My name is Victor Lauria and I am a detective with the City of Novi Police Department. Novi is a suburb of Detroit Michigan. I have been a police officer for over 16 years including 8 years as a detective. Shortly after I was promoted I attended the Basic Reid course. Because of this training my success rate, in identifying suspects and obtaining confessions, increased substantially. A few years later I attended the advanced course. The success that I, and other Novi Detectives, have enjoyed is based on the Reid course and their method of interview and interrogation. My department now sends every newly appointed detective to both the basic and advanced schools as part of the required training. It is impossible for me to express the importance and value of "The Reid Technique".

Case Facts; First Degree Felony Murder
On the morning of September 1, 2003 (Labor Day) Ann Marie Shawley (2 years old) was brought into a Providence Park Novi Hospital by her father and step mother.