"I don't remember a case like this," said one seasoned investigator.

NEARLY one-fourth of the seasoned investigators in the western district of the state police will not be showing up for roll-call after today.

"This case even has seasoned animal-cruelty investigators shaking their heads in disgust!"

"Being a seasoned investigator," I said to Pearl, "I have found that when there's stuff you don't know in a case, it's best to find it out."

FOR a seasoned private investigator like Richard Dietl, it was a standard case.

Given the speed that monies can be transferred in the global financial system, identifying and tracing the bank accounts of the perpetrators is not an easy task, even for a seasoned investigator.

But most investigators agree that no conceivable technological development could ever replace a seasoned investigator's ability to talk to people and a knowledge of the environment where killings occur.

Even seasoned investigators are afraid to dig too deep into the murders.

Scott Truscott was a seasoned medical investigator and read the vagaries of death scenarios better than I read MMPI results.

A seasoned investigator, she was used to conducting interviews with witnesses and suspects alike.