Gina@PD
Questions.
About Lucky, about the murder
Where's my baby, what did you do with her?
Safe in the arms of a law abiding female police officer
Am I under arrest???
Just a few routine questions
Questions, about what?
The murder that took place tonight in your home
I told everything to the cop at the scene.
Detective Shuffles papers
What did your husband do?
Sold insurance.
What else did he do?
Came home at night to be with me and our daughter
Gina lights a Newport blows smoke.
Did Lucky carry any debt, owe money to any unsavory characters
Mortgage, taxes. IRS
Talking about Gambling debts
Don't know.
Someone was at your house last night
Because Luck's gambling?
Collectors
Who? You tell me.
Collectors, two of them
Who?
You see either one of these guys, Gina?
He holds up photos
I was upstairs with my daughter
So you never saw either man?
I didn't see nothing, I told you
Did you hear an argument?
Yes
What was the argument about?
The door was closed, everything was muffled
I was scared
You did hear gunshots?
Gunshots I heard, scared the baby
And did you go downstairs to see who was shooting?
That's not real smart
What did you do? When you heard the gunshots.
I took my daughter, hid in the closet, called 911
How long before police and EMT's arrived?
My husband's dead, so I guess it took too long
I'm sorry for your loss.
We done; where's my kid?
Crushes cigarette
Your free to go.
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David Parham
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The ever Changing Complexities of Life, Fear, Mysteries and Capturing that which may not be there Tomorrow.
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