‘That woman was in danger, so I ran up behind him with a hatchet… Smash, smash, SUH-MASH!!!’
Millions of people heard these words and shared the viral video with their friends. This mysterious surfing hitchhiker then vanished as quickly as he appeared, only to reappear on many late night talk shows and fan videos. But 3 months later, he was arrested and charged with killing a prominent New Jersey lawyer… in self defense against a sex assault.
Who is this mysterious hitchhiker? What was with that lawyer who drugged and assaulted him? Why would the investigators destroy evidence, tamper with witnesses, and shut the public out of the trial?
For almost a decade, the public was kept in the dark: until investigative journalist Philip Fairbanks searched for the truth in mountains of government records, witness statements, and hard evidence. At long last, he found the answers to these burning, aching questions…
And they will surprise you.
Table of Content
Dedication iii
Foreword by Alissa Fleck
6 Introduction by Wendy S. Painting
13 Author’s Note
Appendix 309
A Call to Action 311
Afterword by Brian ‘BZ’ Douglas
313 Thanks and Acknowledgements
316 Soundtrack Notes
320 Legal and Ethical Disclaimer
321 Further Reading on Hitchhiking Subculture
324 A Note on Fletcher Woodward
325 Selected Cloud Drive Highlights
327 Reader Notes
332 Endnotes
340 Index
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
$150k check to Dr. Pandina’s program at Rutgers paid out by the Galfy estate
126 IRS 990 form from Clark PBA police union golf tournament
135 Crime scene photo: potential paper funnel in trash never tested
223 Joseph Galfy’s brother James suspects ‘some kind of vagrant’
263 Crime scene photo: dishwasher where potential exculpatory evidence was destroyed
265 Rough draft of Galfy residence from police notes
273 Crime scene photo: Urine stain on carpet was left untested for drugs
282 Crime scene photo: Hairs on vertical side of mattress corroborate Kai’s hair cutting timeline
282 Kai’s last Facebook post
288 Sketch by NZ
About the author
Philip Fairbanks is an entertainment reporter, journalist, and amateur historian with 20 years publishing experience. His work has appeared in SUNY’s art journal Afterimage, Ghettoblaster magazine, UK’s Morning Star newspaper, multiple times in CUNY’s graduate paper The Advocate and several other print and online publications. He has been corresponding with Kai and reporting on his case for over five years.
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