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Treasure Coast Private Investigator called to NYC on Cold Case Murder

The Queens, N.Y. District Attorney's8217;s Office has requested the assistance of Warren J. Sonne, owner of Sun State Investigative Services in Port St. Lucie (www.THEFLPI.com) and Pinnacle Protective Services (www.THENYPI.com) in New York City, in the prosecution of Kevin Justus who was indicted by the Grand Jury (Indictment # 1942/2005) for a senseless murder that occurred in 1986. Sonne, a St. Lucie County resident, is a retired NYPD detective, world-renowned private investigator, and author of Criminal Investigations for the Professional Investigator CRC Press/Taylor Francis Publications Jan. 2006.



When asked by the Assistant D.A. if he would return to testify, Sonne answered: 's8220;Would I come back to testify I would crawl back if I had to!'s8221;



Sonne tells the story like this: 's8220;Sometime during the morning hours on Saturday, November 22, 1986, Clara Basa, a woman in her mid-40s, returned from a church meeting to her modest house located at 39th Avenue and 46th Street in Sunnyside, N.Y. She lived by herself in a quiet, middle-class area that was relatively crime free. The next to last thing she expected was to walk in on a daytime burglar! The last thing was to be bound hand and foot, stabbed repeatedly, and be left for dead with not one, but two kitchen knives buried in her chest.'s8221;



's8220;The homicide was not my case,'s8221; says Sonne, 's8220;but I was aware of it. A few days later on November 28, 1986, my partner and I were driving through Long Island City when we heard a radio transmission about a burglar running from the scene on 43rd Avenue and 46th Street. That was just a couple of blocks away from the Basa homicide! I drove to Sunnyside, and when we reached 46th Street and 48th Avenue I saw a person who fit the burglars description. We detained him while patrol officers brought over a witness who positively identify Kevin Justus as the burglar, and even pointed to the zipper on Justus's8217;s jacket that had torn during their struggle.'s8221;



's8220;That was not the only thing that was peculiar about Justus's8217;s clothing's8221; says Sonne. 's8220;There were what appeared to be dried bloodstains on his dungarees, t-shirt and sneakers. Justus didn's8217;t have any obvious wounds, and the eyewitness that caught up with him hadn's8217;t been injured either. Besides, they struggled only a few minutes ago and the blood wouldn's8217;t have had time to dry.'s8221;



According to Sonne, Justus admitted to the burglary of November 28th, but denied any involvement in the Basa Homicide. Justus provided no explanation for the blood on his clothing, or for the woman's8217;s jewelry he was wearing.



's8220;I seized his clothing and jewelry as evidence and sent the blood stained clothing to the police lab.'s8221; says Sonne, but that was the last involvement I had with this case, until now.'s8221;



Sonne goes on to say, 's8220;There is more to this story or this case would have been closed 20-years ago. The DA's8217;s office finally indicted Kevin Justus, but that part of this story will have to wait until after the trial. At that point I hope that Clara Basa's8217;s family will have finally gotten justice.



For more information contact:



Jennifer Greenbaum

866 592-5700

info @ THEFLPI.com

www.THEFLPI.COM   

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