private investigator

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Wright later called an allegation of paying a private investigator to "blag" information from Lady Lawrence "absolute nonsense".

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

In 1986, Don Winslow was a 33-year-old New York-born, world-traveling private investigator who, during stakeouts, read crime fiction by authors such as Elmore Leonard, James Ellroy and Joseph Wambaugh.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

After setting up his own company, he was hired an as in-house private investigator for two US news shows.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

He added that her notes referred to a private investigator who had charged her £400.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

White learned of the statement that private investigator No. 28 had obtained from the Kaw Indian woman, in which Rose had confessed to being the murderer.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann