Sam Riker P.I. Case File #16 Merle Rose, A Missing Persons A Paranormal Case File Short Story #1 In "Case File #16 Merle Rose, A Missing Persons," One of the owners of the Telenews Theatre is missing. Sam's investigation takes him to the beautiful state of Wisconsin and to an old cabin deep into the woods. This is when Sam Riker, a deadpan detective, discovers that he has emotions that have never before breached the surface as he and a cryptid cross paths. Who is Sam Riker P. I. Growing up, Sam didn't have much; he doesn't come from money, and he's seen enough of the world to know what "too good to be true" looks like. A fixture in downtown Chicago, Sam is known to many, the old the young, the good, and the sinister. In his Chicago, the dark clouds rarely part. Sam is jaded by his years on the job and being a realist; he knows he needs to get his hands dirty from time to time, and he enjoys a reasonable amount of trouble. Known to be hard to get close to, he's a throwback to an earlier time when detectives were hard-boiled and frequently overindulged in sinful pleasures but still got the job done. Finding the truth sums up the man, no matter the challenge, he will get to the truth, as long as the retainer is paid.