William C. Dear is a well-known Dallas-based private investigator. He owns the firm William C. Dear & Associates. His notable cases include the original steam tunnel incident involving James Dallas Egbert III. In 1995 he participated as an investigator on the "Alien Autopsy" a Fox Television program about an autopsy supposedly carried out on an extraterrestrial being.
According to Dear's webpage, he has also written a fictional book called Dead Men Don't Lie. He has also written two instructional books: Adopted: How to Find Your Biological Parents and Other Family Members, and Fingerprinting: How to Take Mistake-Proof Fingerprint Impressions.
In his book Private Detective, Dear mentions that he intends to write books on the case of mystery woman Barbara Russo and on the death of jockey Dan Beckon.