Garage Sale Mystery: Murder Most Medieval Page #4

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YOU HAVE:

A CLEAR CAMPAIGN ISSUE.

RIGHT.

SO... WHAT DID YOU LEARN

DURING YOUR CAMPAIGN?

BE YOURSELF.

DON'T MAKE A PROMISE

YOU CAN'T KEEP.

INTRODUCE YOURSELF

TO STUDENTS YOU DON'T KNOW,

AND ASK FOR THEIR VOTE.

JUST BE BOLD?

YEAH.

"HI, I'M HANNAH,

RUNNING FOR CLASS PRESIDENT.

CAN I COUNT ON YOUR VOTE?"

YOU CONVERT ONE VOTER,

THEY'LL CONVERT THREE.

YOU TRIED THIS WHEN YOU RAN?

NO, THE GUY WHO WON DID.

[LAUGHS]

[FOOTSTEPS]

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

HI.

MY NAME IS JENNIFER SHANNON.

HI. EMMA MITCHELL.

WELL...

DID YOU WORK:

WITH PROFESSOR MCNARY?

YES. I WAS

HIS TEACHING ASSISTANT.

I'M SORRY

ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.

IT'S HORRIBLE.

ARE-- ARE YOU

A FRIEND OF HIS?

OH, UH, MAY I?

OF COURSE.

I ONLY RECENTLY MET HIM.

DID I SEE YOU:

AT THE ESTATE SALE?

THE ONE:

WITH THE SUIT OF ARMOR?

YES! YES. I WAS TAKING PICTURES

TO SHOW PROFESSOR MCNARY.

IT WAS THE BEST REPRODUCTION

I'VE EVER SEEN.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA

WHY HE WOULD:

BREAK INTO SOMEONE'S HOUSE

TO STEAL SOMETHING,

ESPECIALLY A REPRODUCTION?

NO.

DO YOU KNOW OF ANYONE

WHO MIGHT HAVE WANTED

TO HARM HIM?

NO.

N-NOT REALLY.

THERE WAS A STUDENT WHO WAS

ANGRY ABOUT A GRADE.

BUT YOU DON' KILL SOMEONE OVER THAT.

WHY ARE YOU:

SO INTERESTED IN THIS?

I BOUGHT THE SUIT OF ARMOR

AND I OWN THE STORE

WHERE PROFESSOR MCNARY CAME.

GUESS I JUS FEEL CONNECTED SOMEHOW.

THIS MUS BE SO HARD.

HOW ARE YOU:

DOING?

I'M NOT GREAT.

UH...

WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER.

HE WAS MY DISSERTATION ADVISOR.

SO...

[THROAT CLEARS]

I GOT LUNCH.

THIS IS MY BOYFRIEND, JEREMY.

UH, THIS IS

JENNIFER SHANNON,

SHE BOUGHT THE ARMOR

AT THE ESTATE SALE.

OH. IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

[JEREMY, SIGHING]:

THIS IS ALL...

I THINK THERE'S MORE

TO THIS STORY:

THAN WE'VE BEEN TOLD.

I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.

WHY WOULD THE PROFESSOR

RISK HIS ACADEMIC CAREER

BY BEING A THIEF?

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MAYBE HE'D WANT A BOOK,

BUT A SUIT OF ARMOR?

NOT ROBERT.

AND BREAKING:

INTO A HOUSE?

NO!

I NEED TO ASK YOU

A FEW QUESTIONS.

THESE ARE ROUTINE FOR

ANY SPOUSE OF A MURDER VICTIM.

I UNDERSTAND.

FOR THE RECORD--

WHERE WERE YOU THE NIGH OF MONDAY, APRIL 7TH?

IN SEATTLE.

WITH MY SISTER'S FAMILY.

DO YOU KNOW:

OF ANYONE WHO WANTED

TO HARM YOUR HUSBAND?

OTHER THAN ME?

STUDENTS HE FLUNKED?

WOMEN HE HAD AFFAIRS WITH?

YOU CARE:

TO EXPAND ON THAT?

DON'T GET ME WRONG.

