He-Said, She's Dead: Donna Dalton's Killer Walks Free

I had to stop watching the coverage of Andrew Mitchell's retrial when it became clear that he would be acquitted.

For those who may not be familiar, Andrew Mitchell is a former Columbus, Ohio vice officer who shot a sex worker to death in his car. 

This case sickens and infuriates me to the point where I believe I will eventually write a book about it.  My opinion stands firmly with The Columbus Free Press, that acquitting this officer was inexplicable -- other than rape culture always winning, like the house in Vegas:

"Former Columbus police officer Andrew Mitchell was inexplicably exonerated by a jury this week for the brutal murder of 23-year-old Donna Dalton Castleberry. What was not brought before the jury was the fact, as reported in local media, that Mitchell remains in custody and “faces nine federal charges after being accused of forcing women to perform sexual acts in exchange for their freedom and lying to federal investigators, among other accusations. Trial in that case is scheduled to begin in July 2023.” (Columbus Dispatch).

Mitchell was already under investigation

At the time of Donna’s murder, Mitchell was the subject of a CPD Internal Affairs investigation, according to the Appeal website, and there were “multiple previous complaints” about his behavior."

This whole trial sickened me and I couldn't watch.  I'm working on a book about my friend Wendy Huggy's murder right now.  Once I get that done and dusted I may start working on this.  I may wait until the July 2023 trial is over with.  Disgusting that he's being tried for the exact same thing Donna Dalton believed he was doing to her before he shot her dead, and that wasn't brought into evidence.

But everything about this outrages me to my core and makes me want to thoroughly investigate and write a book about it.  How many apartments did Mitchell own?  How many police calls were there of drug and prostitution activity in apartments owned by Mitchell?  Is it a coincidence that all of his former coworkers who testified had recently retired?

Shame on all of these people, JFC.