In October 2020, Kenny Hart, an investigation sergeant with the Benicia Police Department

sat alone in his office, thinking about what to say.

Benicia is a town of about 30,000 on the northern outskirts of the San Francisco Bay Area,

about a 40-mile drive from the Golden Gate Bridge.

In 26 years of the cop, Kenny had seen it all. area, about a 40-mile drive from the Golden Gate Bridge.

In 26 years of the cop, Kenny had seen it all.

Homicides, violent crimes.

He had patrol duty, a stint with a coroner's office, and with a sheriff's department.

He was even pulled in on tips related to the infamous Zodiac killings.

And during his career, he had made more than his fair share of death notifications.

But he wasn't sure any of that prepared him for the call he was about to make.

I've never delivered this kind of notification, so I'm about the change of family's life forever.

I had to prepare what questions I was going to get asked,

and I had a whole bunch of questions.

My head was spinning at that point in time.

And I remember calling Paul.

He didn't answer.

So I left a voicemail.

Hi, Paul.

It's Kenny Hart with Vinny Shabidi.

Can you give me a call back at... 3-5-1...

Kenny was trying to reach Paul Wolfe, a longtime college football coach, who once

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