Content warning, this episode contains discussion of murder, including the murder of two children.

For many people, now retired Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter became the face of the Delphi investigation.

Some of those following the case would even carefully scrutinize every syllable he uttered,

hoping to find hidden meanings about what was really going on in the case.

But the public side of the job was only a small part of Superintendent Carter's responsibilities.

He also needed to manage the logistics of the investigation, to ensure that people working on

the case had a place

to stay and food to eat.

Doug Carter retired earlier this month.

He was kind enough to take the time last week to talk with us about the Delphi case, which

remains one of the most significant cases in his 40-year law enforcement career.

I should note that early on in this conversation,

I referenced an anecdote we heard from Lieutenant Jerry Holman, who of course played a key role in the

investigation. Basically, Holman was spending untold hours working on the case. He had tickets for a

concert he planned to attend with his wife, but he decided to skip

that event so he could use those hours to instead work more on the case. Carter heard about this

and insisted that Holman take the break and see the concert. He also arranged for Holman to have a nice

dinner first. Lieutenant Holman told us that this taught him something

about leadership, and not only taking care of yourself, but also caring for the people who serve

under you. Now that the gag order is lifted, Carter and others are free to speak about their

experiences with the Delphi case. This will be the first of two episodes featuring

our interview with him. They will be released on the same day, so check out the second part as well.

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