Chapter 9 - Local Police Chief Resists Reopening The Cold Case
Downtown at the central police precinct, Captain Thomas Vance closed the cold case file with an authoritative slam.
“Daniel, I’ve known you for ten years, but this is getting completely out of hand,” Captain Vance said with a stern frown.
“We investigated Rachel’s death thoroughly, and the coroner’s report confirmed it was a blunt-force trauma fall.”
“The coroner’s report was forged by your department because Vanessa’s family bought half the city council!” Daniel roared.
Several patrol officers turned their heads, staring at Daniel as he slammed both palms onto the captain’s metal desk.
“Watch your tone, Cole! You have zero admissible evidence, zero witnesses, and an unhinged theory,” Vance warned coldly.
“I have my son’s eyewitness testimony and an unredacted cloud security backup proving Vanessa was in the house,” Daniel argued.
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“Cloud backups can be manipulated by anyone with technical skills; it would never hold up in a real courtroom.”
Daniel realized in that terrifying second that the corruption ran so deep the local authorities were protecting the killer.
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