Lethal Guardian (39 page)

Twenty-six-year-old Anson “Buzz” Clinton, in 1992, two years before he was gunned down.

Buzz Clinton and his younger brother, Billy.

Easter Sunday, 1986. From left: Buzz Clinton; his sister, Suzanne; his father, Buck; and his brother, Billy.

The inside of Buzz Clinton’s 1981 Pontiac Firebird as the Connecticut State Police Major Crime Squad found it on March 10, 1994.
(Courtesy of Clerk’s Office, New London Superior Court)

An aerial view of Exit 72 off Interstate 95 in East Lyme, Connecticut, where Buzz Clinton was found shot to death on March 10, 1994.
(Courtesy of Clerk’s Office, New London Superior Court)

This copper-covered .38 caliber bullet was taken from Buzz Clinton’s chest cavity.
(Courtesy of John Brand)

The Eastern District Major Crime Squad of the Connecticut State Police in Norwich, Connecticut, was the hub of the Buzz Clinton murder investigation.
(Author’s photo)

John Turner, a 20-year veteran of the Connecticut State Police, was one of the detectives leading the investigation into Clinton’s death.
(Author’s photo)

Detective Richard “Reggie” Wardell was instrumental in getting hired hitman Mark Despres to expose the conspiracy behind Buzz Clinton’s murder.
(Author’s photo)

Detective Marty Graham worked for years to bring those responsible for Buzz Cliton’s death to justice.
(Author photo)

Kim Carpenter-Clinton, Buzz’s wife, in her 1984 high school yearbook photo.
(Courtesy of Ledyard High School yearbook)

In 1992, Buzz Clinton converted this tool shed on his parents’ property into a fully functional “detached bedroom.”
(Author’s photo)

The Clinton residence in Old Lyme, Connecticut, where Buzz Clinton grew up.
(Author’s photo)