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Podcast: True Crime Reporter
Episode: JigSaw & Jane 13 Years of Murder & Mayhem with Badge Number One
Description: By Robert Riggs
LAPD Homicide Detective John St. John aka âJigSaw Johnâ Badge #1
Legendary LAPD Homicide Detective John St. John walked among the dead for nearly a half-century.
Known as âJigSaw John,â he pursued monsters that had an insatiable appetite for blood and suffering.
Jane Howatt, a suburban housewife and aspiring writer, wanted to trade her tennis racket for something more meaningful.
St. John didnât need company, and he sure didnât want a young unpublished author in his way.Â
But something about Howattâs curiosityâearnest, unspoiled, insistentâbroke d...