Lowery is not LE. He doesn't know (there's no arrest/exoneration) so probably should keep his assumptions to himself.
SapphireSteel - RE: Lowery is not LE
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http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Robert-Lowery/855772419
Robert G. Lowery, Jr. (Background/Credentials)
Prior to accepting his current position as the Executive Director of the Missing Children's Division for the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Bob Lowery served over 30 years in public service, over 27 of those years as a law enforcement officer.
Bob served as the Assistant Chief of Police for the City of Florissant Police Department, an internationally accredited agency located in the northern suburbs of the City of St. Louis, Missouri. During his career, Major Lowery served in a variety of capacities including the Uniform Patrol Division, Tactical Operations/Hostage Rescue Team, Detective Division, Professional Standards, and Internal Inspections Division. The majority of his career was spent as a detective in the Crimes Against Persons Unit, where he directly supervised and investigated homicides, serious assaults, robberies and sex crimes. Mr. Lowery also served as the Commander of the Greater St. Louis Major Case Squad, one of the oldest and the largest multi-jurisdictional homicide task forces in the United States. The squad is comprised of over 500 detectives and supervisors representing 105 federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. As Commander, he was directly responsible for these personnel and oversaw homicide investigations in the entire fourteen county St. Louis Metropolitan Region, which extends on both sides of the Mississippi River in both Missouri and Illinois. He has personally commanded some of the area's most high profile investigations, including cases of murder-for-hire, sexually motivated homicides (including one that involved a decapitation of a 13-year-old girl and another involving the strangulation of two small boys), narcotics and gang related cases, and cases of armed robbery/murder, to name just a few.
Mr. Lowery participated as a member of the Child Abduction Analysis Team (CAAT) for the FBI's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC) in Quantico, Virginia. He was an original member of the Board of Advisors for the "Team Adam" Program for NCMEC, and additionally served on the selection committee for "Team Adam" consultants. Additionally, he is a Past President of the International Homicide Investigators Association and continues to serve the organization as a member of the Executive Board. He actively participated in organizing IHIA Symposia in St. Louis, Missouri; the FBI Academy at Quantico, Virginia; the National Crime Faculty - Bramshill, Hampshire, England; Houston, Texas; and Las Vegas, Nevada. He holds both a Bachelor of Arts Degree ("Summa *advertiser censored* Laude") and a Master of Science Degree from Lindenwood University in Business and Human Resource Management. He is a graduate of many advanced training schools on police management, including the FBI National Academy, Class 177. He also served as an adjunct instructor for the Criminal Justice Department at Lindenwood University in St. Louis, Missouri and guest lectures at several other universities and training schools.
Mr. Lowery provides law enforcement training on basic and advanced homicide investigation, interview and interrogation, crime scene, cold case investigation, and multi-jurisdictional case management.