Minnesota PI - Testimonials

eople

occasionally

ask us for references. However, we are bound by both ethical and legal

constraints from violating client confidentiality. We simply cannot, and will not, provide client

names and contact information to

others

While there are some within this industry who actively solicit references and testimonials from

selected

clientele following the close of a case, we chose to refrain from

such

practice

For those interested in other’s experiences with Blue Heron Investigation

s, we offer the

following

unsolicited

letters of appreciation

As you read them, we’d like you to keep the following in mind:

1) To provide a frame of reference for the clients’ “testimonials”, we have preceded them

with a brief written case synopsis. These cases do not represent our “case highlights” – there

are many memorable / great cases that we’ve worked which are

not

included here simply

because there are no “testimonials” to follow them. The purpose of this page is to offer

testimonials,

not

list our greatest cases.

2) Details within the case synopsis’ and testimonials have been either changed or deleted

to protect the privacy and confidentiality of both the client and subject.

3) While details have been changed or deleted for confidentiality reasons, no case

synopsis has been embellished.

4) We had never intended to provide testimonials

on this site i

n the past, or thought we’d

do so in the

future. As such, we have

not

been saving testimonials for future use. Because of

this, the

following “testimonials” have come from relatively recent case files that weren’t yet in

storage

otherwise

purged. For these reasons, this “testimonial” list is incredibly

incomplete.

5) Professional clientele (i.e. law firms, fortune 500 companies, insurance companies, etc.)

typically

do not

take time out of their day to write letters of appreciation to the detective they

hired to do a job. For that reason, most testimonials tend to come from private parties whose

lives are in turmoil and who

want

(after we’ve helped them) to say, “thank you.”

6) Every testimonial is truthful

and unembellished

. If you think about it, if we were to write

our own testimonials for

use for marketing material, we could probably have come up with

some pretty outlandish ones

– “You are the bestest detective agency in the whole wide world.

Nobody else could solve my

case but you, and you did it so inexpensively. Sincerely, A.P.”

So, take these testimonials for

what they’re worth, you’ll have to trust (or not) that they came

from people like yourself.

From a woman who hired us to conduct surveillance of her husband. She already

“knew” that something was wrong, but needed the proof. We found him meeting a

female co-worker after work, and quickly dispelled any excuse he might have that the

meeting was “just between friends.” Our client began to get on with her life shortly after

receiving our report. The following email was received some time after the case was

closed.

“Thanks again for your help. My only regret is that I

didn't hire you sooner. That would probably be a good

marketing spin for you - the most difficult thing I

did in this entire process was hire you. It wasn't

hiring the attorney, it wasn't filing for divorce or

serving the papers, it wasn't confronting him. The

hardest thing was taking that first step and calling

you. It has obviously changed my life, but it's all

good. I will get my life back. And not be living with

constant lying. I already feel better about myself

and the future.

Thank you!”

We were asked, by an adult woman who was residing in another state, to locate her

biological father who she had never known. Her mother, who had never married, had

moved out of state while our client was still a baby – taking her with her. Our client’s

father was believed to be residing in Minnesota, and we were successful in locating

him. We made “first contact” with him on behalf of our client. He was receptive to us,

and expressed an interest in contacting the daughter he last saw nearly thirty years

earlier. What our client did not know, when she hired us, was that she also had siblings.

The following e-mail came from our client’s husband:

“ Thank you very much for your exemplary performance on this case. Your guidance

and expertise were vital. [My wife] states "it was a pleasure working with you." I agree. It

is not often that (as a consumer) you actually get what you pay for. We did this time. We

truly recognize the value that you brought to this mission.

Go forward knowing that because you decided to be an investigator (which it seems

that you enjoy) you have enriched an American Family's life. Whatever the outcome,

thanks to you, the process could not have been improved.

We will keep you informed. Heck, we may soon have a reason to be in Minnesota and

thus be able to thank you in person.

Thank you”

Two teenage girls failed to return home after school one day. They were determined to

have run away, versus having been abducted. A search of one of the girls’ computer

found that she had been e-mailing a group of adult men (early 20’s) who resided in the

area. One of these men was subsequently identified, but denied (to law enforcement

officers) knowing where either of the two girls was staying, or of having any contact

with them. This man went so far as to make pleas to the girls, through their online

myspace accounts, to return home – he expressed his concern for their safety. We

placed this man under surveillance, believing that he had lied to police, and most likely

knew where the girls were. He ultimately led us (unwittingly) to a residence in a suburb

where a group of men resided, and we shifted the focus of our surveillance to that

address. The girls were later observed outside the residence and law enforcement

officers were summoned. Both girls returned home. The following e-mail came from

one of the girls’ grandparents:

“I cannot thank you enough for your professional approach and good out-come to

such an emotionally charged situation….

Thank you again for your professional solutions!”

Our client had been harassed for quite awhile before he picked up the phone to call us.

His house was being vandalized, someone was signing him up for magazine

subscriptions he didn’t care to read, his employer and coworkers were receiving nasty

e-mails by someone signing his name as the client, etc. We helped this client install a

concealed video camera and recording system on the house and waited. It didn’t take

long before the stalker (an unhappy neighbor) was caught throwing stones at the

house from a darkened area outside the view of any windows. Police had the evidence

they had been asking for, and law enforcement officers ultimately were able to build a

case that eventually lead to criminal prosecution.

“…. You are great to work with … and I’ll certainly recommend your services whenever

possible. Thanks again!”

A woman hired us to conduct surveillance of her husband. He would leave the house

on a given evening each week, and not return until the following day. We

did not

find

evidence of an affair, but the client was still happy to have retained our services.

“Thank you for everything – you really did everything you could – I really do appreciate

everything.”

