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investigators that he would not charge dave hawk with the murder of his ex-wife, debbie. even after it was obvious this popular single mother had been murdered, even after months of searching around hanford, california turned up no sign of her anywhere, and after police had convinced themselves that dave was responsible. prosecutor larry crouch would not budge. not yet anyway. we are going to wait until we find the body, or give the body more time to come up. instead, a year after debbie vanished, they ve was charged with embezzling. stealing more than $300,000 from his own children s trust funds. he pleaded not guilty, was released on bail. and waited for the other shoe to drop. now, imagine this, the police, not to mention most of the town believe that their father killed their mother. leaving three children caught in the middle.
debbie, if she hadn t disappeared. was about to expose all of that in court. you still $300, 000, and you re about to be exposed for it. by a woman you despise. exactly. that s a pretty good motive. and there was another strange piece to the puzzle. remember that mess around debbie s desk? document scattered everywhere? sitting on top of the pile, was the records from the children s first set of truss, the one only debbie controlled. there was $166,000 in those accounts. the investigators in hanford, now focused hard on dave. searched his home several times, carted off lots of stuff. including a stun gun, which it turned out he bought a month before debbie disappeared. he told investigators it was for home protection for his daughters, and girlfriend, mary. he had never discussed it with mary, he had never discussed it with the children, at all. they did not know that it existed.
arrived at her doorstep and discovered she was missing. several neighbors heard a loud scream. it was a blood curdling type. why did no one call 9-1-1? that was not the type of neighborhood that bad things happen in. and not the type of person that bad things happen to. she was an accomplished with a some pharmaceutical firm. and had a wide around of friends. she was very wriggle, and to us royalty. she definitely fits the bill as the princess. she should ve been a kennedy. which is why the ribbons that suddenly blimp everywhere around hanford, where royal purple. and the people who put the ribbons on, and up, also joined a search to find her. they walked the river banks, and peered among the trees. not a trace. by then, as you can imagine, the whole town knew about the