Case FLMSD08-00167 - SUSAN KENNEDY VS. FRANK HOWARD

Susan Kennedy and Susan Polk

Contra Costa County Jail 

           

During the trial of Susan Polk her cellmate was Susan Kennedy. Ms. Kennedy was a resident of Danville, graduated from San Ramon High School connected to the Frank/Fred Howard known around twins as the Howard Brothers.  

Pete Bennett knew Susan like many others via performing or singing at local clubs. We reconnected years later having coffee in downtown Walnut Creek. She was nice and polite, our conversation short.  

The picture taken with her phone near Locust Starbucks but came via Frank Howard who each suffered devastating back-to-back fires with houses they inherited.  Then they ended up in Probate with Judge Persky.  

According to the Contra Costa Coroner she was stabbed to death with 21 punctures in her Concord apartment. Her father is Bill Kennedy former President of Bay Alarm.  Raised in Danville.  

Another deadwitness connected to the high profile murder of Pamela Vitale  

Case FLMSD08-00167 - SUSAN KENNEDY VS. FRANK HOWARD


Case FLMSD08-00167 - Complaints/Parties

Complaint Number: 1 Complaint Type: Domestic Violence Without Children Filing Date: 01/25/2008 Complaint Status: ACTIVE
Party Number	Party Type	Party Name	Attorney	Party Status
1	PROTECTED PERSON/PETITIONER	SUSAN KENNEDY	Pro Per
2	RESTRAINED PERSON/RESPONDENT	FRANK HOWARD	Unrepresented	Serve Required (WaitS)

Case FLMSD08-00167 - Actions/Minutes

Viewed	Date	Action Text	Disposition	Image
	03/07/2008 9:30 AM DEPT. 54	HEARING ON F/L OSC/TRO RE: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FILED BY SUSAN KENNEDY	OFF-CALENDAR
Minutes     You are Not Authorized to View Minutes prior to 12/31/2099
	02/15/2008	F/L APPLICATION AND ORDER FOR REISSUANCE OF ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FILED BY SUSAN KENNEDY	Not Applicable
	02/15/2008 9:30 AM DEPT. 54	HEARING ON F/L OSC/TRO RE: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FILED BY SUSAN KENNEDY	NOT HEARD/CONT
Minutes     You are Not Authorized to View Minutes prior to 12/31/2099
	01/25/2008	HEARING ON OSC/TRO D.V. WAS SET FOR 2/15/08 AT 9:30 IN DEPT. 54
	01/25/2008	CASE ENTRY COMPLETED	Not Applicable
	01/25/2008	COLOR OF FILE (FAMILY LAW): GREY	Not Applicable
	01/25/2008	REQUEST FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESTRAINING ORDERS FILED	Not Applicable

Case FLMSD08-00167 - Pending Hearings

Date	Action Text	Disposition	Image
This Case Does Not Have Any Pending Hearings

Howard PER0001_Howard_Fredrick PER0001 PER0003_Kennedy_Susan PER0003 Kennedy Susan

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The Disappearance of Elizabeth Stratton and Captain Neil Stratton of the Walnut Creek Police Department

Elizabeth Stratton vanished in 1997,

The Disappearance of Elizabeth Stratton and Captain Neil Stratton of the Walnut Creek Police Department  Officer Lester Garnier murdered in 1988, Dr. Kim Fang murdered in 2000, Cynthia Kempf murdered in 1988, Timothy Lee in 1984, Tanjah Poe 1985, The Ringheims 1986, Bernard Bynum 1982, and the band plays on?

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Captain Neil Stratton

Elizabeth Stratton vanished, her car found at the Sacramento Airport but she is married to Neil Stratton of the Walnut Creek Police Department. The same city where San Francisco Officer Lester Garnier was found dead in 1988 located at the Ross Stores parking lot.

