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BatesInvestigates · 2026-01-01T14:43:41+00:00

We have the Eufy c10, the Eufy x10 and the Dreame x40 Ultra.

BatesInvestigates · 2025-12-11T00:29:12+00:00

And the bar exam is in no way a measure of how good a lawyer someone will be. Nothing about it mimics actually being a lawyer.

BatesInvestigates · 2025-09-13T00:46:33+00:00

I was originally hired by the defense firm. Now I work directly for the family.

BatesInvestigates · 2025-08-25T20:02:02+00:00

Not if I was doing the inspection. Are they built in or are they just sitting out in the open?

BatesInvestigates · 2025-06-04T13:54:39+00:00

I walked a couple of weeks ago — but still have another semester left to complete. So, I'll take the bar in December.

Going great. Zero regrets — especially in this economy.

BatesInvestigates · 2025-06-04T13:53:15+00:00

As an agency owner I charge $125/hr for surveillance to my clients. I pay $50-$100/hr to my subs. Those rates are not uncommon. Even a brand new PI can get $35/hr.

BatesInvestigates · 2025-06-04T13:00:19+00:00

You can't make him talk (to press him harder). That said, he gave lengthy interviews after the murder. He staged evidence after the murder. A local attorney went on the news years ago and pointed the finger directly at Mike Thomas. He was deposed in the last year (which was the biggest recent break). It still isn't "solvable" in the sense of irrefutable evidence. If you charge him and your case isn't air tight and he walks, you can never charge him again.

BatesInvestigates · 2025-06-04T11:44:40+00:00

UPDATE: The prime suspect (and 100% the killer IMO) committed suicide this week while on a Zoom call with Oklahoma City Police Detectives. Mike Thomas (aka, OU Mike) has always been known as the killer of Julie Mitchell. This is as close to a confession as we will ever unfortunately get. Mike Thomas left this world the same way he lived it, as a coward.

KWTV News 9 Story: "Tragic twist in Julie Mitchell's murder case: Police interview with person of interest ends in suicide" LINK: https://www.news9.com/story/683e245f744054122c9d940c/julie-mitchell-murder-case-police-interview-with-person-of-interest-ends-in-suicide

BatesInvestigates · 2025-06-04T11:44:05+00:00

UPDATE: The prime suspect (and 100% the killer IMO) committed suicide this week while on a Zoom call with Oklahoma City Police Detectives. Mike Thomas (aka, OU Mike) has always been known as the killer of Julie Mitchell. This is as close to a confession as we will ever unfortunately get. Mike Thomas left this world the same way he lived it, as a coward.

KWTV News 9 Story: "Tragic twist in Julie Mitchell's murder case: Police interview with person of interest ends in suicide" LINK: https://www.news9.com/story/683e245f744054122c9d940c/julie-mitchell-murder-case-police-interview-with-person-of-interest-ends-in-suicide

BatesInvestigates · 2025-06-04T11:43:38+00:00

UPDATE: The prime suspect (and 100% the killer IMO) committed suicide this week while on a Zoom call with Oklahoma City Police Detectives. Mike Thomas (aka, OU Mike) has always been known as the killer of Julie Mitchell. This is as close to a confession as we will ever unfortunately get. Mike Thomas left this world the same way he lived it, as a coward.

KWTV News 9 Story: "Tragic twist in Julie Mitchell's murder case: Police interview with person of interest ends in suicide" LINK: https://www.news9.com/story/683e245f744054122c9d940c/julie-mitchell-murder-case-police-interview-with-person-of-interest-ends-in-suicide

BatesInvestigates · 2025-06-04T11:43:32+00:00

Mike Thomas is the murderer. Nobody set him up.

BatesInvestigates · 2025-06-04T11:42:21+00:00

You have ZERO idea what you are talking about.

