Murdered by Prejudice by Dianne Harman

Author:Dianne Harman [Harman, Dianne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2019-01-12T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

The house in front of them was an unassuming one-story house in the small town of Ferris. The house was well kept, the grass mowed, and the shrubs neatly trimmed. It was a house that didn’t care to make a statement, but one that would rather blend in with the rest of the houses on the block, which is what it did.

They walked up to the door and knocked. A moment later a white-haired small Asian woman opened the door and said, “Yes, may I help you?”

“I’d like to speak with Mr. or Mrs. Tanaka. My name is Caleb Randolph. I’m with the FBI, and this is in regard to the murder of Sylvia Tanaka.”

“Yes, you’re the one who called yesterday. I’m Mrs. Tanaka. My husband is deceased. Please come in,” she said in a heavily accented voice. Her face was lined, and her red eyes looked like tears were always close to the surface.

They followed her into the living room and sat down. “May I get you some coffee or tea?” she asked.

“No, thank you,” Cal and Liz said at the same time. “Mrs. Tanaka, we’re here to see if you know anything about your daughter’s murder, anything that you might have thought of since the sheriff originally talked to you.”

“No,” she said as tears rolled down her cheeks. “I can’t understand why anyone would have wanted to kill my daughter. I was so proud of her. To think that she was promoted to the head of the prison guards, and from a family that was at the Tule Lake Internment Camp. Her grandparents were prisoners there, and I’ve always thought that was one of the reasons she went into this type of work.”

“You must have been very proud of her. The warden spoke highly of your daughter and said she was very well-liked by the prisoners. He said there had never been any problems because of the deep respect they held for her. Her personal effects were thoroughly examined after her death, but I’m wondering if there is something more you can tell me. Maybe something personal, like a relationship.” Cal stopped talking and looked at her.

“Sylvia had many friends, but if you mean a male friend, there was no one special. She was a very devoted daughter, and she spent almost all of her free time when she wasn’t working at home with me.”

“Can you think of a telephone call or something that might have come in the mail that could provide a clue?” He noticed that her eyes shifted to the left, usually a tell to a trained investigator like Cal that she remembered something.

“No,” she said. “There was nothing.”

“Mrs. Tanaka,” Cal said gently, “I’m not here to cause you pain. I want to find out who murdered your daughter, and I think you know something you’re not telling me. Please, no matter how insignificant you might think it is, it could be very important in solving this case, as well as preventing other people from being murdered.

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