<description>&lt;h3 class="wp-block-heading"&gt;By Robert Riggs&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;div class="wp-block-image"&gt; &lt;figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.truecrimereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/LAPD-Homicide-Detective-John-St.-John-aka-22JigSaw-John22-True-Crime-Reporter-Podcast-Episode-JigSaw-Jane-13-Years-of-Murder-Mayhem-with-Badge-Number-One-Robert-Riggs-scaled.jpg"&gt;&lt;img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="1024" height="1024" src="https://www.truecrimereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/LAPD-Homicide-Detective-John-St.-John-aka-22JigSaw-John22-True-Crime-Reporter-Podcast-Episode-JigSaw-Jane-13-Years-of-Murder-Mayhem-with-Badge-Number-One-Robert-Riggs-1024x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3211" style="width:306px;height:auto" srcset="https://www.truecrimereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/LAPD-Homicide-Detective-John-St.-John-aka-22JigSaw-John22-True-Crime-Reporter-Podcast-Episode-JigSaw-Jane-13-Years-of-Murder-Mayhem-with-Badge-Number-One-Robert-Riggs-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://www.truecrimereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/LAPD-Homicide-Detective-John-St.-John-aka-22JigSaw-John22-True-Crime-Reporter-Podcast-Episode-JigSaw-Jane-13-Years-of-Murder-Mayhem-with-Badge-Number-One-Robert-Riggs-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.truecrimereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/LAPD-Homicide-Detective-John-St.-John-aka-22JigSaw-John22-True-Crime-Reporter-Podcast-Episode-JigSaw-Jane-13-Years-of-Murder-Mayhem-with-Badge-Number-One-Robert-Riggs-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.truecrimereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/LAPD-Homicide-Detective-John-St.-John-aka-22JigSaw-John22-True-Crime-Reporter-Podcast-Episode-JigSaw-Jane-13-Years-of-Murder-Mayhem-with-Badge-Number-One-Robert-Riggs-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.truecrimereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/LAPD-Homicide-Detective-John-St.-John-aka-22JigSaw-John22-True-Crime-Reporter-Podcast-Episode-JigSaw-Jane-13-Years-of-Murder-Mayhem-with-Badge-Number-One-Robert-Riggs-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://www.truecrimereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/LAPD-Homicide-Detective-John-St.-John-aka-22JigSaw-John22-True-Crime-Reporter-Podcast-Episode-JigSaw-Jane-13-Years-of-Murder-Mayhem-with-Badge-Number-One-Robert-Riggs-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https://www.truecrimereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/LAPD-Homicide-Detective-John-St.-John-aka-22JigSaw-John22-True-Crime-Reporter-Podcast-Episode-JigSaw-Jane-13-Years-of-Murder-Mayhem-with-Badge-Number-One-Robert-Riggs-400x400.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;figcaption class="wp-element-caption"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LAPD Homicide Detective John St. John aka &amp;#8220;JigSaw John&amp;#8221; Badge #1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;Legendary LAPD Homicide Detective John St. John walked among the dead for nearly a half-century.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Known as “JigSaw John,” he pursued monsters that had an insatiable appetite for blood and suffering.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://janehowatt.com/jigsaw-and-jane-the-dream-becomes-reality/"&gt;Jane Howatt&lt;/a&gt;, a suburban housewife and aspiring writer, wanted to trade her tennis racket for something more meaningful.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;St. John didn’t need company, and he sure didn’t want a young unpublished author in his way.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;But something about Howatt’s curiosity—earnest, unspoiled, insistent—broke down his guard.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;St. John worked the evidence; Howatt worked the story.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The result is “&lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/Jigsaw-Jane-Thirteen-Murder-Mayhem/dp/0991170318"&gt;JigSaw and Jane: Thirteen Years of Murder &amp;amp; Mayhem with Badge Number One&lt;/a&gt;.”&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;St.John empathized with crime victims because he was one of them.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;As a young jailer, a prisoner ambushed him with an iron bar ripped from a bunk.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The prisoner savagely beat St. John to the brink of death, leaving him blind in one eye.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In another life, JigSaw and Jane would have barely noticed each other in a supermarket aisle.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Instead, they found themselves peering into crime scenes of LA’s most brutal and sensational crimes together.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This is their &lt;a href="https://www.truecrimereporter.com/books/jigsaw-and-jane-pursue-murder-mayhem/"&gt;story&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"/&gt; &lt;h2 class="wp-block-heading"&gt;PLEASE SUPPORT MY WORK&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"/&gt; &lt;p&gt;Click here to purchase my &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://premium.blubrry.com/texascrimestories/"&gt;&amp;#8220;Texas Crime Stories&amp;#8221; audiobook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. 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Robert Riggs