YOU SAID "HARM," NOT KILL.

STUDENTS COULD:

GET VERY UPSE ABOUT THEIR GRADES.

HMM. ARE THERE ANY STUDENTS

IN PARTICULAR:

WHO HAD AN ANIMOSITY TOWARDS

PROFESSOR MCNARY?

I WOULDN'T KNOW BY NAME.

YOU MENTIONED YOURSELF.

OH... I WAS BEING FACETIOUS.

I'M SORRY, TERRIBLY SORRY,

THAT THIS HAPPENED TO HIM.

I FILED FOR DIVORCE

THREE WEEKS AGO.

IT'S BEEN BAD

FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.

HE WAS UNFAITHFUL

ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION.

DO YOU KNOW WITH WHO?

NOT RECENTLY, NO.

BUT HE LOVED:

BEING A PROFESSOR

AND THE ADULATION

OF THE FEMALE STUDENTS.

AND HOW ARE YOU DOING

FINANCIALLY?

WE HAVE DEBTS.

MY HUSBAND MAY HAVE BEEN

A RESPECTED TEACHER,

BUT HE WAS A HORRIBLE INVESTOR.

THE DIVORCE:

WOULD'VE MADE THINGS WORSE.

MY SISTER'S HUSBAND

IS AN ATTORNEY,

SO MY LEGAL FEES ARE FREE.

HIS ARE NOT.

SO IS THERE ANYTHING

YOU CAN THINK OF

THAT CAN HELP US

WITH THIS INVESTIGATION?

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

MY HUSBAND,

A RESPECTED MEDIEVAL SCHOLAR,

GETS MURDERED:

WHILE ROBBING A HOUSE?

[SCOFFS]

WHAT COULD I ADD?

THANK YOU.

DANI?

[WOMAN CHUCKLES, ASTONISHED]

LAYLA!

[LAUGHING]

OH, MY GOODNESS!

HOW ARE YOU?

GOOD!

GOOD.

SO, ARE YOU GOING

TO THE REUNION?

OH... PROBABLY NOT.

YEAH, YOU COULDN' PAY ME.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW,

THE PEOPLE I WANT TO SEE,

I CAN SEE THEM ANYWAY.

THAT'S MY FEELING.

HUH. YOU KNOW,

SOME OF THE "ART KIDS"

ARE GETTING TOGETHER FOR

SORT OF AN ALTERNATE REUNION.

AN ANTI-REUNION

REUNION?

EXACTLY.

HMM. WHERE ARE

YOU HAVING IT?

WE HAVE A PRIVATE ROOM

AT THE GOLDEN DRAGON.

YOU KNOW,

YOU SHOULD COME.

THAT ACTUALLY:

SOUNDS LIKE FUN.

GREAT! I HOPE

TO SEE YOU THERE. BYE.

BYE, LAYLA.

ANY UPDATES:

ON THE MURDER?

I ASKED DETECTIVE LYNWOOD

THE SAME THING.

ALL HE SAYS:

IS THAT THE INVESTIGATION

IS STILL ONGOING.

WHEN DO YOU THINK

I'LL GET MY MACE BACK?

COULD BE A WHILE.

IT'S EVIDENCE.

UH, HERE'S WHA I WANTED TO SHOW YOU.

THIS BLADE HAS BEEN TAKEN

OFF THE WALL AND PUT BACK.

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

THE BLADE HAS A DECORATIVE

SCROLL ON THE ONE SIDE.

THAT'S THE SIDE I DISPLAY.

IT'S NOW FACING THE WALL.

ON THE NIGH MCNARY WAS KILLED,

SOMEBODY REMOVED THE SWORD.

HOW DO YOU KNOW:

IT WAS THAT NIGHT?

WHY NO THE MONTH BEFORE?

TELL HER.

KNOWING THE SUI OF ARMOR WAS ARRIVING,

MR. WALLACE HAD ME

TAKE PHOTOS OF THE ROOM.

WE LIKE TO DOCUMEN THE EVOLUTION

OF THE DISPLAY:

AS WELL AS FOR:

INSURANCE, OF COURSE.

