EPD reportedly didn’t follow up on 1999 rape report
John Driscoll and Thadeus Greenson The Times-Standard
Article Launched: 04/22/2008 01:27:30 AM PDT
Jane Doe 2 testified Monday at Blue Lake Police Chief David Gundersen’s preliminary hearing that she reported to the Eureka Police Department in 1999 that Gundersen raped her, but the department never followed up on the claims.
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A Computer Aided Dispatch call record contained in Gundersen’s court file, indicates that Doe called EPD at about 2:30 p.m. on March 26, 1999. Len Johnson, now a lieutenant with the department, spent about 45 minutes with Doe, according to the record, but did not file a report.
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“He reviewed the (Computer Aided Dispatch) report and could not recall any specifics or what (Doe) had contacted him about,” the report states.
Johnson declined to comment for this story, saying the subject is part of an ongoing case in which he expects to be subpoenaed to testify.
John Driscoll can be reached at 441-0504 or jdriscoll@times-standard.com and Thadeus Greenson can be reached at 441-0509 or tgreenson@times-standard.com.