JigSaw & Jane 13 Years of Murder & Mayhem with Badge Number One

NOV 11, 202519 MIN
True Crime Reporter

JigSaw & Jane 13 Years of Murder & Mayhem with Badge Number One

NOV 11, 202519 MIN

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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">By Robert Riggs</h3> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><a href="https://www.truecrimereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/LAPD-Homicide-Detective-John-St.-John-aka-22JigSaw-John22-True-Crime-Reporter-Podcast-Episode-JigSaw-Jane-13-Years-of-Murder-Mayhem-with-Badge-Number-One-Robert-Riggs-scaled.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="1024" height="1024" src="https://www.truecrimereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/LAPD-Homicide-Detective-John-St.-John-aka-22JigSaw-John22-True-Crime-Reporter-Podcast-Episode-JigSaw-Jane-13-Years-of-Murder-Mayhem-with-Badge-Number-One-Robert-Riggs-1024x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3211" style="width:306px;height:auto" srcset="https://www.truecrimereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/LAPD-Homicide-Detective-John-St.-John-aka-22JigSaw-John22-True-Crime-Reporter-Podcast-Episode-JigSaw-Jane-13-Years-of-Murder-Mayhem-with-Badge-Number-One-Robert-Riggs-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://www.truecrimereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/LAPD-Homicide-Detective-John-St.-John-aka-22JigSaw-John22-True-Crime-Reporter-Podcast-Episode-JigSaw-Jane-13-Years-of-Murder-Mayhem-with-Badge-Number-One-Robert-Riggs-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.truecrimereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/LAPD-Homicide-Detective-John-St.-John-aka-22JigSaw-John22-True-Crime-Reporter-Podcast-Episode-JigSaw-Jane-13-Years-of-Murder-Mayhem-with-Badge-Number-One-Robert-Riggs-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.truecrimereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/LAPD-Homicide-Detective-John-St.-John-aka-22JigSaw-John22-True-Crime-Reporter-Podcast-Episode-JigSaw-Jane-13-Years-of-Murder-Mayhem-with-Badge-Number-One-Robert-Riggs-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.truecrimereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/LAPD-Homicide-Detective-John-St.-John-aka-22JigSaw-John22-True-Crime-Reporter-Podcast-Episode-JigSaw-Jane-13-Years-of-Murder-Mayhem-with-Badge-Number-One-Robert-Riggs-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://www.truecrimereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/LAPD-Homicide-Detective-John-St.-John-aka-22JigSaw-John22-True-Crime-Reporter-Podcast-Episode-JigSaw-Jane-13-Years-of-Murder-Mayhem-with-Badge-Number-One-Robert-Riggs-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https://www.truecrimereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/LAPD-Homicide-Detective-John-St.-John-aka-22JigSaw-John22-True-Crime-Reporter-Podcast-Episode-JigSaw-Jane-13-Years-of-Murder-Mayhem-with-Badge-Number-One-Robert-Riggs-400x400.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>LAPD Homicide Detective John St. John aka &#8220;JigSaw John&#8221; Badge #1</strong></figcaption></figure> </div> <p>Legendary LAPD Homicide Detective John St. John walked among the dead for nearly a half-century.</p> <p>Known as “JigSaw John,” he pursued monsters that had an insatiable appetite for blood and suffering.</p> <p><a href="https://janehowatt.com/jigsaw-and-jane-the-dream-becomes-reality/">Jane Howatt</a>, a suburban housewife and aspiring writer, wanted to trade her tennis racket for something more meaningful.