TWENTY-FOUR
MOST OF THE INFORMATION I wanted on Dennis Thoreau was already in my e-mail when I returned from lunch. There was a time when I hated computers, when I looked upon PIs who used them with utter contempt. Now I don’t know how I managed without one.
A quick skim gave me an outline of Thoreau’s life and times.
NAME: Thoreau, Dennis Reese.
SSN: 473-00-8118 is valid; subject has not used other SSN.
SEX: Male.
PARENTS: Raymond and Alice (Reese) T.
FAMILY: Married Meghan Chakolis; divorced after eight months; no children.
EDUCATION: H.S., Irondale, New Brighton, MN; Attended University of Minnesota; no credits.
CRIMINAL: Dis. Con., Prescott, AZ, fine & time served; DUI, Modesto, CA, fine.
CIVIL LITIGATION: No record.
DRIVER’S LICENSE NO.: Info to come.
DRIVING RECORD: Info to come.
VECHILE REGISTRATION: Info to come.
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT: Salesman, AAA Printing, 91000 Washington Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55402.
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT: Info to come.
FINANCIAL: Current credit cards—Info to come; Chapter Seven Bankruptcy, Federal Bankruptcy Court, Salina, KS.
REAL PROPERTY: Info to come.
CIVIC/POLITICALACTIVITIES: No record. Still searching.
MILITARY: No record.
GROUPS/CLUBS/ORGANIZATIONS/AWARDS: No record. Still searching.
POLITICAL/RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Subject is not registered to vote; raised Methodist.
CURRENT ADDRESS: 24889 Dayton Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105 (rental property, Stephen J. Kirkus, private owner).
PREVIOUS ADDRESSES: 1127 Desnoyer Dr., New Brighton, MN; 25026 27th St. S., Minneapolis, MN; 881 Gondola Blvd., Enid, OK; 98½ President St., Prescott, AZ; 11600 Hempstead, Salina, KS; 170 Eureka Curve, Modesto, CA.
(List of six neighbors with names and phone numbers for each address above available upon request.)
“I’ll be damned,” I said aloud.
I went back to the PC. This time I did the work myself, accessing a national information service that specialized in biographical data. I input my instructions and waited, listening to the clicks and whirls of my machine.
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*Chakolis*,*Meghan* (Chakolis, Meghan Marie)
OCCUPATION(S): public relations practitioner.
BORN: New Brighton, MN.
PARENTS: Thomas and Carolynn (Pivec) C.
SEX: Female.
FAMILY: married Dennis Thoreau, divorced, children—none.
EDUCATION: B.A., U. Minnesota, degree journalism, theater. M.A., U. Minnesota, degree journalism. Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, National Honor Society.
CAREER: Assistant public relations director, St. Catherine Memorial Hospital, MN; Public relations director, Concern HMO, Minneapolis, MN; Director House Information Office, MN House of Rep., St. Paul, MN.
CIVIC/POLITICAL ACTIVITIES: Campaign director Carol Catherine Monroe (elected House of Representatives).
POLITICAL/RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Methodist.
ADDRESS: 1237 Glendale St., Brooklyn Center, MN.
“Taylor,” I said aloud, “you are the dumbest human being alive.”