Hank Idsinga was the lead detective in some of the city’s highest profile — and horrific — murders. He leaves his job at the end of the year.
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By Rosie DiManno October 21, 2023 rbbm
''Here’s another flash of insight into Idsinga’s character, the making of him as a cop, never before revealed: His own grandfather was murdered. The particulars he’s not yet ready to publicly share. But he learned of it from his German-born mother when he was around 10 years old.
“My grandfather was a murder victim. I saw the trauma it caused my mother. That set me on the path of wanting to catch the bad guys.”
''The job’s inherent ugliness has taken its toll, but he’s never lost his humanity, his fundamental decency and sanguine nature. And he was so damn good at that job. In 2022, the homicide squad broke a 26-year record for clearances, coming in at close to 85 per cent. “That was a tremendous accomplishment for the team.”
The murder that weren’t solved, they’ll always nag. He’ll leave without a solve in the murders of Barry and Honey Sherman. Everybody has a theory, many have a suspect in mind. Does he think he knows who did it but the evidence to charge is lacking?
“It’s not my case. I’ve got some ideas. It’s tough, six years after the fact. Certainly a lot of circumstantial evidence that points sometimes in the same direction, sometimes in different directions.”