Year-end crime blog sign off

I wanted to take the time to thank all of the "It's a crime" readers who took time out of your busy lives to tune into crime and mayhem that we've documented here since we started up the blog in May. It's been a pleasure for me and I hope it has for you too. Also wanted to make sure you saw this year-end homicide project that we did. We built a homicide database that you can search by name. We profiled three people who are trying to make a difference in their communities. And we put a face on some of the recent homicides, by inviting families to talk about loss. You can read it here.

I'll be off in the bay area with the in-laws this week and won't be blogging. But I'll be back after the first of the year.