What is the Argus Letter?
On January 17, 1989, Ukiah Police Chief Fred Keplinger received a letter signed by “Argus.” (In Greek legend, Argus is a hundred-eyed monster, a watchful guardian). It was postmarked January 6, 1989, with information detrimental to Bari; the writer offered to inform on her. Also enclosed was a photograph of Bari holding a look-a-like Uzi. Steve Talbot uncovered these “Argus” documents by chance during the course of his investigation. Bari has argued that, because Sutley knew some of the facts contained in the “Argus” letter, and since he had access to (Pam) Davis’ photos, he must have written the “Argus” letter and sent the photo with it. It’s more likely that Mike Sweeney, Judi’s ex-husband, wrote the Argus letter and another called the “Second Warning” letter. They were probably both written by the same person because there was identical DNA found on both envelopes. Irv’s DNA does not match this sample. Mike Sweeney refuses to submit a sample of his DNA for testing, even though I’ve
