Chapter 5 - The Exhumation Order
At 8:00 AM the following morning, Ethan met with Special Agent Sarah Jenkins at the FBI Field Office in New Haven.
Agent Jenkins reviewed the Texas financial documents, her expression turning gravely serious as she cross-referenced federal databases.
"Marcus Kane's death was classified as natural, but no full toxicological screen was ever performed by the Harris County coroner," Jenkins noted.
"Because Veronica claimed the body immediately and had him cremated within forty-eight hours," Ethan added, his voice dripping with anger.
"Not quite, Mr. Vance," Agent Jenkins corrected, spinning her computer screen around to face him. "Marcus Kane was buried in a private family plot in Dallas."
Agent Jenkins picked up her desk phone, dialing the Federal District Prosecutor to request an emergency order for body exhumation.
"If there are chemical toxins in those remains, we can charge her with capital murder," Jenkins explained grimly.
Meanwhile, at the Fairfield County Detention Center, Veronica sat in a glass interrogation booth, meeting with her high-priced criminal defense lawyer, Arthur Vance.
"Get me out of here today, Arthur!" Veronica demanded, slamming her manicured nails against the wooden table.
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"Ethan knows about Marcus," Arthur whispered guardedly. "If the federal prosecutors open that casket in Texas, we are both ruined."
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