THIS SWORD WAS MOVED

ON THE NIGHT OF THE BREAK-IN.

HAS ANYONE TOUCHED THAT SWORD?

NO ONE.

THEN THERE MIGHT BE

A FINGERPRINT.

FRANK?

NO PRINTS ON:

THE MACE HANDLE?

OH, IT'S NO A SMOOTH SURFACE,

SO EITHER:

THE KILLER USED GLOVES

OR WIPED THE ARMOR DOWN.

THERE'S NO PRINTS THERE.

OKAY, I THINK

I GOT IT.

TAKE A LOOK.

WE GOT THREE DISTINC LATENT PRINTS ON THE SWORD.

LET ME GUESS.

BILL WALLACE,

THE HOMEOWNER,

DANIEL TUCKER,

HIS BUTLER,

AND THE RECENTLY

DECEASED ROBERT MCNARY.

CORRECT.

ARE WALLACE AND TUCKER SUSPECTS?

EVERYONE'S A SUSPECT.

THAT MAKES IT SIMPLE.

CASE CLOSED.

HOW'S THAT?

THE BUTLER DID IT.

BYE, SAM.

[DELAYED LAUGH]

THAT'S FUNNY!

"THE BUTLER DID IT."

I LIKE HIM!

SO, WHAT DO WE KNOW?

MCNARY BROKE:

INTO THE HOUSE:

WITH INTENTIONS OF

STEALING THE ARMOR.

YOU ASSUME:

THAT INTENTION.

WE JUST KNOW HE BROKE

INTO THE HOUSE.

WHAT ELSE?

WE KNOW HE REMOVED

THE SWORD.

YEAH, BU WE DON'T KNOW WHY.

OR WHO PUT IT BACK.

YOU SAID:

MCNARY'S WIFE THOUGH THERE WAS A STUDEN WITH A GRUDGE, RIGHT?

I'M GOING THROUGH

THE SCHOOL RECORDS,

SEEING IF ANYTHING JUMPS OUT.

[SIGHS] I WISH

SAM HADN'T SAID THAT.

-SAID WHAT?

- THAT THE BUTLER DID IT.

I'D NEVER HEAR

THE END OF IT.

RIGHT.

RIGHT.

CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.

PROF. MCNARY.

WHAT A LOSS.

IT IS A LOSS.

I AGREE.

YOU'RE, UH, TEACHING

THE CLASS NOW,

SO, WHAT HAPPENS

TO MY GRADE:

IS UP TO YOU, RIGHT?

YEAH, THAT'S TRUE.

ALL I WAN IS A CHANCE.

I'VE BEEN READING.

MIDDLE AGES ARE:

ACTUALLY KINDA COOL,

WITH KNIGHTS AND CHIVALRY

AND BATTLES EVERYWHERE.

THE FIGHTING IS NOT ALL

THAT DIFFERENT FROM FOOTBALL,

EXCEPT WE DON' HAVE WEAPONS,

BUT WE HAVE:

THE CHAOS OF BATTLE.

I LIKE IT.

OKAY, LISTEN.

I DON'T WANT TO BE PLAYED

OR TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF,

BECAUSE THIS IS:

MY FIRST TIME TEACHING.

BE HONEST WITH ME.

YOU WEREN'T UPSE ABOUT MCNARY'S DEATH, WERE YOU?

HE TRIED TO RUIN MY LIFE.

THE GUY HAD I OUT FOR ME.

OKAY, I WANT YOU TO WRITE ME

A PAPER FOR EXTRA CREDIT.

WHAT ON?

DR. TRAMELL.

JENNIFER!

I BROUGHT COOKIES.

MM... COOKIES!

NOW...

LET ME ASK YOU THIS.

WHY WAS SIR LANCELO ALWAYS TIRED?

OH, NO.

HE WORKED THE KNIGHT SHIFT.

[POLITE LAUGH] AH! OKAY, WELL,

NOW THAT WE GOT THAT OVER WITH,

I ASSUME MCNARY'S

CAUSE OF DEATH:

WAS TRAUMA TO THE HEAD?

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