William C. Dear
Private Investigator
DURING THE LAST FIVE decades, William C. Dear has worked all over the world, including the continental United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Western Europe, the Orient, Asia, and the Caribbean, predominately on homicide investigations. He began his career as a police officer in Miami, Florida. In 1961, he opened his own investigation agency, William C. Dear & Associates Inc., in Dallas, Texas. He developed a private investigation video and text course that is nationally certified for continuing education credit. He has also produced a video homicide course and holds continuing education seminars on his ranch in Mt. Calm, Texas, where he has a complete and modern CSI room. Dear is a renowned and entertaining speaker at conventions, training seminars, workshops, and banquets. As a certified instructor in the field of homicide, Dear lectures and teaches law enforcement around the world.
William Dear was inducted into the American Police Hall of Fame on April 14, 1988, as a private investigator receiving the Archangel Award for the Milo murder case. He was also appointed by the court to the Exhumation of Lee Harvey Oswald in 1981.
Dear has received national and international acclaim on cases that made worldwide news coverage. Most notably, the Dean Milo murder in Akron, Ohio, which resulted in eleven arrests and convictions (the most ever in U.S. history for a single murder case).
Other homicide cases:
Wax Museum
Dan Beckton
Patsy Wright
Jerry Sternadel
Amber Crum
Casey Roberts and Robbie Biggars
Charles Whitenhafer
Donna Benevides
Allen Rehrig
Olive Dry
Christy Meeks
The Black Widow
Leon Laureles
Mary Leonard
Glen Courson
Ricky Beard
The Missing Link
Kidnapping and disappearances:
Dungeons and Dragons case (Michigan State University)
Cherie Ann Kennedy
Gwen Burke
Nigel Newton
William Dear is a respected author who has penned:
The Dungeon Master—The Disappearance of James Dallas Egbert III, (Winner of the American Library Award in 1984).
Please Don’t Kill Me (An account of the Milo murder)
Private Investigator (Semi-autobiography)
O.J. Is Guilty But Not Of Murder (A nonfiction book)
The London Times, the Dallas Times Herald and the Toronto Star have all referred to William Dear as “the real James Bond” and he has been featured in national and international media productions including:
A&E channel: Watching the Detectives
City Confidential: Akron: Brother Against Brother
Good Morning America
Unsolved Mysteries
Inside Edition
Inside Story
Entertainment Tonight
P.M. Magazine
Live With Regis and Kathy Lee
Pat Sajak Show
Current Affair
BBC Special: O.J. The Untold Story
Cold Case File with Bill Curtis
And featured in national magazines:
Time
Newsweek
Playboy (“Outstanding Men of Dallas”)
Parade
William Dear produced a documentary, The Overlooked Suspect, winner of the 2008 Backlot Film Festival. The documentary was awarded first place for “Best Investigative Documentary” in the 2011 DocMiami International Film Festival in Miami, Florida.