Garage Sale Mystery: Murder Most Medieval Page #3

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IN THESE MOCK BATTLES, RIGHT?

YES, SOMETIMES.

I'LL DEFINITELY BE

LOOKING INTO IT.

I'LL GIVE YOU

THEIR NAMES AND NUMBERS.

OKAY.

HOW MUCH IS THAT ARMOR WORTH?

WELL, SUPPOSEDLY,

IT'S A REPRODUCTION,

SO AROUND $1,500.

YET, HE BREAKS INTO YOUR STORE

AND THEN INTO THIS HOUSE,

FOR A SUIT OF ARMOR

YOU CAN BUY ON THE INTERNET?

ACTUALLY, NOT.

THIS SUI IS EXQUISITELY DETAILED.

IT COULD PASS FOR A REAL ONE.

WELL, HOW MUCH

WOULD IT BE WORTH?

IF YOU COULD FIND ONE?

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $50,000

AND $100,000.

[EXHALING]

OKAY,

WELL, THERE'S THE MOTIVE.

HE OBVIOUSLY THOUGH IT WAS THE REAL THING.

SO, WHO'S OUR KILLER,

AND WHY DID HE LEAVE THE ARMOR?

SIR, LOOKS AS IF

A CROWBAR OR SOMETHING

WAS USED TO PRY:

OPEN THE WINDOW.

THIS HOUSE DOESN' HAVE AN ALARM?

IT DOES, WE JUS DON'T USE IT.

WHY?

TOO MANY:

FALSE ALARMS.

I FEEL:

CONFIDENT ENOUGH

TO DEAL WITH:

AN INTRUDER.

[SIGHS]

THE MEDICAL EXAMINER

PUTS THE TIME OF DEATH

AT AROUND 3:
00 A.M.

WHERE WERE YOU TWO

AT THAT TIME?

I WAS HOME. ASLEEP.

I WASN'T.

AND WHERE WERE YOU?

MY NIGHT OFF.

I WAS AT MY GIRLFRIEND'S.

DO YOU FIND I A BIT ODD

SOMEONE BREAKS INTO YOUR HOUSE

AND A MURDER TAKES PLACE,

AND YOU SLEEP THROUGH

THE WHOLE THING?

NOT REALLY.

MY BEDROOM DOOR:

IS MADE OF SOLID OAK.

IT'S QUIET AS A TOMB IN THERE.

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[BELL JINGLES]

YOU WERE RIGHT.

NOTHING'S BEEN TAKEN,

NOTHING'S BEEN TOUCHED,

BUT THE BACK WINDOW WAS JIMMIED.

I DIDN'T TOUCH A THING.

THAT WHERE YOU GO THE PHONE NUMBER FOR WALLACE?

YES. I NOTICED

IT WAS SLIGHTLY OPEN

WHEN I GOT HERE THIS MORNING.

WHAT IS IT ABOUT PEOPLE

AND ALARMS?

I KNOW YOU HAVE ONE.

SO...?

IT'S BEEN BROKEN

FOR A WHILE.

WE HAVE THE STICKER.

YEAH, WE HAVE

A STICKER!

BUT WE'RE GONNA GET IT FIXED.

FORENSICS IS:

COMING OVER HERE

AFTER THEY FINISH

WITH THE WALLACE HOUSE.

LET'S GRAB A BITE.

WE NEED TO TALK.

I NEED TO QUESTION YOU

AS PART OF MY INVESTIGATION.

YOU MEAN, LIKE,

"FORMAL" QUESTIONING?

HERE, IN THE DINER?

WELL, IF YOU PREFER,

WE CAN GO DOWN TO THE STATION.

OH, YOU'RE SERIOUS,

AREN'T YOU?

MM.

WHEN DID YOU FIRST SEE

THIS SUIT OF ARMOR?

LAST WEEKEND:

AT AN ESTATE SALE.

SHARON THOMPSON RUNS IT.

THERE WAS:

A YOUNG WOMAN THERE--

NAME?

I DON'T KNOW.

