The victims were tavern owner Ronald Scharff and his barmaid Pat Freeman. Ron Scharff’s son Paul is now very confident that he knows the identity of the killer and is trying to get the authorities to close out the cold cases.

Paul’s mother hadn’t been openly involved in the effort and I was concerned that perhaps she didn’t like the idea that we were revisiting her husband’s murder.

But today I found the following message that Paul posted on his  Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=33678349794) on behalf of his mom. It made me feel good, kind of like getting a nice Christmas present.