Investigators Hunting for UFOs? Not Quite

All T.K Davis and Frank Dixon want is to be taken seriously. But respect can be hard to come by when people think you're looking for flying saucers and little green men.

"Both our wives just roll their eyes at us," Dixon says.

It's not just family who mocks them, though.

"We get ridiculed (by our friends)," Davis says. "They ask, 'Are you on drugs?' or 'When's the last time you took those mushrooms?' and 'If you want to see an alien just look in the mirror.' "

Mounties Warn Private Eye to Back off Highway of Tears

Private investigator Ray Michalko has been on the case of the Highway of Tears murders for two years, but he's ready to throw in the towel.

Michalko has received a letter from a high-ranking RCMP officer warning him he could be charged with obstructing justice if he doesn't tread carefully.

Private Eyes May Dig for Dirt on Clemens

Lawyers for Brian McNamee are poised to send private investigators to Houston to search for evidence that could link Roger Clemens to performance-enhancing drug use, according to a published report.

The New York Times reported on its website Thursday night that two retired New York City police officers who have been working on McNamee's behalf will be dispatched to Texas if a judge fails to grant McNamee lawyers' motion to dismiss Clemens' defamation suit against McNamee. The officers, Gerry Kane and Stephen Davis, would "look at everything" regarding Clemens, McNamee attorney Richard Emery told the Times.

'Breakthrough' in Zulu Car Crash

A major breakthrough in a private investigation into the fatal car crash involving Prince Sifiso Zulu's luxury car seven weeks ago, is expected, said Pastor Phumlani Ndlovu of Souls' Harbour Ministries on Saturday.

Hlengiwe Dlamini, 25, of Mondlo, and Sidumisile Ncube, 24, of Ulundi, were killed when the driver of Zulu's BMW X5 allegedly drove through a red traffic light at the intersection of Masabalala Yengwa Avenue and Somtseu Road, crashing into a double cab bakkie carrying church members home after a service.

Unclaimed Property: Private Investigator Finds Your Money

What's worth 400-million dollars, is owned by one in ten Missourians, and sits in a state account?
Unclaimed Property.
Cash from bank accounts, stocks, bonds, utility deposits that the owners or heirs either lost track of, or don't even know exits.
Last November KSPR did a special on Missouri's Unclaimed Property Division.
The state search team came to the Battlefield Mall and for one afternoon, checked people's names against their database.
They found more than $100,000 that afternoon. That’s more than the state finds in a week at the Missouri State Fair.

Private Eye Sues Google Over 'Unwanted Ads'

Lawyers acting for an American private detective claim hundreds of thousands of companies that signed up to advertise on Google might have been deceived into paying for adverts they did not want.

The private detective has launched a legal action against the search engine, and his attorneys want the lawsuit to become a class action, which could cost the company millions of dollars if he is successful.

Investigators Re-Examine Student's Drowning

10TV News on Tuesday learned that investigators were re-examining evidence in the drowning of an Ohio University student 10 years ago.

Police originally determined that there was no foul play in the death of Keith Noble, 10TV's Cara Connelly reported.

Pellicano Calls Himself 'a Lone Ranger'

Anthony Pellicano was "technically a lone ranger" who went to great lengths as a private investigator to keep the information he gathered secret from everybody, including associates and lawyers.

And that information would have remained secret had the government not searched and seized computers from Pellicano's Sunset Boulevard office in 2002, the former gumshoe told a federal jury during closing arguments.

Argentieri Family Hires Private Investigator

The family of an Alfred University student who died five months ago has hired a private investigator, according to Allegany County District Attorney Terrence Parker.

Parker said he met with a private investigator the family of Thomas O. Argentieri Jr. hired on Tuesday to discuss the case. He was unavailable to discuss the case further by press time today, as he was in court this morning for an unrelated matter.