Call from ATF: My stolen gun connected to triple homicide

[printcraft]

I got some additional details on the case. Holy hell there is some craziness going on here. My gun even gets a mention in the news article.

https://www.kentucky.com/news/state/article225414025.html

Paywalled... BUT that's what they make web.archive for...

https://web.archive.org/web/20190202033836/https://www.kentucky.com/news/state/article225414025.html

 

[edporch]

-Snip-
I was glad to hear it wasn't actually used in the killings.

Since it wasn't even used in the murders, it should be documented and returned to you.
The government is being a thief that's no better than the slimy thief who stole it from you in the beginning.

 

[printcraft]

ETA the whole lot sound like scumbags.

 

[HCRMPD1]

I'm comming in late to this thread, but I am glad to hear you are getting your gun back and that it was not used in any of the killings.

 

[snorko]

I still get an annual call from my local PD concerning the three handguns stolen from me in 1994. Happy they keep them active in the database, sad to be reminded.

 

[KellyinAvon]

Bump:

I called the ATF agent today since it's been almost two years since we spoke. No update on the murder trials yet. Nothing has been scheduled for the state of Kentucky case, let alone anything federal.

Agent says he's optimistic there will be a state trial sometime before the end of 2023. If that happens I get to wait for the years of appeals to work through. So not getting my beloved Colt back anytime soon.

The good news is that the agent tells me he set it up so at the end of all this the gun has to be released back to me. They can't keep it or destroy it. Even if he retires or dies it comes back to me.

I know that the word of the ATF is pretty much meaningless, but it still made me feel a little better.

Are they waiting for the defendant to die of old age?

 

[actaeon277]

Are they waiting for the defendant to die of old age?

Justice is slow

 

[DadSmith]

Are they waiting for the defendant to die of old age?

They were hoping Covid-19 would do the job possibly.

 

[KLB]

They were hoping Covid-19 would do the job possibly.

Or the Vax

 

[Sitcomdad83]

Dang that's crazy. Glad you'll get your gun back and it'll have a story to it. Makes you think about all the guns I've sold and traded away over the years wonder who's got them and if I'll ever get a call.

 

[Mgderf]

The Colt Detective Special I had stolen in a home burglary almost five years ago...

I know what you meant, but this just struck me funny.
That could be taken a couple of different ways.

 

[desnifter]

That’s wild. At the very least you know it’s no longer floating out there. Hopefully you’ll get it back in the somewhat near future, and not in too bad of shape either.