The Investigators

2010–2011 . . . Bailey returns home . . . A U.N. investigation . . . Looking to flip . . . Zeroing in on Florida . . . The Lachlan McConnell dilemma . . . The law catches up

By late 2010, Kent Bailey was back in Minneapolis, having completed his stint at the Special Operations Division in Vir- ginia. At SOD, as he coordinated the international aspects of the Le Roux case, he'd kept Derek Maltz, the special agent in charge of the division, in the loop with quarterly briefings. But as he headed back to Minneapolis to run the local enforcement division, he started to hear grumblings that the case, now four years old, was exhausting his superiors' patience. “I remember Maltz kept telling me, ‘You’ve got to bring this case across the goal line,’” Bailey said. “I joked back, ‘I took this case ten yards deep in the end zone, ran it ninety-five yards downfield, and got you a first and goal at the five. Find somebody else to bring it across the goal line.’”

Still, when the assistant special agent in charge of the Minne- apolis office suggested that Bailey continue as Kimberly Brill's su- pervisor, he was elated. Since Steven Holdren's departure, Brill had been handling Le Roux on her own, full-time. That she'd kept it going was a singular feat of investigative prowess. “She never had