Cape chief voted chairman of Major Case Squad

Cape Girardeau police chief Wes Blair was elected chairman of the Cape Girardeau / Bollinger County Major Case Squad board of directors Thursday, according to a news release from the case squad.

Blair succeeds Cape Girardeau Prosecuting Attorney Chris Limbaugh. According to squad bylaws, no member of the board of directors shall serve as chairman for two successive years.

The Major Case Squad was formed in 1983 to assist local law enforcement with investigations of serious crimes. It allows agencies to pool resources to provide the manpower often essential in solving major crimes. The squad has investigated about 50 cases, solving all but six of the homicides it has investigated, according to the news release.

Current members of the board of directors are Blair, Limbaugh, Jackson Police Department chief James Humphreys, Cape Girardeau County Sheriff John D. Jordan, Missouri State Highway Patrol Lt. Phil Gregory, Southeast Missouri State University Department of Public Safety director Doug Richards, Bollinger County Sheriff Darrin Shell and Bollinger County Prosecuting Attorney Heath Robbins.