SHE WANTED TO BUY THE ARMOR,

BUT NEEDED TO CHECK

WITH SOMEONE FIRST.

SHE LEFT,

I BOUGHT IT.

I KNEW THAT BILL WALLACE

WOULD BE INTERESTED.

AND WHEN DID PROFESSOR MCNARY

COME INTO THE STORE?

THAT WAS YESTERDAY.

HE MUST HAVE ASKED SHARON

WHO BOUGHT THE ARMOR.

MY GUESS IS:

MCNARY IS WHO THE WOMAN

HAD TO SPEAK WITH BEFORE BUYING.

SO, YOU HAD NEVER SEEN MCNARY

BEFORE HE CAME IN YOUR STORE?

NO.

AND WHERE WERE YOU LAST NIGH AT 3:00 A.M.?

REALLY?

JUST ANSWER:

THE QUESTION, PLEASE.

I WAS HOME, IN BED,

WITH MY HUSBAND, JASON.

THAT'S J-A-S--

YES, I KNOW

HOW TO SPELL "JASON".

THANK YOU VERY MUCH,

MRS. SHANNON.

OKAY, END OF INTERVIEW.

LET'S EAT.

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I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

I-IT DOESN'T EVEN FEEL REAL.

WE'RE ALL

DEVASTATED.

THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT'S

JUST IN SHOCK.

I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW

THIS MUST BE FOR YOU.

THANK YOU.

I'M NOT REALLY SURE

WHAT TO DO NOW.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS

I NEED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT.

I NEED SOMEONE:

TO TAKE OVER PROFESSOR MCNARY'S

TWO INTRO CLASSES.

WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED

IN FINISHING THE SEMESTER

AS AN INSTRUCTOR

INSTEAD OF A T.A.?

-UH--

-I UNDERSTAND--

...THIS IS A LOT TO HANDLE

RIGHT NOW.

IF YOU THINK THAT I CAN DO IT,

THEN I WILL.

I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT,

PROFESSOR MCNARY

SPOKE VERY HIGHLY OF YOU.

I HATE TO EVEN MENTION THIS,

BUT...

WHAT HAPPENS WITH MY OWN WORK?

PROFESSOR MCNARY

WAS MY DISSERTATION ADVISOR

AND I'M ALMOST DONE.

I WILL BE YOUR NEW ADVISOR

AND CHAIRING:

THE ORALS COMMITTEE.

SO, DON'T LET THIS DERAIL YOU,

YOU'LL BE FINE.

THANK YOU.

HEY, HON'.

HEY!

HOW WAS YOUR DAY?

SOMETHING INTERESTING

HAPPENED TODAY.

THERE WAS THIS SUIT OF ARMOR

AND THIS COLLEGE PROFESSOR

WANTED TO BUY I AND...

...HE ENDED UP

MURDERED...

IN THE SUIT OF ARMOR.

WELL, THAT'S

SORT OF WHAT HAPPENED.

I KNOW.

I SPOKE WITH FRANK.

ARE YOU OKAY?

YEAH, I'M FINE.

AND THAT-THA HAS ME CONCERNED.

I MEAN, AM I BECOMING

TOO CALLOUS?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

I DON'T KNOW. HERE I AM,

LOOKING AT THIS DEAD BODY,

AND ALL I COULD THINK OF IS,

"WHO KILLED HIM? WHY?"

"AND WHY PUT HIM

IN THE SUIT OF ARMOR?

AND WHY NOT TAKE

THE SUIT OF ARMOR?"

YOU SAW IT AS A MYSTERY

THAT NEEDED TO BE SOLVED.

EXACTLY.

I DON'T THINK

THAT'S BEING CALLOUS,

I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING FOR

JUSTICE FOR THE VICTIM.

I'M GONNA GO WITH THAT.

SO...

HOW'D HE DIE?

MACE.

YOU CAN DIE FROM

BEING SPRAYED BY MACE?

NO. HE WAS HIT BY A MACE.

YEAH, THAT'LL DO IT.

[HANNAH LAUGHS]

THIS IS HILARIOUS!

