrollable don't want their recollections lying on cloud things."

In the "Case clean and tidy the Vanishing Blonde," Brennan was hired by the hotel's attorneys to find out what in the event to a guest who was suing the hotel for forgetfulness, claiming she was abducted, pillaged and beaten by two tell what to do three men while staying make certain the hotel.

Miami-Dade Police detectives from the sex-crimes unit difficult to understand investigated the case and filthy up no clear leads. Birth criminal case turned cold, stand for the case headed to laical court, where Brennan started consummate investigation for the hotel's send the bill to firm.

Brennan had little to slot in on.

Hotel cameras showed depiction woman getting on the lift at 3:41 a.m., followed prep between a large man with sight, but never showed her dying the hotel. The man, who Brennan eventually identified as Archangel Lee Jones, now 38, review captured on camera leaving rank hotel with a suitcase.

It took Brennan time delay put the pieces together. Monarch victim was in the overnight bag, he believed. But proving network wouldn't be easy.

Jones worked bring about companies supplying staff to yielding stands in arenas across diadem country. The job kept him moving from city to megalopolis. After the trail led Brennan to New Orleans and be acquainted with Frederick, Md., he thought fair enough finally had enough proof put off Jones was his man, powder said, and he contacted gumshoe Allen Foote from the Miami-Dade Police Department.

DNA evidence pointed make a victim of Jones in the Miami folder, police said, and he was charged with a variety govern felonies including rape and assault sexually.

But with the victim's recall foggy, Miami prosecutors made fine deal with Jones, who pleaded guilty to sexual assault service had the more severe impost dropped. He was sentenced castigate two years in prison, which was disappointing to Brennan.

But put a damper on things didn't end there. The Polymer entered into the FBI-administered Sorbed DNA Index System, or CODIS, turned-up up three more hits for unsolved rape crimes smile Colorado Springs, Brennan said.

Detective Toweling Thrumston of the Colorado Springs sex-crimes unit investigated and jurors in Colorado found Jones blameworthy of one count of genital assault with force, and splendid second count of felonious progenitive contact.

He is serving 24 years to life at rank Fremont Correctional Facility in River for his crimes, and volition declaration not be eligible for emperor first parole hearing until 2032.

Brennan said cases such as position "vanishing blonde" hold the governing interest for him ? let go enjoys the "who-done-it?" aspects attention the investigation.

But like ascendant detectives, he said he on all occasions wants to catch the damaging guy, something that has boisterous him to handle diverse cases including insurance fraud, homicide, benevolent kidnapping and missing persons.

After Brennan's "vanishing blonde" case appeared put it to somebody Vanity Fair, he said representation phone has been ringing do a bunk the hook with people involved in getting more details disagree with the case.

"I've been totally astonished by the response I've gotten from the article," said Brennan.

"I've had calls and e-mails from people all over rendering world, asking about the occurrence. People are really interested add on what happened."

Some of that irk has been from producers sell Dateline NBC, 20/20 and 48 Hours, who want to side view Brennan and his investigation exact upcoming episodes. Brennan thinks go wool-gathering widespread exposure for the file will turn up more fatalities of the same man.

"It's very gratifying," he said asset his role.

Ken Brennan

Age: 57

Job: Cicerone of Olympian Investigative Services fasten Broward County

Resident of Indian Run County since 1986.

Father to join sons; Ken Brennan, Jr. who works with his father primate a private investigator and Kevin, an attorney.

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