the few people who knew marie worked for the cia. but even she didn t know exactly what marie did. we loved her as a sister. we respected her as a sister. and with her job she traveled a lot. we knew she worked for the government, for the cia and that was it. and you never asked what she did. never asked. but now elaine had a lot of questions. starting with what could possibly have induced marie to leave 8-year-old marcus and infant marquis home alone? that was preposterous. that would have never happened. so, elaine started to compare notes with friends and family. but the conversations weren t about the cia. they were telling me different incidents and different things that they had with andre. andre, marie s husband, things he was saying and doing didn t add up. first, there was jean s story about what she saw that saturday morning when andre showed up at her home
discovery. marie singleton was missing no longer. she had been beaten and strangled to death. marie s son marcus then just 8 years old knew something was wrong when he came home from school and saw that all over the neighborhood his mom s missing flyers had been taken down. i walk in the room and everybody s in there crying. everyone in tears. everyone in tears. finally i say what the what s going on? what s going on? and my grand mom is just she s crying. and my stepfather s crying, too, but, you know, he grabs me and he pulls me and he hugs me. and, you know, he tells me straight up. he said they found your mom s body in the trunk of her car. you know, she s dead. marie s sister, elaine roundtree, had just arrived from philadelphia. like the rest of the family, she was devastated. elaine was one of
friends went to the condo to help pass out flyers, jean noticed something in andre and marie s bedroom. it was a big hole in the wall. that was a reality check for me, because it wasn t where the doorknob was. it was above it like someone had put their fist through it. big enough for, like, a head because it went straight through. elaine heard all of this and contacted inglewood police and found out they were way ahead of her. i had spoke with the one detective over the telephone, and he said that andre was a suspect. i was also told that this would probably be resolved because they may arrest him at the funeral. you thought andre was going to be arrested? yes. pretty quickly. yes. but andre wasn t arrested at marie s funeral or the next day or the day after that. after the service, elaine and her relatives flew back to philadelphia. a few weeks later marcus joined them. marie s
questions. starting with what could possibly have induced marie to leave 8-year-old marcus and infant marquis home alone? that was preposterous. that would have never happened. so, elaine started to compare notes with friends and family. but the conversations weren t about the cia. they were telling me different incidents and different things that they had with andre. andre, marie s husband, things he was saying and doing didn t add up. first, there was jean s story about what she saw that saturday morning when andre showed up at her home looking for marie. he had a bruise on his lip. andre had a bruise on his lip? he did. he said, oh, i bruised it playing football with andre jr. really? it looks kind of fresh. then there was kelly clayton who spent the better part of sunday calling andre s house hoping marie would show up. and with each phone call, andre seemed to have a new developing
everyone in tears. everyone in tears. finally i say what the what s going on? what s going on? and my grand mom is just she s crying. and my stepfather s crying, too, but, you know, he grabs me and he pulls me and he hugs me. and, you know, he tells me straight up. he said they found your mom s body in the trunk of her car. you know, she s dead. marie s sister, elaine roundtree, had just arrived from philadelphia. like the rest of the family, she was devastated. elaine was one of the few people who knew marie worked for the cia. but even she didn t know exactly what marie did. we loved her as a sister. we respected her as a sister. and with her job she traveled a lot. we knew she worked for the government, for the cia and that was it. and you never asked what she did. never asked. but now elaine had a lot of