Today's Oregonian featured one of Margie Boule's weekly "human interest" stories, the heartwarming tale of Nicole Knect. Nicole found her long-lost mother with the help of a private investigator's services, which he had donated to a monthly radio program called "Lost Loves" on KUPL.
Researchers out there, you'll appreciate this tale. Using only the mother's incredibly common name, Patricia Lee; her age; and the names and ages of her siblings, investigator Steve Robinett was able to track Patricia down in a care home forty years after then-eight-year old Nicole last saw her.
Go researcher, go!
Though private investigators do a lot more hanging around in weird parking lots than do prospect researchers, professionally speaking at least, they also spend a lot of time with databases these days.
If I ever get tired of development research, I suppose I could always get an awesome mustache, a Ferrari, and a Smith & Wesson 1911. (Thanks internets -- it's hard to believe people actually spend time being concerned about what kind of gun Magum P.I. used, and that I have just somehow joined that crew. Thank goodness it's a small crew.)
Also, I am not kidding. Magnum P.I. is awesome.
3 comments:
Amanda, you crack me up. I was wondering why the picture of my favorite PI would go with the story of lost mothers. Hey, I think you are too young to even remember PI or Tom....
Ha! Dianne, Magnum P.I. was actually my first crush. I was four or five and I knew he was the stuff.
Joe was watching a rerun of Magnum PI the other night. I wasn't really paying attention, but about the 3rd time he said "where's the helicopter?" I had to ask him what he was watching. He's like, "It's supposed to be a show about a helicopter. I've been watching for 10 minutes, and I haven't seen the helicopter!"
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