detective
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Yet the Metropolitan Police’s lead detective, Mr. Keefe writes, seemed “maddeningly incurious.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
John Hamilton, who worked as a detective constable in Northumbria Police's child abuse and sexual offences unit, was assigned to a case involving the girl.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
He said the deputy was a detective with the department and had responded to calls for help from officers who were serving an eviction notice.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Had five students done what a veteran homicide detective had failed to do more than 30 years earlier?
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
They called themselves the Clue Crew and had a detective headquarters in Nancy's bedroom.
From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene
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Miranda v. Arizona (1966): Syllabus
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