Ray Reeves

I grew up watching 1 Adam 12, so I thought police work was that, quite honestly. And I quickly realized that was not the case.

I grew up watching 1 Adam 12, so I thought police work was that, quite honestly. And I quickly realized that was not the case.

I think with a background working in the church, I just saw so many people just at their worst point. Obviously, they don't call the police when it was time to have a birthday party. They called us when it was the worst moment or one of the worst moments in their lives. And so I just found a way to connect to people on a real level.

I think with a background working in the church, I just saw so many people just at their worst point. Obviously, they don't call the police when it was time to have a birthday party. They called us when it was the worst moment or one of the worst moments in their lives. And so I just found a way to connect to people on a real level.

I was probably less patrol or policeman than most of the guys around me on my squad. I just found a way to connect to the humanity of people.

I was probably less patrol or policeman than most of the guys around me on my squad. I just found a way to connect to the humanity of people.

It was very challenging, but I'd said to myself early on, I'm not going to get jaded. I'm not going to get cynical. I'm going to still believe that people, even if they've done something wrong, a lot of those are choices for sure. And a lot of it's circumstances as well. And so let's still treat people with compassion and kindness until they give you a reason not to.

It was very challenging, but I'd said to myself early on, I'm not going to get jaded. I'm not going to get cynical. I'm going to still believe that people, even if they've done something wrong, a lot of those are choices for sure. And a lot of it's circumstances as well. And so let's still treat people with compassion and kindness until they give you a reason not to.

Jacksonville is just under a million people. We've got our beaches. We've got, I say, several different communities here. We have the east side at the beach and we've got inner city and a lot of the inner city is growing. The area where Savannah lives, Gold is on the south side. This area was a very affluent area of town.

Jacksonville is just under a million people. We've got our beaches. We've got, I say, several different communities here. We have the east side at the beach and we've got inner city and a lot of the inner city is growing. The area where Savannah lives, Gold is on the south side. This area was a very affluent area of town.

Savannah is a very pretty young lady. She's very athletic, does sports. She did lacrosse in school, water skiing, very outgoing personality. Everyone at work loved her. High school friends loved her.

Savannah is a very pretty young lady. She's very athletic, does sports. She did lacrosse in school, water skiing, very outgoing personality. Everyone at work loved her. High school friends loved her.

But the text said, I wanted to tell you and mom I met a really great guy and we're running away together. I love him and we're leaving right now. I'll call you later when we get to where we're going.

But the text said, I wanted to tell you and mom I met a really great guy and we're running away together. I love him and we're leaving right now. I'll call you later when we get to where we're going.

Same basic, a lot of misspelled words, typos. Met a guy leaving with my boyfriend. I can't deal with this anymore. I've got to get away. And it was choppy English and it didn't make sense. And again, the fact that her family was very close, they knew what was going on. They knew the people that she was hanging out with, her friends, who she dated and all those things.

Same basic, a lot of misspelled words, typos. Met a guy leaving with my boyfriend. I can't deal with this anymore. I've got to get away. And it was choppy English and it didn't make sense. And again, the fact that her family was very close, they knew what was going on. They knew the people that she was hanging out with, her friends, who she dated and all those things.

There wasn't a time when they didn't stay in contact with each other. And so I knew there's no way that Savannah would have sent those texts. But the other thing is Savannah would not have put her mother through something like this. They just would not have happened because she loved her mom and her dad.

There wasn't a time when they didn't stay in contact with each other. And so I knew there's no way that Savannah would have sent those texts. But the other thing is Savannah would not have put her mother through something like this. They just would not have happened because she loved her mom and her dad.

And there's no way that she would have put her mom through some kind of torturous thing like I'm running away and I'll call you when I can.

And there's no way that she would have put her mom through some kind of torturous thing like I'm running away and I'll call you when I can.