by Rob Holmes | Sep 5, 2020 | Investigations
I was running an errand the other day in Downtown Los Angeles. As a big fan of classic Hollywood and detective fiction, I relish in the landmarks and mainstays, from the outdoor urban paradise of MacArthur Park to the crowds of bustling travelers at Union Station;...
by Rob Holmes | Apr 13, 2018 | Investigations
With all of the news stories being published in recent days about social media data and privacy, I cannot help but be reminded of a not-so-great, yet brilliantly prophetic, film of the 1990's. Let me first set the table. I was twenty-four years old and had just moved...
by Rob Holmes | Jul 30, 2011 | Living by Accident
In 1999 I embarked on creating what I wanted to be the ultimate list of songs to play in my car. So I rooted through my music collection and pulled, opened, read, contemplated, played, meditated, listened and came up with ‘the list'. I then ripped the songs and...
by Rob Holmes | May 30, 2011 | Investigations
I was twelve years old when my father, Robert L. Holmes Sr., asked me to go along with him to purchase an MTV t-shirt at the Columbus Farmers Market in Columbus, NJ. That day I learned what a chain of custody was. The second an investigator touches an item (as...
