and the prosecutor said there was one more circumstantial sign of art ream s connection to cindy. and it was the only physical evidence of significance produced in the case. exhibit number ten. exhibit ten is a mailer coupon that has a missing picture of cindy zarzycki. in 2007 you remember, detective mclaughlin had uncovered the curious item tucked away in a jewelry box in ream s old carpet warehouse. why in the world would ream have it there, the prosecutor asked the detective? they re like trophies, they like to save things that the normal person wouldn t. in his cross-examination of the detective, defense attorney tim kohler, argued that art ream hasn t been in that warehouse for years and suggested the evidence could have been tainted. you don t know if anybody has been in there or had not been in there. you weren t there all that time? no, sir. you don t know what would
eric smith, the elected county prosecutor, to make a deal. my first inclination was, hell, no, i m going to make sure he goes to prison for the rest of his life. the idea that the defendant thinks he can take control of this process and use this poor 13-year-old girl s body as a bargaining chip, may be the lowest thing i ve ever seen in a criminal case. ream held one trump card, cindy s body. and the zarzyckis wanted that above anything else, even a conviction. the family found itself taking art ream s side in the plea talks. it was all about finding cindy. that was the thing right from day one. they d had no chance to say good-bye and knew nothing of cindy s whereabouts for the past 22 years. at least now they could give her a proper burial, if only the prosecutor would make a deal with the devil. i would rather have her buried on our own terms than some killer like in the middle of the night. detective mclaughlin was also arguing for a deal. after all, he d promised the f
complex. president obama signed a emergency declaration in missouri to help with flooding clean up and recovery costs in st. louis. since last weekend flooding throughout the midwest had claimed 24 lives. after he d been ordered to solve the cindy case that detective derek mclaughlin, mac, actually sat down with the missing girl s ed zarzycki by then had even talk much anymore about
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