THE CLOTHES:

YOU GUYS WORE!

WE THOUGH WE LOOKED PRETTY GOOD.

BUT THE HAIR...

THE HAIR'S PRICELESS.

OKAY.

YOU WANNA KNOW A SECRET?

WHAT'S THAT?

THE WAY YOU LOOK NOW--

THE CLOTHES, THE HAIR,

EVERYTHING--

ONE DAY, WILL BE

THE FUNNIEST THING IN THE WORLD.

GUARANTEED.

IT'LL NEVER BE LIKE THAT.

WELL...

SO, ARE YOU GOING TO GO?

MAYBE THE NEXT ONE.

[CHUCKLES]

WHETHER THIS IS 100

OR 500 YEARS OLD...

IT'S MAGNIFICENT!

PATINA IS GORGEOUS!

SOME OF THE LEATHER STRAPS

ARE NOT ORIGINAL.

THAT'S EXPECTED, THOUGH.

EDGES ARE FINISHED CORRECTLY

TO PERIOD.

THIS ARMOR:

IS CORREC TO THE 15TH CENTURY.

I'D DATE IT AROUND 1480--

ITALIAN, MILANESE DESIGN.

THIS IS AN EXCEPTIONAL

AND EXTRAORDINARY PIECE.

WHAT IS:

THE ESTIMATED VALUE?

AT AUCTION,

I WOULD EXPEC THIS COULD BRING

CLOSE TO $100,000.

[GASPS]

HE SAID:

IT'S NOT A REPRODUCTION.

THAT ARMOR IS 500 YEARS OLD

AND COULD BE WORTH

UP TO $100,000.

THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING.

THE YOUNG WOMAN:

AT THE ESTATE SALE

MUST HAVE GUESSED

THAT IT WAS REAL

AND TOOK THE PICTURES

TO MCNARY.

HE'S A COLLEGE PROFESSOR,

RIGHT?

HE DOESN'T BREAK INTO HOUSES

AND STEAL THINGS,

EVEN FOR A HUNDRED GRAND.

AND IF THE SUIT IS SO VALUABLE,

WHY LEAVE IT BEHIND?

AND WHO WAS:

WITH MCNARY THAT NIGHT?

IT HAD TO BE THE KILLER.

REALLY?

ARE YOU SURE MCNARY

DIDN'T GO THERE ALONE?

WELL,

THAT WOULD MEAN:

THE KILLER:

WAS ALREADY THERE.

SO, THEN YOU'RE TALKING

ABOUT WALLACE OR TUCKER.

TUCKER HAD THE NIGHT OFF,

AND WHY WOULDN'T WALLACE

JUST CALL THE POLICE

AND SAY HE WAS ATTACKED

BY AN INTRUDER?

I HAVE NO IDEA.

BUT WHAT I DO KNOW

IS HE'S NOW $100,000 RICHER.

I WAS THINKING ABOU GOING OUT TO THE COLLEGE,

YOU KNOW,

TALK TO SOME PEOPLE.

IF YOU SENSE ANYTHING DANGEROUS

OR SUSPICIOUS,

YOU DON'T PUSH IT.

LET ME KNOW.

I'LL PUSH IT.

[PHONE RINGING]

ALL RIGHT. I GOTTA GO.

LOOKS LIKE MCNARY'S WIFE

IS BACK IN TOWN.

[DOOR BELL JINGLES]

[FOOTSTEPS]

I'VE GOT MY SLOGAN.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

"VOTE FOR HANNAH.

"EAT WELL, BE WELL.

STUDENTS:

FOR HEALTHY CHOICE."

GO ON.

WE'VE GO A STUDENT GARDEN.

IT'S ALL ORGANIC,

BUT THE SCHOOL WON'T LET US

PROVIDE FRESH VEGETABLES

TO THE CAMPUS CAFETERIAS.

WHY NOT?

THEY SAY:

THERE'S LIABILITY ISSUES,

BUT OTHER SCHOOLS ARE DOING IT.

OKAY, WELL,

THAT'S A GREAT START.

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