woman. a woman from who he borrowed the suv used the night of the murder. tony knows that now, of course. that the other woman wasn t mickey. but did she know it then? the night they killed her? a woman knows. whether you are that age or my age. you know some things maybe not right, who that person might be, i don t think she would ve ever in 1 million years thought it was an adult. so, the next person she, in her mind would think would be my daughter. even though it s completely wrong. does that sound like tony wasn t abused women or being an angry boyfriend? or, a scorned woman did turn to rig or self of a perceived rival? anne an unanswered question, which is probably the best will
of wendover will. it was a thursday afternoon. a windy, late winter day in the high desert. here at the local high school, star runner micaela costanzo cleaned up after truck practice. mickey as everybody called her, intended to walk home. not far, about a mile. her usual ride, her sister christina, was out of town. before we had left, me and or my husband would always pick up micaela from school. so, we were like, are you sure you re going to have a way home? this is something you do every day? this is something i do every day. it was the first time i left her. with mickey 16. a junior. clockwork reliable. said her mother cecilia. it s micaela not your typical teenager.
of course. yes, he was like a son to me. but when the police asked to talk to kody, yet again, it wasn t claude fratto, but his actual father, kip patten, who brought him to the station. you look like your average high school student. tall, lean, clean cut, polite. he was very self confident. did you sleep okay last night? no. why not? i ve slept horrible since mickey went missing. how come? it s one of my friends. kody rehash the story he cooled told the cops a few days earlier. how to be calling and texting mickey asking for help to move some car parts.
family, it was more puzzling than that. it was simply inexplicable. he would never hurt her. i don t understand why he and it up confessing to it. i m still like there s something more to this story. more partly because, kody s story of what happened just didn t make any sense. especially that bit about how the mickey penn demanded kody dump his fiancée toni and date for instead. impossible, said cecilia. had mickey her own steady boyfriend, and out of respect for toni, had been going out of her way to avoid getting anywhere near kody. micaela never liked confrontation. she did not like drama. she hated drama. if it was going to cause an issue, she would stay away. and we, everybody knew about kody and toni s engagement. saw them flash their engagement rings. he, the six foot six, soon to be marine. she, the wee slip of a thing who made it her business to tame his temper and set him on
he stated he saw some sage brush that seemed to have been disturbed and was covering some ground. so, he looked underneath the sage brush and saw what he thought appeared to be blood and decided that he needed to call authorities. this is the area they call the gravel pits. police took a camera to record what they might find their. remove the sage bush. and gently dug into the area and found what we thought was part of a human body. did you just uncover the body then? no, no. we backed out of the area and contacted washoe crime unit to come in and exhumed that area for evidence. crime scene investigators from reno. reno was 400 miles away. nine hours by car. still, nothing more to do until they arrived. so, they sealed off the area and waited. just as washoe mickey s sister christina, still searching, drove by. i just felt like your heart sink. i saw the unmarked police car driving on the gravel pit road