SHE CHAINED THE SHERIFF’S SICK FIVE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER IN 95-DEGREE HEAT — THEN HE DISCOVERED THE SECOND HEART ALARM HAD BEEN PLANNED BEFORE SHE ARRIVED
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Chapter 17 - MALCOLM BREAKSMalcolm’s attorney requested another interview.
This time Malcolm cried.
Not dramatically.
Quietly.
He admitted he moved Laura’s SUV.
Diana asked him to.
She claimed Laura had copied confidential patient records and needed to be frightened into returning them.
“What did you do to the vehicle?”
“Nothing.”
“Who did?”
“I left it unlocked behind Fleet Bay Three.”
“For whom?”
Malcolm shook his head.
Hannah pressed.
“Name.”
“Grant Voss.”
Former county mechanic.
Fired four years earlier.
Current employee:
Harrington Family Stability Network.
Grant had replaced a brake-fluid line clamp with a compromised fitting.
His later statement:
“I was told it would leak slowly.”
“Enough to scare her.”
“Not kill her.”
The same phrase criminals always seemed to use.
Scare.
Warn.
Teach.
May you like
Never:
Kill.
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Chapter 18 - DIANA’S DEFENSEDiana was arrested on charges related to Emma.
Chapter 19 - EMMA’S INTERVIEWEmma was interviewed at the Child Advocacy Center.
Chapter 20 - THE OTHER CHILDRENThe blue folder named twelve children.
Chapter 21 - LAURA’S LAST AUDIOInside the blue folder was a small flash drive.
Chapter 22 - THE SLAPThe video of me striking Diana reached local news.
Chapter 23 - GRANT VOSSGrant Voss disappeared after Malcolm named him.
