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John LaCross says he found answers in psychic mediums, although...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eLEADIN:\u003cbr/\u003e              A personal tragedy 38-years-ago led one Rhode Island police chief to open a very different kind of investigation - is there an afterlife?\u003cbr/\u003e              John LaCross says he found answers in psychic mediums, although skeptics claim they just use knowledge of human nature and generalisations.\u003cbr/\u003e              STORYLINE: \u003cbr/\u003e              A personal tragedy 38-years-ago led Barrington Rhode Island police chief John LaCross to open a very different kind of investigation. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Being a cop you need proof, you need evidence, you need facts, you need clues, you need everything to build a solid case,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003e              LaCross' only brother Joseph LaCross died in 1979 when he was 21-years-old. \u003cbr/\u003e              After his brother's death by suicide, LaCross was at a loss for answers, he even went to see several mediums.\u003cbr/\u003e              One of them, Maureen Hancock, relayed details about his brother's death that were not public information.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"So I said; 'Well, Maureen you got his age, he was 20, you got it was over 20 years ago, it was like 25,\" recalls LaCross.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"You said he committed suicide, which he did, you said he hung himself, which he did, but you haven't given me his name.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Her answer to him helped make him believe. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"She goes, she says; 'It's a J name, Joseph,' I said; 'Yeah.'\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Hancock explains her theory on what she believes happens after death: \"When the physical body is done here in this earthly experience, the energy continues, and it's almost like it lifts up and out, the energy is like an imprint that sticks around.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              The experience made a lasting impression on LaCross who carried it over into his police work. \u003cbr/\u003e              Helping connect people dealing with grief, including the loss of a child, with Hancock and other mediums.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"They came back and they were just amazed how accurate she was and how connected they were to their children,\" says LaCross.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"And it resolved a lot of heavy grief, released that grief that they had.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              But many are skeptical of the existence of an afterlife, saying mediums use their knowledge of human nature and generalisations.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Really how it works is mostly asking a lot of questions, throwing out a lot of statements and seeing what sticks,\" says Michael Shermer, co-founder of The Skeptics Society.\u003cbr/\u003e              Even some of LaCross's colleagues are skeptics. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"They were kind of busting chops, when I'd ask them something they'd say; 'Wait, chief I'm meditating. Ohm mm,'\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003e              But it's no laughing matter to psychic Matt Fraser and his followers. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Death is nothing to fear, your loved ones are with you just in a different way,\" says Fraser.\u003cbr/\u003e              He does an annual fundraiser for Providence firefighters and gave a reading for Chelsey Russell, an attendee whose boyfriend recently died.\u003cbr/\u003e              Fraser was able to answer a couple of burning questions that had been plaguing Russell since her boyfriend's death, most importantly - was his death an accidental overdose or intentional suicide?\u003cbr/\u003e              Fraser said it was accidental.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Just knowing that he's always here with me, and can clearly hear what I'm saying because he knew about how I wanted to know those two things,\" says Russell.\u003cbr/\u003e              LaCross feels he has enough evidence.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I felt like I have this proof,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"That there is life after death.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e              Case closed, at least for one police chief.\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              Barrington, Rhode Island - 1 June 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              1. Various of Barrington Rhode Island Fire \u0026amp; Police Department exterior\u003cbr/\u003e              2. Setup shot of John LaCross, Barrington Rhode Island Police Chief, getting out of car\u003cbr/\u003e              3. SOUNDBITE (English) John LaCross, Barrington Rhode Island Police Chief:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Being a cop you need proof, you need evidence, you need facts, you need clues , you need everything to build a solid case.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              4. Close of LaCross' police badge\u003cbr/\u003e              5. Mid of LaCross holding up photograph of his dead brother\u003cbr/\u003e              6. Close of LaCross' police chief hat\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Bridgewater, Massachusetts - 2 June 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              7. Setup shot of Maureen Hancock, Psychic Medium, leaving her Zen Loft Wellness location\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Barrington, Rhode Island - 1 June 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              8. SOUNDBITE (English) John LaCross, Barrington Rhode Island Police Chief:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"So I said; 'Well, Maureen you got his age, he was 20, you got it was over 20 years ago, it was like 25. You said he committed suicide, which he did, you said he hung himself, which he did, but you haven't given me his name.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              9. Close of Chief John M. LaCross sign on desk\u003cbr/\u003e              10. SOUNDBITE (English) John LaCross, Barrington Rhode Island Police Chief:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"She goes, she says; 'It's a J name, Joseph,' I said; 'Yeah.'\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Bridgewater, Massachusetts - 2 June 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              11. SOUNDBITE (English) Maureen Hancock, Psychic Medium:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"When the physical body is done here in this earthly experience, the energy continues, and it's almost like it lifts up and out, the energy is like an imprint that sticks around.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Barrington, Rhode Island - 1 June 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              12. Pan left of LaCross driving car\u003cbr/\u003e              13. Close of LaCross pointing to his brother's picture in car\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Bridgewater, Massachusetts - 2 June 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              14. Mid of Hancock walking through her Zen Loft studio\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Barrington, Rhode Island - 1 June 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              15. SOUNDBITE (English) John LaCross, Barrington Rhode Island Police Chief:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"They came back and they were just amazed how accurate she was and how connected they were to their children. And it resolved a lot of heavy grief, released that grief that they had.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              16. Wide of rainbow\u003cbr/\u003e              17. Wide of Barrington Fire and Police sign\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Altadena, California – 7 August 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              18. Setup shot of Michael Shermer, Co-Founder of Skeptics Society, walking down steps\u003cbr/\u003e              19. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Shermer, Co-Founder of Skeptics Society:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Really how it works is mostly asking a lot of questions, throwing out a lot of statements and seeing what sticks.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Barrington, Rhode Island - 1 June 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              20 . Close of Town of Barrington Public Safety sign\u003cbr/\u003e              21. SOUNDBITE (English) John LaCross, Barrington Rhode Island Police Chief:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"They were kind of busting chops, when I'd ask them something they'd say; 'Wait, chief I'm meditating. Ohm mm.'\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Providence, Rhode Island - 30 May 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              22. Various of people listening at Matt Fraser event \u003cbr/\u003e              23. SOUNDBITE (English) Matt Fraser, Psychic Medium:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Death is nothing to fear, your loved ones are with you just in a different way.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              24. Wide of Providence Firefighters Hall exterior\u003cbr/\u003e              25. Close of Chelsey Russell, Medium Show Attendee, at Fraser's event\u003cbr/\u003e              26. Wide of Fraser talking at event\u003cbr/\u003e              27. Setup shot of former firefighter Kevin Young\u003cbr/\u003e              28. SOUNDBITE (English) Kevin Young, Retired Firefighter:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"He impressed me with some of the firefighters' wives and friends that I have here.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              29. Pull out form Russell to Fraser at event\u003cbr/\u003e              30. SOUNDBITE (English) Chelsey Russell, Medium Show Attendee:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Just knowing that he's always here with me, and can clearly hear what I'm saying because he knew about how I wanted to know those two things.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Barrington, Rhode Island - 1 June 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              31. Mid of LaCross walking into office\u003cbr/\u003e              32. SOUNDBITE (English) John LaCross, Barrington Rhode Island Police Chief:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I felt like I have this proof, that there is life after death.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e              33. 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