How Greenville NC Police and SBI Screwed Up a Homicide Investigation—Co-Signed by the DA

Hi guys. Today’s post is going to go into a little more detail to make sure you get the full picture. In my two most recent posts, I contrasted how two different patient abuse cases in two different states were handled in two different ways:

1. One where Virginia authorities acted swiftly to hold the nurse, Erin Strotman, accountable;
2. And the other where North Carolina authorities acted swiftly to deny accountability, thus protecting Linda Brixon, ECU Health Medical Center, and others.

So, let’s break down some of the earlier points made and, perhaps, explore potential effects.

DENIAL OF JURISDICTION

When North Carolina’s Greenville Police Department denied jurisdiction over ECU Health (aka Vidant Medical Center), they did so due to the fact that the hospital had their own police department… Not security; a legitimate police department authorized by the state. This revelation sent me straight to the facility to file a report. I had already learned that they had not done all they could do for my daughter, Keisha White, and I wanted an outside investigation.

Here’s what happened though… I arrived at the hospital, walked in their front door to the reception desk, and told the person behind the desk that I wanted to speak to their police. The young lady directed me to have a seat before picking up the telephone to call somebody. I waited… I don’t know… about 10-20 minutes before a woman came through the door. When she did not proceed any further as she looked around, I approached her to see if she was there for me, and she was. I told her I wanted to talk to the hospital’s police. She said I could not talk to them unless I first spoke to their risk manager. Surprised, I asked, “Is that Vicki Haddock?” She said, yes. “So, I can’t talk to your police unless I talk to Vicki Haddock first?” Again, she answered, yes. Feeling disgusted, I left.

But here is what is important about this: If my complaint had involved something other than the hospital’s personnel, the hospital’s police would likely be the exact agency I needed to talk to. If a non-employee had mugged me in the parking lot, for example, their police would have jurisdiction. But my complaint involved one of their workers, therefore the GPD absolutely had jurisdiction. ECU Health’s own police can not investigate them. It’s a conflict of interest.

Do you see the potential for serious problems under this scenario? If GPD is unwilling to investigate reports involving ECU Health’s staff, what would be the alternative? Is it unreasonable to think that a patient could be assaulted by a worker and, yet, be stripped of any legal recourse that others have when crimes are committed outside of ECU Health’s property? This is part of the difficult conversation that no one with authority wants to have.

WHAT SBI INVESTIGATION?

Let’s fast-forward to the Twitter post I told you about. It seemed that I was hitting brick walls, so I used one of my old Twitter accounts to tag the GPD and others in various tweets. It just so happened that GPD’s former chief, Hassan Aden, was on duty (or at least on his account) in the middle of the night. He responded, asking me to elaborate in an email.

I was anxious to comply with his request. However, when Aden responded back a few days later, he informed me that the DA’s office and the SBI had already looked into the matter. He then instructed me to give any other evidence to the SBI since they “handled the original investigation.” What? When? And how come I knew nothing of it?

See, this is the kind of thing that can happen when the other side is given unauthorized information. Moves can be made. Strategies can be implemented. People can take what they have learned and use it against you. I’m not accusing anyone of anything. Some dots connect themselves.

Let me recap a section of my previous post, “I Am Mad as Hell – Part 2” and remind you of what had occurred involving a few SBI agents.

1. ECU Health bypassed the legal requirement to report suspicious deaths to local law enforcement and “reported” Keisha’s death to three SBI agents instead.
2. The three SBI agents each lied to me by claiming they knew nothing of my daughter, knew nothing of an investigation, and had not spoken to the hospital’s risk manager, Vicki Haddock.
3. After calling out Haddock, she revealed that not only had she spoken to the agents, she also informed me that one of them told her of my plans to talk to the DA — something that I had not told her myself but had told the agents.

Can you see how all of this ties together now?

INVESTIGATIVE STANDARDS

There is an agency called the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). This agency accredits the GPD, SBI, and other law enforcement agencies across the country. According to their training standards, law enforcement are to locate and interview complainants, witnesses, and suspects AND follow up with them AT A MINIMUM when conducting an investigation. Read that again.

As I also explained in my previous post, Aden did eventually launch his own investigation in November 2014. He enlisted the assistance of an SBI agent to work with a GPD detective. For all of these years I have wondered what hospital workers must have told the police when they were questioned. What did Linda Brixon tell them? Did she cry and garner sympathy? Did she lie about what happened to my daughter? What evidence did they come up with to support their conclusion that no crime had occurred?

The agent that participated in the investigation has since retired. I was finally able to locate her on the internet in May 2024. I learned a valuable piece of information during this recorded phone call. She and the GPD detective did go to ECU Health to investigate. She said they spoke to someone there, looked at medical records, and went to see the room Keisha was in. Then she revealed this shocker: The hospital did not make personnel available for interview. Let me say that again… They never located or interviewed hospital workers; not even Linda Brixon. For the hospital to not make personnel available for interview sounds to me like they did not give any names of any workers on duty the night and morning Keisha was neglected and abused to death. And law enforcement was good with that, whether one name or all names were withheld.

The SBI agent then turned her report over to the DA’s office….. where it was accepted.

Now, ladies and gentleman, does this sound like CALEA standards were followed? I have given a lot of information to law enforcement and to the DA’s office; some of which turned up missing… You read right – MISSING. But I can tell you for a fact that I have never been interviewed or asked a series of investigative questions by the GPD, SBI, nor either DA. Yet, the criminal case involving Keisha’s death has been closed multiple times by one or the other.

As revealed in my previous post, the current DA, Faris Dixon, referenced the so-called investigation that did not adhere to minimal standards, and used it to base his charging decision. But let’s not forget how the report from an independent medical examiner, stating Keisha’s manner of death was a homicide due to criminal negligence, was downplayed as he cited “insufficient evidence” as his reason to close the case AGAIN in 2024.

Let me know what you guys think about this in the comments, and please share this post. Your share might be the only thing that brings justice in this case and possibly others. Thank you so much!!