Retired NYPD detective James Rothstein was known for arresting Watergate figure Frank Sturgis. Rothstein believes that Sturgis was also involved in the assassination of JFK. Not much of a conspiracy theorist myself, but I gotta admit that 3 shots and 3 strikes from Oswald's rifle are a little much to swallow.
Anyhow - Mr Rothstein is known to be have investigated abductions and child sex crimes in the midwest, most notably that of Johnny Gosch. Rothstein has noted that Jacob Wetterling delivered newspapers, as did Gosch and another child abducted from Des Moines. Rothstein has said he has interviewed another MN boy who escaped from an attempted abduction just prior to Jacob's.
In a November 28, 2007 article from the Paynesville Press, Mr. Rothstein has harsh words for LE. Below is an excerpt from the article.
The Wetterling investigation was an example, Rothstein said, of an
incomplete effort. All the stuff the cops should have done, they didnt
do, he said. Rothstein said he offered his information and all the
credit to the appropriate law enforcement agency, but they just
spit and sputter when I talk to them.
Nobody holds the cops to the fire, he said. There is no crime if
no one looks at it, he added. What bothers me the most is you
have all these kids who are disappearing, and the cases arent solved.
There is no such thing as an unsolvable case, he said.
When he was a cop, they might not have been able to gather enough evidence to prosecute, but they always found what happened, he said.
Kids dont just disappear, Rothstein said. Kids talk, so how
come so many of these cases are unknown and even more are
unsolved, he wonders. Why has Jackie Theel (who disappeared
from Paynesville in 1944) never been found, he asked. Why
has the Jacob Wetterling abduction never been solved, he continued.
The public, instead of pressuring the police for results, appears in
denial. Its the ostrich effect. Bury your head, and itll go away, he said
