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He applied to the Broward County sheriff's department, but was turned down after failing a psychological test.
He was fired from the Wilton Manor police department after six months be cause of what Police Chief Bernard Scott called a "lack of common sense."
He got the job in Martin County only 22 days before he was arrested on the assault charge. After becoming a suspect in the Place-Jessup murders, he told Schwarz, "I'm sick, and I hope to God you can get me help."
Police are still investigating many aspects of the case, and they have received 100 calls about missing girls in other areas. (The writings found in Schaefer's trunk also speak of the "executions" by hanging of girls named Carmen, Nina and Marguerita in an un specified Latin American country.) Prosecutors talk of making connections to more than 20 murders, but last week they filed their first formal charges: first degree murder in the deaths of Susan Place and Georgia Jessup. Schaefer, who will not complete his present jail term until mid-June, petitioned success fully for a series of tests at the state men tal hospital at Chattahoochee. If he is finally judged insane, that is probably where he will remain.