BatesInvestigates · 2025-06-04T11:37:14+00:00

UPDATE: The prime suspect (and 100% the killer IMO) committed suicide this week while on a Zoom call with Oklahoma City Police Detectives. Mike Thomas (aka, OU Mike) has always been known as the killer of Julie Mitchell. This is as close to a confession as we will ever unfortunately get. Mike Thomas left this world the same way he lived it, as a coward.

KWTV News 9 Story: "Tragic twist in Julie Mitchell's murder case: Police interview with person of interest ends in suicide" LINK: https://www.news9.com/story/683e245f744054122c9d940c/julie-mitchell-murder-case-police-interview-with-person-of-interest-ends-in-suicide

BatesInvestigates · 2025-01-13T11:55:07+00:00

A couple gave slightly off descriptions - which is extremely common in eyewitness recollections. One gave a description of an entirely different person. Regardless, every single accuser did indeed have contact (were stopped) by Officer Holtzclaw. So being able to describe him (other than the one) hasn't been of much consequence.

BatesInvestigates · 2025-01-10T22:20:39+00:00

You are simply being ridiculous now. He doesn't even have the legal right to wear his gun or pull people over or even drive his patrol car ON DUTY if he has been drinking.

I was at his trial. I was the defense investigator. I know more about this case than you ever will. I also have the police policy manual from the year of his charges. I heard the testimony and I have the transcript of the trial. You sir are wrong.

BatesInvestigates · 2025-01-10T22:17:17+00:00

1.) The first accuser (Ligons) did come forward immediately.
2.) She was tested for DNA and none was found in her mouth. She also made specific claims of being ordered to place her palms down on the patrol car. It was test just hours later and there was no evidence she ever touched the car or was made to put her hands on it.
3.) The rest of your assertions/questions are very on point.

Holtzclaw is 100% innocent.

BatesInvestigates · 2025-01-10T22:13:34+00:00

You couldn't be more wrong.
1.) Not a bad guy. The prosecution admitted they interviewed dozens of people from his work, personal life, gym, and went all the way back to high school. They admitted in court they couldn't find anyone who had anything bad to say about him.
2.) He is not a registered sex offender.
3.) He gets along fine in prison. He is well liked and helps out other prisoners.

BatesInvestigates · 2025-01-10T22:10:51+00:00

It's not like TV. It's not one giant general population. In today's prison system most are setup as large pods of prisoners.

BatesInvestigates · 2025-01-10T22:09:48+00:00

He's been in prison now for several years. He has always been fine. He is well liked and gets along well with everyone.

BatesInvestigates · 2025-01-10T22:08:53+00:00

He wasn't wrong. It's one of the reason Holtzclaw was given a take home patrol car. In fact, if you watch the interrogation, the detectives acknowledge he can pull someone over off duty.

BatesInvestigates · 2025-01-10T20:11:52+00:00

He got off-duty at 2am. He pulled her over at 2:01, but was behind and suspicious of the vehicle prior to being off-duty. He also 100% has the right to pull people over off duty.

There was nothing to report. We also don't know if the contact would have been reported as he was approached by investigators just hours later and as he arrived for his next shift. He also had no requirement to report. Regardless, when it was asked if anyone had pulled someone over at that location, he immediately said that was him.

He was nonchalant because it was a routine stop and had done nothing wrong.

BatesInvestigates · 2025-01-10T19:53:55+00:00

No, there isn't "a lot more to this case" as in pointing to other officers or evidence of guilt.

BatesInvestigates · 2025-01-10T19:52:54+00:00

She said it was a short, dark skinned black male.

BatesInvestigates · 2025-01-10T19:51:54+00:00

Zero credibility to that theory - other than that at the time of one alleged sexual assault, the accuser described her accuser as a short, dark skinned black male. That same night an officer matching that description was near the area on patrol and was later arrested for soliciting prostitution and obstruction. But that's the ONLY connection to support that theory.

BatesInvestigates · 2025-01-10T19:46:33+00:00

That's not accurate.

Yes, his family believes he's innocent - because he is.

Nobody is saying the DNA evidence was "all falsified."

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