21.   Detectives say that the conmen were extremely plausible and convincing.

22.   All three students had been suspended from Redan High School, but detectives could not say what prompted the disciplinary action.

23.   Although there was no suicide note, detectives said they believed that Deguzman had planned to die during the bloody attack.

24.   An Okinawan police detective said in a telephone interview that the rape had occurred in an isolated area of the restaurant parking lot.

25.   Among the fugitives Los Angeles police have asked Mexican authorities to look for is Jose Rodriguez, who detectives say was recently spotted in a Mexican town.

26.   And he most likely was alive when the three men set him on fire to cover their crime, a detective said.

27.   And his watch had been spattered with blood in such a way that detectives said it had to have been worn by the killer, according to Corrigan.

28.   Another detective said he was writing a book and used articles he had written for several publications to try to obtain interviews with Koch Industries executives.

29.   Any DNA taken from the remains of the fetus might help identify its father, detectives said.

30.   As drug investigations go, detectives say this case began modestly.