Neufeld said Harnett also helped investigators identify the suspects before he died, but did not give details. “Sgt. Harnett was a very accomplished front-line officer and a digger and very professional,” Neufeld said. “He did a very good job of capturing and recording information and in this case the fact he’d done that was very helpful to us.”

So sad and noble that his dying act of duty contributed to solving his own murder.