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I dont know how much the rest of the country knows about this case, but I will give you here what I know...

Saturday a Sheriffs Deputy, who is think is up around the Bellevue, Washington area, heard the call over the radio, about there being a naked man, running around, shouting and scaring people...so Deputy Herzog answered the call, alone and unassisted in his patrol car....

He came upon the naked man, and did not pull his weapon, as the man was naked, and altho appearing scarey, I guess Deputy Herzog, did not consider it, at that time, appropriate to pull his weapon out...he tried to either subdue the naked man, or take him into custody, when a scuffle broke out, and the naked man was able to grab the Deputys weapon...he shot him once, the deputy went down to the ground, and then the naked man, emptied the gun into the deputy...he executed him, as he lay helpless on the ground...

Many civilians tried to help the wounded officer, but I believe at that point he was already dead....the naked man ran off, and went home, or to the home of relatives...shortly thereafter, I believe he turned himself in...

Deputy Herzog was a 20yr vet of the Green Berets, an 8yr on the job Deputy...he has a wife, that he met and married while stationed in Korea, and he leaves her behind, along with two daughters, aged 15 and 18...also Deputy Herzogs parents are still alive, and at the Memorial service today, the 18yr old daughter and father of Deputy Herzog stood together, and gave their own testimonials, about Deputy Herzog...

The church was packed with mourners, and many from the military, the Sheriffs office, the family, and of course many from the community...

It was really a stirring memorial service...testimonials, a 21 bell salute, bagpipers playing Amazing Grace, folding of the flag on the casket, friends and family consoling one another...

Now the other part begins...the perp was in court, and his family and friends were in the gallery, and it almost appeared to me at least, like a big old circus...they are waving their arms, shouting support, saying they loved the perp, how it would be all right, how they would get him a good lawyer...

This perp is a mess...he a man in his 50s, with a drug problem, and a police file which is 19pages long....he is scum, to say the very least...he just go out of jail not to long ago, for almost the same sort of event, involving other officers...a while back, he was also walking around naked, and shouting and threatening, and it took a whole group of police to subdue him then...hes a big strong man, on drugs, out of control and as strong as can be...

Apparently he did jail time for that last offense, and had been released, not too long ago...When other officers heard the call go out, about a naked man, they just knew it was this same guy again, and had they known that it was going to be Herzog, going on his own, against this naked guy, they would have warned him not to attempt any action until he had some backup help...

But its too late for that now...Deputy Herzog gave his life, and now the perp needs to stand trial and be found guilty, and executed...there is no doubt that this naked man did what is claimed, there are way too many witnesses who saw it, for him to claim he is innocent....this is no case of mistaken identity...the man sitting in jail accused of this crime, is indeed the man who did the killing...

So now, time, the trial, the courts, the jury...all will have to exact justice for Deputy Herzog...