Header

Women Undercover

Posted by Felicity Buchanan on Thu, 08/09/2007 - 6:58pm

Forget the image you have of a private eye as a hard-bitten, middle-aged man in a rumpled suit from Men's Wearhouse. More and more investigators are women — and they're finding a booming business in child custody cases and in tracking down cheating spouses.

Onesuch P.I. is Anji Fussell, who runs the She Spies Private Eye agency in Round Rock, Texas, just outside of Austin. "We're very busy," she told Channel 42 News, a CBS affiliate in Austin. And she's sure that a lot of her success is due to the fact that she's a woman. Most of her business is from divorced parents who want to know if their kids are being taken care of properly — "Are they leaving their children with babysitters and going out partying?" One male client who shared custody with his ex-wife was concerned about just this thing.

It turned out he was right, and when Fussell turned her video over to a judge, the man was awarded primary custody. Fussell is a mother herself, and it's important to her that kids "end up in the right home." And she also believes that being a woman in this field gives her a compassionate advantage that Sam Spade could never have.

Click here for more.

Recent posts by Felicity Buchanan

Felicity Buchanan • 8/17/2007
Christina Rowe opted for her ex-husband’s share in their house instead of...
Felicity Buchanan • 8/17/2007
I ran across a David Letterman-ish list of the Top Ten remarks you should...
Felicity Buchanan • 8/16/2007
When an individual is experiencing divorce this can be a very sad and lonely...
Felicity Buchanan • 8/16/2007
When the going gets tough, you might want to consider these New Agey...
Felicity Buchanan • 8/15/2007
Since divorce obviously is here to stay, it would strange if there weren’t...
Felicity Buchanan • 8/15/2007
New marriage legislation in Kenya may bring some order to a mishmash of...
Felicity Buchanan • 8/15/2007
The new passport regulations have thrown a wrench in travel plans, and meant...