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“All that’s way out of my league.”
Mitzi paused to take a sip of her coffee. “So you see, I have no desire to revisit that part of my life. And I really don’t want my family to know about my…struggles. In fact, as far as my husband knows, I’m an orphan. And I guess now I am.”
“I recall that your mother died before your father even went on trial.”
“Thank God. It would have crushed her.”
“Did your father try to contact you, either while he was in prison or after he got out?”
“He wrote me letters when he was in prison. But I never wrote back. After I moved, I didn’t leave a forwarding address.”
“And after he left prison?”
“I had no idea. I thought he was in prison for life.”
“So apparently did everyone else. Including him.”
“Why was he released? The news didn’t say.”
“He was terminally ill. The state didn’t want to foot the bill, apparently.”
She nodded but made no comment.
“And you’re sure he didn’t try to contact you?”
“He’d have no way of knowing where I was. They said someone killed him? Are you sure it wasn’t suicide? You said he was dying.”
“No, couldn’t be suicide. I can’t tell you why, but just trust me on that.”
She sat back. “That’s so bizarre. Who would want to hurt him? It’s been so many years.”
“Some people carry long grudges.”
“You mean the widows? What were their names again?”
“Susan Richards and Rachel Katz.”
“I assume you’ve checked with them.”
“We have.”
“And?”
“And we’re following up.”
“So what do you want with me? On the phone you just said you wanted to talk. I know nothing about the murder of my father.”
“I want to talk to you about the murders he was convicted of.”
“Why?”
“What if your father didn’t commit them?”
Her features sagged. “That’s crazy. Of course he did.”
“And you know for sure how?”
“Like you just said, he wasconvictedof them.Youhelped convict him. His fingerprints and DNA were found at the house.”
