Blood Frenzy by Robert Scott

Author:Robert Scott
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2012-01-24T05:00:00+00:00

Detective McGowan had a female police officer take photographs of the bruises, cuts and abrasions on Julie’s arms, thighs, shoulders, buttocks and back. While none were serious, it was obvious from them that she had been manhandled pretty roughly. When the photos were taken, a scale was placed next to the bruise or cut to show how large they were.

Detective McGowan went to Merino’s Seafood restaurant in the town of Westport, where David Gerard was working at the time, and contacted him there. Gerard admitted that he’d been at the bar in Mary’s Kitchen on a previous night and met a woman there who had been drunk. In fact, he said he’d met her once before at Sidney’s Lounge in Aberdeen. Gerard admitted he helped the woman to the door at a tavern and followed her to Mark Reed Hospital. Gerard spoke of Julie trying to assault the staff, and he had told the staff he would drive Julie home. He said they drove a few blocks to a downtown park, where he got out of the car to use a public restroom. According to Gerard, Julie also got out and started walking toward the women’s restroom there.

Gerard said, as he was going into the men’s room, he noticed a brown van parked nearby that had several Hispanic men inside it. When he was done urinating, Gerard added that the van was gone, the Hispanic men were gone, and so was Julie. He assumed at that point she had left with them. He went home to Aberdeen, got a few hours’ sleep, then went to work at Merino’s Seafood restaurant.

At that point Gerard added one more bit of unexpected information. He said he wouldn’t have raped Julie because he had a rash on his penis and it made sex painful. He even said he’d be willing to take a polygraph test to prove his innocence.

Lane said later, “Detective McGowan was a good interviewer, since he handled most of the sex abuse cases that came in. But he didn’t examine Gerard’s vehicle. McGowan didn’t realize that by dusting the trunk lid of Gerard’s car, he could have confirmed Julie’s story by finding her handprints on it, as she was pressed down on it. An exam of the car would have also confirmed that the inside door handle on the passenger side didn’t work.”

Detective McGowan later found out that the doors to the restrooms at the park, where Gerard claimed he and Julie had gone, were locked by the McCleary Police Department every night at ten. The doors had been locked several hours before Gerard said that he and Julie used them. After getting this information, Detective McGowan tried to contact David Gerard once again, only to discover that Gerard had quit his job at Merino’s Seafood shortly after being questioned and hadn’t even gone back there to pick up his final paycheck. Julie’s rape kit was sent to the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab, but no semen was found. After that, the investigation stalled.

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