suspicious character, someone wearing apparently a fake beard, possibly bearded lady. shop a small, deeper than it was wide. aisles have bins filled with comic books out front by the register, and a door to the back storage room. barbara george had been but found just inside the backroom, along the far back door wasn t toward the lead to the alley in the rear. crime scene techs began videotaping the crime scene. this is the cash register. there were $750 on the cash register, untouched. in a glass case just behind the, till a wall of can likable vintage comics, the good stuff, they hadn t been ransacked. in the storage area, at some bins have been toppled over, but the emts might have done that as a rushed in to assist barb georgia sheila on the floor. more than $400 would be found in her pockets, the jewelry she had worn wasn t taken.
preconceived theories, they chased down the old leads again. the speeding car, the man in the greek fisherman s cap, the bearded lady. and re-examine the old motive. was it possible that barbara had been shot to death over a pricey collectible comic book? thank you sir. the cold case detectives interviewed over 100 people. and of all those fresh 2007 interviews, the one they did with this man turned out to be the game-changer. his name, mike mantle, a girl softball coach who was confined to a wheelchair after a swimming pool accident in 2003. back in 1990, ronald was a college senior and a spider-man fanatic. on july 13th, the night of the murder, the detectives learned, were not a place to call to the comics world store. he thought he could could come in about 5:30 or so, about 30 minutes before the murder. the avid collector wanted to know why one of his comic books had zoomed in value, avoids he
the clues, that lover s triangle, cash, and a bearded lady. he said she looked like a woman in a fake beard. if a guy. it s a mystery with so many head snapping turns. it took to trial. we waited 18 years for justice. only two have carpet pulled off. to uncover the truth. we have a verdict. but was it the truth? he s a person who s done evil things, but that does not make a murderer. i looked at him and said, hey, let s go down to the comic book store and help buy. we pulled up at the party, police stopped us. i knew immediately all the crime scene tape was there, and they said, you can t go through. we are investigating a homicide. we are investigating the comic book store. the comic bookstore was a mom and pop shop in a strip
from the outside when police arrived. something prosecutors claimed only michael george could do. you have to have those keys. no one but the defendant had keys to the back door, prosecutors maintained. they added, any supposed robert would have fled through the busy front door, certainly they would have been spotted. there were too many witnesses that started walking in within a minute to two minutes of the gunshot. no one sign me one leaving with boxes of comic books, no one saw anyone running up front door. and what about the people who were spotted by witnesses around the comic book shop minutes before the murder? the guy in the fisherman s cap? the suspicious character who seemed to be wearing a fake beard. the so-called bearded lady. police even made a sketch of the bearded lady. prosecutor said none of them would be suspects that amounted to anything, except in the case of the bearded lady. prosecutors theorize that this person, may have been michael george s accomplice.