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Case PROMSP98-00925 - TRUST OF ELIZABETH L. STRATTON


Case PROMSP98-00925 - Complaints/Parties

Complaint Number: 1 Complaint Type: Pre-JBSIS Filing Date: 07/15/1998 Complaint Status: ACTIVE
Party Number	Party Type	Party Name	Attorney	Party Status
1	PLAINTIFF	NEIL R. M. STRATTON	BRAY, OLIVER W.
2	PLAINTIFF	CHRISTINE CALLIS CHITLIK	BRAY, OLIVER W.
3	PLAINTIFF	DANIEL M. CALLIS III	BRAY, OLIVER W.
4	DEFENDANT	ELIZABETH L. STRATTON	Unrepresented	Serve Required (WaitS)

Case PROMSP98-00925 - Actions/Minutes

Viewed	Date	Action Text	Disposition	Image
	08/24/1998	DECL.RE POUROVER WILL, IRA BENEFICIARY DESIGNA-TION & DISCLAIMER
	08/24/1998	ORDER DETERMINING TRUST ASSETS FILMED: 8-24-98
	08/24/1998	COPY & CERTIFICATIONS
	08/24/1998	PROOF OF SERVICE BY MAIL RE: ORDER DETERMINING T RUST ASSETS
	08/24/1998 8:00 AM DEPT. 37	PETN TO DETERMINE TRUST ASSESTS (PETRS NEIL STRAT TON, CHRISTINE CHITLIK & DANIEL CALLIS, III)	GRANTED
	08/18/1998	DECL OF NEIL RM STRATTON
	07/17/1998 8:00 AM DEPT. 37	PETN TO DETERMINE TRUST ASSESTS (PETRS NEIL STRAT TON, CHRISTINE CHITLIK & DANIEL CALLIS, III)
	07/15/1998	PETITION TO DETERMINE TRUST ASSETS (P-N. STRATTON, C. CHITLIK & D. CALLIS III)
	07/15/1998	NTC OF HRG RE PETITION TO DETERMINE TRUST ASSETS 8/24/98 11AM D51

Case PROMSP98-00925 - Pending Hearings

Date	Action Text	Disposition	Image
This Case Does Not Have Any Pending Hearings

A Civil Case involving Captain Stratton

A familiar pattern where there are two courtroom standards. Friends in Law Enforcement and regular constituents are treated different. This is where the Contra Costa Bar Association mangles case outcomes.

Around 1980 or later Pete Bennett was injured to two separate car accidents on Willow Pass Road.  The injuries affected a new cabinet shop but the cases just like others that came later there was little police follow-up.  

These accidents occurred right a series of homicides at the end of Santa Monica Drive in 1979. 

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Case PROMSP98-00925 - TRUST OF ELIZABETH L. STRATTON


Case PROMSP98-00925 - Complaints/Parties

Complaint Number: 1 Complaint Type: Pre-JBSIS Filing Date: 07/15/1998 Complaint Status: ACTIVE
Party Number	Party Type	Party Name	Attorney	Party Status
1	PLAINTIFF	NEIL R. M. STRATTON	BRAY, OLIVER W.
2	PLAINTIFF	CHRISTINE CALLIS CHITLIK	BRAY, OLIVER W.
3	PLAINTIFF	DANIEL M. CALLIS III	BRAY, OLIVER W.
4	DEFENDANT	ELIZABETH L. STRATTON	Unrepresented	Serve Required (WaitS)

Case PROMSP98-00925 - Actions/Minutes

Viewed	Date	Action Text	Disposition	Image
	08/24/1998	DECL.RE POUROVER WILL, IRA BENEFICIARY DESIGNA-T ION & DISCLAIMER
	08/24/1998	ORDER DETERMINING TRUST ASSETS FILMED: 8-24-98
	08/24/1998	COPY & CERTIFICATIONS
	08/24/1998	PROOF OF SERVICE BY MAIL RE: ORDER DETERMINING T RUST ASSETS
	08/24/1998 8:00 AM DEPT. 37	PETN TO DETERMINE TRUST ASSESTS (PETRS NEIL STRAT TON, CHRISTINE CHITLIK & DANIEL CALLIS, III)	GRANTED
	08/18/1998	DECL OF NEIL RM STRATTON
	07/17/1998 8:00 AM DEPT. 37	PETN TO DETERMINE TRUST ASSESTS (PETRS NEIL STRAT TON, CHRISTINE CHITLIK & DANIEL CALLIS, III)
	07/15/1998	PETITION TO DETERMINE TRUST ASSETS (P-N. STRATTO N, C. CHITLIK & D. CALLIS III)
	07/15/1998	NTC OF HRG RE PETITION TO DETERMINE TRUST ASSETS 8/24/98 11AM D51

