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on the victim s neck and looked up at Kingsley. It s an inch
lower on the neck than where the tightened rope is cush-
ioned by the towel. If I could see autopsy photos, I believe
they would show two ligature marks. One made perimor-
tem, and the other made postmortem.
You re saying she was strangled; then this was staged
after her death? said Kingsley.
It looks that way. What I believe is the second liga-
ture mark looks very deep and appears to extend under
the towel at least, the mark is deep right up to where the
towel covers the neck. The rope should have made a lighter
impression on the skin at the edge of the towel.
The towel at that point would start to hold the rope off
the neck, said Kingsley.
Diane nodded. I think this makes the manner of death
worth a second look. Diane looked at the signature of the
DUST TO DUST 67
medical examiner Oran Doppelmeyer. I m not familiar
with this medical examiner. Is he new?
I believe so, said Kingsley. So, does this mean you will
help me?
You have enough here to get the lead detective to re-
open the case, said Diane. The father would probably
give permission to exhume the body.
Yes, well, I m sure we could do that. But it would be
really good for my firm if we could get the credit for solv-
ing the case. He raised his hand when Diane opened her
mouth to speak. I know we will have to hand it off to
the police eventually, but I, on behalf of the firm that
so graciously hired me, would like to hand the detective
a truckload of evidence along with the solution. After
all, it s a closed case and we would not be interfering in
an ongoing investigation. Besides, they might botch it up
again.
Frank had been quiet the whole time Kingsley and Diane
discussed the case. He eyed Kingsley.
You think Stacy was killed because of her investigation
into her brother Ryan s murder conviction, said Frank.
But you re afraid the detective will ignore that angle
and try to hang her death on the boyfriend, or some other
friend. You think he s a man who likes to take shortcuts.
You re pretty good at this profiling thing yourself, said
Kingsley.
Why do you believe her death is connected with her
brother s case? asked Frank.
Because Stacy s father told me that in her room she
kept a thick folder filled with documents, clippings, inter-
views, and notes on her investigation into the case against
her brother. Now the folder, along with all her findings, is
missing. It s too much of a coincidence, said Ross. I felt it
before. And now, with what you ve found in the evidence,
I m convinced there is a connection, and her death was no
accident.
Diane was quiet for a moment. She understood what
Ross wanted; so did Frank. It wasn t so much that he
wanted credit for his firm. He wanted to control the inves-
tigation against people he believed were incompetent to
carry it out or wouldn t carry it out.
68 Beverly Connor
Is her room still intact? Diane hoped that Stacy s fa-
ther had kept the room as it was.
Yes, said Kingsley. It is. And I ve got an appointment
at the prison for tomorrow to talk with Ryan Dance. I know
how you love to visit prisons and would want to get it over
with first thing.
Diane hated prisons. They were drab, depressing, and they
smelled bad. Prisons were places people wanted to leave.
The last time she visited someone in prison was when she
came to interview Clymene O Riley, a black widow she had
put away. It was more or less an official visit then and, al-
though not pleasant, it was bearable. This time she almost
decided to just forget about it and leave. She would have if
Ross Kingsley hadn t been with her.
She filled out the mandatory forms that, among other
things, gave the guards permission to search her person and
allow the drug dog to sniff her up and down. The papers
must also have given them permission to be ill-mannered.
The prison personnel probably didn t like being there ei-
ther. Once she passed the sniff test, she was allowed to go
into the visiting room. Ross went to see the warden on his
own mission.
The visiting area wasn t a bad room. It was painted
salmon pink, and she wondered whether the color meant
anything perhaps that it sapped your strength or some-
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