Dead and Hating It by Edward Kendrick

Author:Edward Kendrick [Kendrick, Edward]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 2018-12-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

“Yes, Gordon Norris,” Mike said. “According to the information I have, you were in charge of a case, four years ago, where the victim either fell or was pushed down a flight of stairs at his home. The victim’s home that is. The chief suspect in his death was Mr. Norris.”

“That’s a while back, but I think I remember the case. Give me a couple of minutes to pull it up,” replied the detective Mike was talking to on the Birmingham police force.

Three minutes later the detective was back. “Now I remember Norris. Slimy bastard, if you ask me. He admitted he and the victim had been close, but said that was it. Told us they’d separated a week before what he called an accident, blaming it on the victim’s drinking problem.”

“Did he have one, and was there alcohol in his system?”

“There was. The people we talked to, however, said he was a moderate drinker, if that. We brought Norris in for questioning but couldn’t break his alibi—that he’d been to a wedding reception at the time it happened.”

“Were there witnesses who confirmed it?”

“Yes, but you know how those things are. No one pays much attention to who’s there if they don’t know them well. Everyone’s focused on the happy couple. He could have left and come back without anyone being aware he was gone. Anyway, he left town within a day of our questioning him. Walked away from his apartment and his job despite our telling him he wasn’t to leave town.”

“Who did he work for?”

“A sales company. Let me find the name. Here you go. Q and Sons.”

Mike made note of that then asked, “Do you have any photos of him?”

“Only the one on his driver’s license and a promo one for the company he worked for. You want me to send them to you?”

“If you would.”

“Now it’s my turn. Why the interest in him?”

“I’m working a case of a young man who drowned. At first we thought it was accidental or maybe suicide, because a friend of his said he’d just broken up with his boyfriend.” Mike wasn’t above telling a small lie when necessary if it was warranted. “We went to the boyfriend’s place, his name is George Neville, to talk with him but he was gone, and so were all his clothes and personal belongings. He wiped everything down, but we were still able to get prints he missed. They matched those on his driver’s license application. We ran them, and this is the kicker. According to AFIS they belong to your suspect, Gordon Norris, and to one Gerald Nivens who’s wanted in connection with a similar type of murder in New York.”

“You’re shitting me. When did that one happen?”

“About two years after yours, so you’re forgiven for not knowing about Nivens.”

“Gee, thanks,” the detective replied sarcastically.

Mike chuckled. “Any time. Could you send me everything you have on Norris, please, including the photos.”

“Yeah. I’ll get it off to you as soon as we hang up.

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