Case PROMSP98-00925 - Pending Hearings

Date	Action Text	Disposition	Image
This Case Does Not Have Any Pending Hearings

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Another story about the persons, officers and incidents connected to the Walnut Creek Police 

This one will be about parental abduction, kidnapping and possible murder of witnesses.
Source (sfgate.com) : more >>

Walnut Creek Lets Police Games Begin

Sam McManis, Chronicle Staff Writer

 Published 4:00 am PDT, Friday, June 19, 1998

1998-06-19 04:00:00 PDT Contra Costa County -- So, this cop walks into a doughnut shop and . . .

Well, fill in the punch line yourself. Those jokes have become as stale as a 3-day-old cruller. Police officers have heard them all. Cracks about their laziness, their predilection for fried and frosted dough, their bellies spilling over their holsters. Next to lawyer jokes, those quips are staples among hack comics. Truth is, though, most law enforcement officers are fit. They have to be. Starting Sunday and continuing through next Saturday, the public can judge for itself, when Contra Costa and the Tri-Valley host the 30th California Summer Police Games. Open to any law enforcement or fire officer, the event billed as an alternative Olympics is expected to draw more than 5,000 participants competing in 50 events that test athletic ability and specific job skills.

Concord is the host city, but events will take place at venues as far west as Contra Costa College in San Pablo, as far south as Shadow Cliffs in Pleasanton and as far east as Deer Valley High in Antioch. With as many as 25,000 visitors expected, including the athletes, it should mean big crowds at many of the events -- and long lines at the doughnut shops.

"Hey, there's nothing wrong with doughnuts," said Neil Stratton, a retired Walnut Creek police captain who is the director of the games, which are hosted by Contra Costa. "Doughnuts are good, although they may not be good for you. I know a lot of officers who like doughnuts. But we also have some world-class athletes who do a lot more than eat doughnuts."

Those officers will compete in a variety of events, including swimming, track and field, tug-of-war, water-skiing, trap shooting and hard-tip darts. One of the more intriguing competitions is the "Toughest Cop Alive," which involves eight events in a single day: a 5K run, 100-yard dash, 100-yard swim, the shot put, bench press, upper body rope climb, pull-ups and an obstacle course.

There also is a police dog competition, testing obedience and agility, and an obstacle course race, in which Concord's two canine cops, Rico and Mikey, will compete.

There also is a special narcotics sniffing division for the dogs. That division will be closed to the public, according to Concord police officer Dan Moore, who is organizing the canine events. All other events, featuring officers on two or four legs, are free.

"It's the only (competition) I know of where the athletes pay and the spectators get in free," Stratton says.

It has been that way since 1967 when Duke Nyhus, the deputy chief of the San Diego Police Department, organized the first California Police Games in Long Beach to benefit youth and anti-drug programs. It began with 15 sports and 500 competitors and has grown steadily since. Now it is the second largest event for police and fire officials in the world, behind only the biannual World Games.

The Police Games serves as more than just a physical outlet, according to Stratton. It's a way to network.

"Before I retired, I had all sorts of contact all over the state with people I met through the Games," Stratton says. "It makes a big difference when you're working on a case and you have to call another department and you deal with somebody you've competed against. You get more cooperation. You're not just another cop wanting a favor. I've traveled all over the world with members of the LAPD, for instance."

Cops may be collegial outside of the competition but, once the games begin, it's fierce. Most police officers train for the Games year- round. For the 56-year-old Stratton, a master's swimmer, retirement means he doesn't have to cram in his workouts between police shifts.

"I no longer have to get to the pool at 5:30 (a.m.) to swim," he said. "I can concentrate on it more."

Stratton won five gold medals in his age group at last year's Police Games in Fresno and was part of a 50-meter breaststroke relay team that won the world title. Though he's had considerable success, Stratton quickly adds, "I'm no professional or anything."

True, but others who will compete have been elite athletes or even professionals. Former Olympic shot putter John Powell, for instance, formerly worked for the San Jose Police Department after his competitive days were over, and he dominated the Police Games for a several years.

