Chapter 59 Press Conference

You can, you should and, if you’re brave enough to start, you will. – Stephen King

It was because of the interest that the case was generating, mainly from Hank’s family, that Douggie scheduled a press conference for Monday. Reese hired a lawyer for Jolene and a second one for the family. They in turn immediately filed for a divorce and orders of protection.

Douggie usually did not release pictures of crime scenes while the investigation was still going, but sometimes you had to fight with facts.

And sometimes you had to keep your hand hidden. Like the fact that he had video footage of the locals not investigating and simply accepting the suspect’s word. But that could wait.

After all, that would be a separate investigation.

To set the public record straight, he commandeered the community room at city hall. There was a long table sitting up front with three chairs behind it. Three microphones sat on the black tablecloth. An emerald green banner hung across the front of the table wit