Lies in the Morgue by Erosa Knowles

Author:Erosa Knowles [Knowles, Erosa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: suspense africanamerican romance, suspense action romance, suspense mystery romance, suspense military, military romance, suspense action ebook
ISBN: 9781937334710
Publisher: Sitting Bull Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Max sat with his foot on the stool, listening to Skinny, Jace and Brock. “Sasha Loils married two military men. The first marriage lasted ten years until her husband died in a training accident. A year and half later she married to Staff Sergeant Jason McKinney for eight years. After the divorce, she retook her maiden name. They had one son, he died when he was five from some type of bacterial virus.”

Brock looked at Max but didn’t interrupt Jace’s report.

“According to early reports, the union had a lot of challenges. Military police visited their home a few times for domestic issues until they could no longer use military housing. I’m checking to see if there was a history of abuse when they lived off base.”

“I’m sure there is. Get the names of the posts McKinney was stationed during the marriage. Use Crystal to find vets who were stationed at the same time so I can get an idea of the way things were handled on post before I go up the chain to ask for records,” Max said.

Jace nodded.

Max thought over everything he’d just heard from the three men, it didn’t look good. “It seems Sasha Loils has been victimized over time by a military man who should’ve been her first line of defense.” His thoughts traveled to Tamara and how he’d react if a man hit her. He’d kill the bastard.

“Could be the reason she’s sticking to her guns that you were the one who beat her,” Jace said.

“I’m sure the fact I wore the uniform plays into her testimony,” Max said. “But there has to be more. It’s tied into the men who jumped me in some way, one of them beat her, but she swears it was me. I never saw her. There’s no way she should be this positive, something’s off here. There has to be a way to connect the dots, to make a case of mistaken identity.”

“Everyone I’ve talked with have nothing but good things to say about her. Ms. Loils is a pillar in the community, does a lot of volunteer work, helps the elderly, that kind of thing. Everyone believes she’s stable and a good witness,” Jace said standing. “There’s something we’ve missed, we’ll keep talking to family and friends, something will break.”

Max hoped so. Right now, the case against him looked solid. Nick had a lot of questions but they had few answers.

“I’m not sure what Nick can do with this information regarding her former husband’s abuse, considering her recent assault that may not be the best avenue to drive down,” Brock said.

“Good point. Let’s check every place they were stationed, she may have said something or done something we can use,” Max said.

“I’m on it,” Jace said.

“I got a few callbacks on the Helen Grant deal,” Skinny said. “How you want me to handle it?”

“Deal with those first, when you’re done, come back and help with this case,” Max said before Brock could respond.

“Will do.” Skinny nodded and walked out with Jace.

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