Alex Zayas and Lane DeGregory in Tampa: When their shift ended on Easter morning, the day was still dark.
After a couple of years working overnights, after catching countless druggies and drunks, Tampa Police Officers David Curtis and Jeffrey Kocab were used to their days ending when everyone else's were about to begin.
Their work that night had been routine. Curtis had driven prisoners to jail. Kocab had pulled people over for traffic violations.
At 6:30 a.m., after turning in their reports, they turned onto the highway. Each had a long drive home.
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