The following interview is with a man who has had over twenty years' experience with crime, and who is now employed with a Forensic Services Unit here in the U.S. We will, at this time, call this man Wayne Gunnison. His credentials are included, but his identity will be protected until such time as our attorneys advise us that it is in the benefit of all concerned to release this personal information.

ShadowMan Entertainment found Mr. Gunnison through a phone message left by one of our secretaries. He had stated that he didn't believe we would ever solve this crime, and that the evidence could very well be that of a hoax.

SE: Mr. Gunnison, considering that we have what seems to be positive evidence that the woman named Ally Farson has brutally murdered six people, possibly seven, why do you insist that this will be a difficult case to solve?

Mr. G: Well, I have two subtle clues for you, mister. One, the murders were committed in Hollywood. Who's going to take you seriously? Secondly, crime scenes are difficult enough to solve without the major problems involved in the first place.

SE: Which are?

Mr. G: Look, you say you have murder evidence created by the actual perpetrator. This, in itself, is so rare to be laughable. Then you have the problem of crime scene contamination like no other place on earth.

SE: What do you mean?

Mr. G: Most law enforcement officers get a thrill from watching all those blue uniforms on the boob tube, and even though they know, deep down somewhere, that life isn't really like that, for some reason they often treat the crime scene in real life just like crime scenes on the tube. They hang out, snap some photos, dust for fingerprints, and hang out. All it takes is for one idiot who isn't an expert to botch things up.

SE: In what way?

Mr. G: Well, you state that you have one piece of evidence that actually shows a triple murder taking place in a shopping mall. Cripe, I can tell you right now that without verification of the video, you wouldn't have a case.

SE: Why?

Mr. G: Crimes are solved in an intricate pattern. There are numerous pieces of evidence, and every little piece is part of the big puzzle. Oddly enough, a police officer or a detective can screw you up with evidence collection. When you start throwing in curious crowds in crowded places, you've compounded your problem beyond belief.

I can tell you that in a place where there's high traffic, tire tracks and footprints won't help you. Not much. And when you get a bunch of folks shedding all over the place, you've really got problems. Heck, I even read somewhere in your case files where someone started cleaning up the blood because they thought it was fake? C'mon!

Compound that with the fact that there's the time factor.

SE: In what respect?

Mr. G: There's actually been very few cases where the crime was solved with fingerprints. DNA is better, but you can't configure that overnight. Forensic analysis usually takes months. Of course, if the, uh, videotapes are for real, then you might have some speed in getting your actual criminal.

SE: What do you suggest to look for in these crime scenes, if there seems little hope for evidence. Especially with the Monarch Beach shopping mall murders?

Mr. G: Look, I get paid well for what I know. If you want to find more evidence, look for witnesses. The place was jammed with folks, and you have plenty of people who witnessed first-hand what they thought was a prank. Or, what they thought was the filming of a movie (Mr. G starts laughing).

SE: Why do you think police departments are so shoddy with crime scene investigations, other than the "cop show" mentality?

Mr. G: Unfortunately, very few police departments have a plan implemented that would help them solve the hundreds of unsolved crimes in the nation today. A major overhaul of policies and procedures would eliminate a lot of this garbage.

for instance, just logging in visitors to a crime scene site would narrow down, or expand the possibilities of criminal evidence. I knew of one cop unit that had to fingerprint all the officers on that unit because they couldn't tell if all the fingerprints belonged to the criminals or to the cops!

All the cops involved should make detailed reports of their activities on the crime scene. This would eliminate any lapse of time or memory in the courtroom later. And everyone who enters the crime scene should make any requested exemplar like hair, blood samples, shoeprints and that sort of thing available for elimination purposes.

And last, but not least, make the highest ranking officer on the scene bully responsible for all the folks that enter the boundaries of the scene of the crime.

SE: Well, that list would certainly eliminate a lot of possible mistakes. We'll make it a point to see how many of these points were followed by Orange County authorities on the Ally Farson crime scenes.

Due to several factors, including his physical appearance, obvious credentials and years of expertise, Wayne Gunnison was subsequently hired by ShadowMan Productions. He will be joining this site on occasion in the board discussions and in helping to qualify evidence as it comes to light.