circumstantial case, but a good case. going in? going in. coming out? coming out i felt like i had been kicked. nobody showed any interest, a complete rejection on prosecution. too circumstantial, said the d.a., and no incriminating evidence even on those items seized from marshall s car. marshall was released from jail. his girlfriend, yvonne, picked him up. once again, detective lancaster had to deliver the news to the hoynes family. the only suspect he had was back on the streets. maddening. his life goes forward and, you know, robin s is snuffed out and she never gets to meet her potential because of what he did. they all suffered, all the hoynes. perhaps mr. hoynes most of all. our dad felt like he had not done what he was supposed to do
if i can solve this, i can probably put the whole thing together. the anomaly well, that would be the puzzling piece of evidence which haunted investigators for almost two decades, that odd oblong hunk of foam. i knew it was either going to come from robin, the victim, or it was going to come from the suspect in the case. and once i was comfortable that this didn t come from robin s purse, it didn t come from robin s clothing, it s not part of kentucky fried chicken s restaurant, it doesn t belong there. which left only one other possibility the murderer. wallace pored over the pictures of the one suspect, marshall, when he was pulled over the week earlier, and suddenly a light went on. he s wearing his clothing still, of course, and he has a pair of work boots. and his work boots, sure enough, i can see just enough from the pants being hiked up that i think i wonder if these are the kind of work boots that have that big fat couldn t be. couldn t be. could it be the foa
would be the puzzling piece of evidence which haunted investigators for almost two decades, that odd oblong hunk of foam. i knew it was either going to come from robin, the victim, or it was going to come from the suspect in the case. and once i was comfortable that this didn t come from robin s purse, it didn t come from robin s clothing, it s not part of kentucky fried chicken s restaurant, it didn t belong there. which left only one other possibility the murderer. wallace pored over the pictures of marshall after he was pulled over and suddenly a light went on. he s wearing his clothing still, of course, and he has a pair of work boots. and his work boots, sure enough, i can see just enough from the pants being hiked up that i think i wonder if these are the kind of work boots that have that big fat couldn t be. couldn t be. could it be the foam? wallace rushed down to the evidence storage room and
case. going in? going in. coming out? coming out i felt like i had been kicked. nobody showed any interest, a complete rejection on prosecution. too circumstantial, said the d.a., and no incriminating evidence even on those items seized from marshall s car. marshall was released from jail. his girlfriend, yvonne, picked him up. once again, detective lancaster had to deliver the news to the hoynes family. the only suspect he had was back on the streets. maddening. his life goes forward and, you know, robin s is snuffed out and she never gets to meet her potential because of what he did. they all suffered, all the hoynes. perhaps mr. hoynes most of all. our dad felt like he had not done what he was supposed to do as a father because he didn t protect her.