"Just in swimming alone," Stratton says, "we have some guys who swam in the NCAAs last year. We've had people who, given the choice between pro sports and a more secure career in law enforcement, have chosen public service. But they still get to compete."

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POLICE GAMES

The California Police Games will begin Sunday throughout Contra Costa County. All competitons are free. Here is a list for selected sports. For a complete list, call the Contra Costa Police Athletic Association at (925) 827-1998.

-- Boxing: Richmond Auditorium and Concord Pavilion, 6:30 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, Friday.

-- Road Race: St. Mary's College, Sunday, 7 a.m.

-- Soccer: Central Park, San Ramon, Sunday-Friday, 8 a.m.

-- Softball (men's senior): Willow Pass Park, Concord, Thursday-Saturday, 8 a.m.

-- Toughest Cop Alive: Alhambra High School, Monday-Wednesday, 7 a.m.

-- Track and Field: Contra Costa College, Thursday-Saturday, 7 a.m.

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Captain Neil Stratton of Walnut Creek Police Department

The Captains Wife

His wife disappears, his step children vanish and the Contra Costa DA accepts the goodbye letter as fact.

Captain Neil Stratton

Elizabeth Stratton vanished, her car found at the Sacramento Airport but she is married to Neil Stratton of the Walnut Creek Police Department. The same city where San Francisco Officer Lester Garnier was found dead in 1988 located at the Ross Stores parking lot.

• Neil Stratton former Walnut Creek Police Captain.

A dead straight connection to the 1988 murder of San Francisco Officer Lester Garnier and likely responsible for whereabouts of his wife missing since 1997. 

• Neil Stratton
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President at Contra Costa Police Athletic Association

• Concord, California 
• 60 connections 
• Contact info

• Retired
• Cal State, Hayward, University of Virginia, Cal Poly, Pomona.

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  You and Neil both know Paul Adler

Experience

Major Retired

Company Name Retired

Dates EmployedJun 2018 – Present

Employment Duration1 yr 2 mos

LocationConcord, Californiai

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Co-Founder, Board Member, Executive Director, and President over the years

Company NameContra Costa Kops For Kids

Dates EmployedApr 1991 – Jun 2018

Employment Duration27 yrs 3 mos

LocationConcord, CA

Currently a Civil Grand Juror for Contra Costa County

Company Name Retired, Walnut Creek Police, Cal State,East Bay, & Contra Costa Kops For Kids

Dates Employed Sep 1963 – Jun 2018

Employment Duration54 yrs 10 mos

LocationContra Costa County, California

Kops for Kids is going out of business effective 30 June 2019.

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  Cal State, Hayward, University of Virginia, Cal Poly, Pomona.

  Degree NameBA, MPA, MS

  Field Of StudyBA Political Science, MPA, Master of Science in Management

  Dates attended or expected graduation1962 – 1988

   

me	Job Title/Employer/Pension	Pension	Benefits	Disability	Years of Service	Year of Retirement	Total pension & benefits amount
Neil R Stratton	Employer: CITY OF WALNUT CREEK Pension: CalPERS, 2018	$104,166.00	Not provided	N/A	32.85	1995	$104,166.00
Neil R Stratton	Employer: CITY OF WALNUT CREEK Pension: CalPERS, 2017	$100,618.56	Not provided	N/A	32.69	1995	$100,618.56
Neil R Stratton	Employer: CITY OF WALNUT CREEK Pension: CalPERS, 2016	$99,463.04	Not provided	N/A	32.69	1995	$99,463.04
Neil R Stratton	Employer: CITY OF WALNUT CREEK Pension: CalPERS, 2015	$97,513.56	Not provided	N/A	32.6	1995	$97,513.56
Neil R Stratton	Title: N/A Employer: CITY OF WALNUT CREEK Pension: CalPERS, 2014	$96,228.84	Not provided	N/A	32.69	1995	$96,228.84
NEIL R STRATTON	Title: N/A Employer: CITY OF WALNUT CREEK Pension: CalPERS, 2013	$94,342.32	Not provided	N/A	32.69	1995	$94,342.32
NEIL R STRATTON	Title: N/A Employer: CITY OF WALNUT CREEK Pension: CalPERS, 2012	$92,496.12	Not provided	N/A	32.69	1995	$92,496.12

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