Thank you for creating this homepage for Eric’s case! We will be promoting it on social media for the family.
@Detective_Aaron Much appreciated!
Could anyone tell me what the criteria is for the cases to referred to the FBI?
Hello, it depends on the offense. For murder, there is no federal offense of murder so the FBI doesn’t investigate murders directly. They do have technical things they can assist and support a primary agency but state level law enforcement agency will always be the primary agency because the laws against murder are on the state level. There are some creating things with drugs and guns that the FBI can get involved in but you won’t see them as taking over as the primary agency in a murder investigation.
I hope that helps!
Thanks for the quick response and feedback.
Good morning,
One of the tasks listed on the site is VICAP entry, could you explain how this process would work and assist the case?
Great question! ViCAP stands for Violent Criminal Apprehension Program and it is a program run by the FBI that collects data on solved and unsolved homicides, especially those involving a kidnapping or if they are apparently motiveless, sexual or random, or suspected to be part of a series.
The database attempts to identify possible offenders or patterns in crimes to make links and develop possible matches. It is not accessible by the public and is law enforcement only which means the lead agency for Eric’s case should evaluate if the case should be entered into ViCAP (if they haven’t already done so).
You’re awesome! The information is a value add as always.
My Thoughts and Prayers are with Eric’s family! I had the pleasure of meeting Eric’s family March 29, 2025 despite the circumstances which brought us together under one roof.
It’s extremely unfortunate and emotionally painful when others do not value our loved ones lives as we do, especially when it involves the sworn oath to protect and serve!
Especially when all the evidence involved in your loved ones case visible to the naked eye points law enforcement in the direction of those who stole your loved ones life with no regard for human life but yet jurisdictional law enforcement allow huge missed opportunities to get in the way of obtaining justice on behalf of victims and their grieving family members which revictimizes the victim and their grieving family members all over again at a time when emotions are still raw no matter how much time has passed!
Listening to Eric’s mother, his sister Cathy and his nephew speak about the loss of Eric touch my heart because I know all too well exactly what that overwhelming grief and emotional pain feels like!
After the opportunity to meet Eric’s family recently during Advocacy Con, a mutual supportive bond and connection was developed between Eric’s family and I that will last a life time. Eric’s family can count on my continued support!
I Pray that someone who knows something will say something!
Your family will continuously remain in my Thoughts and Prayers!
Sincerely,
Rain03