</p> <p>St. John didn’t need company, and he sure didn’t want a young unpublished author in his way.&nbsp;</p> <p>But something about Howatt’s curiosity—earnest, unspoiled, insistent—broke down his guard.</p> <p>St. John worked the evidence; Howatt worked the story.&nbsp;</p> <p>The result is “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Jigsaw-Jane-Thirteen-Murder-Mayhem/dp/0991170318">JigSaw and Jane: Thirteen Years of Murder &amp; Mayhem with Badge Number One</a>.”&nbsp;</p> <p>St.John empathized with crime victims because he was one of them.</p> <p>As a young jailer, a prisoner ambushed him with an iron bar ripped from a bunk.</p> <p>The prisoner savagely beat St. John to the brink of death, leaving him blind in one eye.</p> <p>In another life, JigSaw and Jane would have barely noticed each other in a supermarket aisle.&nbsp;</p> <p>Instead, they found themselves peering into crime scenes of LA’s most brutal and sensational crimes together.</p> <p>This is their <a href="https://www.truecrimereporter.com/books/jigsaw-and-jane-pursue-murder-mayhem/">story</a>.</p> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"/> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">PLEASE SUPPORT MY WORK</h2> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"/> <p>Click here to purchase my <strong><a href="https://premium.blubrry.com/texascrimestories/">&#8220;Texas Crime Stories&#8221; audiobook</a></strong>. It downloads into your podcast app.</p> <p>Click here to purchase the <strong><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/f.html?C=2YZ91DPTDXIF1&amp;K=3TIQWZMEFXQUZ&amp;M=urn:rtn:msg:20250112001000f659eef3db374aa5b0a3750f0c90p0na&amp;R=1NEPWMMENU4WU&amp;T=C&amp;U=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fauthor%2Frobertriggs%3Fref_%3Dpe_2466670_811284380&amp;H=RUD9WUCIQ5HSP5VDDZTBGB3OFQCA&amp;ref_=pe_2466670_811284380">Paperback &amp; Kindle editions on Amazon.</a></strong></p> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"/> <p><strong><a href="https://www.truecrimereporter.com/contact/">Schedule me to speak</a> </strong>at your social meeting or corporate event.</p> <p>My presentation, &#8220;Evil Walks Among Us,&#8221; features stories about serial killers and notorious criminals and personal safety tips.</p> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"/> <p>Step into the storied halls of the <a href="https://www.txprisonmuseum.org/"><strong>Texas Prison Museum</strong></a> and uncover the gripping tales of infamous inmates, daring escapes, and the history of justice in the Lone Star State.</p> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"/> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">GET YOUR EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNT PROMO CODES</h2> <p><a href="https://cozyearth.com/discount/TRUECRIME">41% Off Cozy Earth Sheets, Pajamas and More</a></p> <p><a href="https://ericjavits.com/discount/TRUECRIME">20% Off Eric Javits Designer Hats Worn by True Crime TV Detectives</a></p> <p><a href="https://hypernaturalstyle.com/discount/TRUECRIME">20% Off HyperNatural Men&#8217;s Polo Shirts</a></p> <p><a href="https://tonaactive.com/discount/TRUECRIME">15% Off TONA Activewear Designer Gym Leggings</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.standshoes.com/discount/TRUECRIME">15% Off STAND+ Comfort Shoes For Extended Standing</a></p> <p><a href="https://akila.la/discount/TRUECRIME">10% Off AKILA Sunglasses and Eyewear</a></p> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"/>