From a family member of a man who hired us to conduct surveillance of his wife, to

check for evidence of infidelity, while she visited the area. The results / findings proved

devastating to his family.

“Thank you for helping my brother…. Your words of advice were well received and

your words of encouragement appreciated (by us all).”

Men and women have been lying to each other since the dawn of chat rooms and online

dating (okay, long before that). Some of these lies include marital status. A female

client of ours, from overseas, had been “dating” a man here in the U.S. for quite some

time via the Internet. Interested in taking things to the next level, she flew here to the

twin cities to finally meet her new man. Unfortunately for her, he wasn’t able to spend a

great deal of time with her when she got here, and seemed too “embarrassed” about his

home to take her there. Things seemed fishy and, after she returned to her home

country, she retained our services to get to the bottom of things. It would seem, we

discovered after a short investigation, that the new boyfriend continued to be “happily

married” despite his assurances to our client that he was divorced. Our client ultimately

confronted the man with our evidence, who promptly offered to reimburse our client for

all the past travel expenses incurred by our client. Since the man was “happily

married”, he plead with her not to tell his wife. The following e-mail was received after

closing the file:

“Hi Thomas

You make me laugh, in a good way….. Anyway, I’m talking too much again. I would

have paid you a fee even if I didn’t “hire” you, you’ve put in effort which you didn’t have

to and your fee is very reasonable so thank you for that….”

Thanks for your help and integrity in dealing with this. It's my first dealings with a

private investigator but some would have charged a lot more I'm sure.

All the best, pleasure doing business, if you ever need any assistance from Madrid.

. DO

let me know!”

From an attorney who had asked that we find a witness. He had limited information on

who the man might be, and so we had to make certain "suppositions" regarding his

identity before even trying to locate him.

"You had it right! I confirmed it with a 'phone call. Virtually all your suppositions were

correct. You're in the right profession!"

Our client was about to rent out a portion of his home to a tenant but, because our client

had a young daughter in the home, wanted to conduct a background check on the

tenant applicant. That background check found nothing of concern regarding the

tenant. Before reporting our findings, we thought we’d take things just a step further by

checking for sex offenders in the area of the client’s home. By doing so, we discovered

that there was a

convicted

pedophile living in a home directly behind the client’s

residence – in

view of his daughter’s bedroom window. We passed along this

information, and our

client wrote the following e-mail:

“….I just wanted to thank you for going above and beyond in your background check

for me, as it turns out the guy likes to play with little boys “6yo foster brother”, so

certainly worse than I hoped, but the cats out of the bag now.. Maybe he will decide that

[client’s town] is not the place for him!..We can always hope anyways…. Thanks again,”

From a woman who’s husband was caught cheating. His wife (our client) had just left

town a few hours earlier when he, the husband, made a run to a liquor store and then

met a mistress at a hotel. The mistress was married as well, and our client found out

(later) that he

(the mistress' husband)

had been home watching the children at the time

his wife was at the hotel

with our client's husband

Our client, having been provided

with the evidence she needed to go on with her life,

was intent on informing the

mistress’ husband about his wife’s infidelity. She was

sensitive about informing the

mistress’ husband, and didn’t want to cause him any

unwarranted pain or

embarrassment.

“Thanks so much – I can’t tell you how important this is to me – I will be happy to be a

reference for future clients. Any advice you have on how to approach this would be

much appreciated…. Thanks again – the more info the better.”

While most of our professional clientele neglect to take much time with written praise,

this one came recently from a repeat client of ours after receiving a rather lengthy report:

“Nice work!! I know that must have taken a lot of time and I must say that you always do

great report work with the pictures included. Thanks for your expertise.”

There are a few cases that make what we do for a living well worth it. We’ll always

remember this case and the day it came in. It wasn’t a case we would have agreed to

take at almost any other time. It was a late Friday afternoon on a beautiful spring day.

We were done working for the week (we had hoped), and were looking forward to the

weekend, when the call came in from out of state. A mother and father hadn’t heard

from their daughter for quite awhile and couldn’t get any assistance from anyone here

in the area to look into the matter. After asking the preliminary questions, we tried to

talk the client out of hiring us – there w

ere

few leads for us to follow-up on, and we

don’t

take cases where there’s little chance of success. But we heard the client’s

desperation

and agreed to do what we could. We found the couple’s daughter within a

couple of

hours of that first call. Out of respect for the family, no more details need be

given here.

“How does our family ever even begin to thank you for your unwavering support and

assistance as we walked down a path we never would have chosen to tread? The

answer is obvious – we can’t! Just as there is no way to verbalize the depth of the loss

we feel, there is no way to adequately express to you the love and support we have felt

from you. Your taking the case even when you feared it would not have a good result

was our only hope of having someone to work with us when we could get no one,

including the [deleted], police and even [deleted] to listen to us about our concern. God

prepared you as a source of help, understanding and comfort to us as we have faced

each horrible moment surrounding the loss of our precious [child].

Tom, we always shall remember that it was you whom God made available to us to deal

with finding [our child] in a city almost [deleted] miles from home. You were a part of

our family as you ministered to us in your special way. It meant the world to us to have

you as our only contact in a “foreign and unfriendly land”. We so needed support of

someone special and God provided you. Thank you for answering the call without

hesitation.

There are undoubtedly innumerable things you have done about which we are

oblivious for one reason or another. So, please forgive us if we have neglected to

mention them. More than fortunate, we are blessed to have you in our lives even if it

was ever so briefly. There is no way we could have come this far without you! Please

stay in touch.

With our love and deepest gratitude, [client]”

Our client had received death threats and asked that we conduct a background check

on the suspect. Our background check revealed a very lengthy and serious criminal

history.

“Just received the report.

Thank you so much for your prompt attention to this matter for me.

I have to imagine, I will have more need for your services.

Thank you very much.”

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