[Originally published in Devereux Newsletter No. 48, April 8, 2002] The Federal Bureau of Investigation does not get involved in many local homicide investigations, but it certainly did so when Phoenix journalist Don Bolles was the victim of a deadly car-bombing on June 2, 1976. And it did so for several reasons. First, it was … Continue reading
[Originally published in Devereux Newsletter No. 47, February 1, 2002] CAR BOMB KILLS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER Phoenix newspaper reporter Don Bolles was the victim of a car-bombing in a mid-town hotel parking lot on June 2, 1976, ultimately dying on June 13, 1976, from injuries and infection resulting from the blast. His life and death, his … Continue reading
As an approaching octogenarian, a sense of my own mortality inevitably has become a factor in what’s left of my life as a journalist. And, happily busy as I continue to be in other, unrelated investigative projects, I realize that I may never get around to finishing my long-intended book on the 1976 car-bomb murder … Continue reading
Don Devereux is a graduate of Phillips Academy (Andover), a veteran of the U.S. Army during the Korean War period, and subsequently a graduate on the GI Bill of Michigan State University. He has been a resident of the Southwest since 1962, living initially in New Mexico and after 1977 in Arizona. He variously has … Continue reading
