Slaughter on North Lasalle by Robert L. Snow

Author:Robert L. Snow [Snow, Robert L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781101585177
Publisher: Berkley Books
Published: 2012-07-02T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

In the spring of 1992, soon after asking Louise Cole to have Carroll Horton contact her, Carol Schultz received a telephone call from him. She said in her book that she told him that she was looking for the Diane Horton who had known the three men killed in the North LaSalle Street murders, and wondered if that was his ex-wife. The silence, Schultz said, stretched out for several seconds before he finally answered, yes, they had been divorced for a long time, but that they had been married once. Schultz then told him who she was and that she was writing about the North LaSalle Street murders. She knew that Diane Horton had been dating Bob Gierse at the time of his murder, and wasn’t sure how cooperative her ex-husband would be, but she took a breath and then asked him if he would be willing to help her get in contact with Diane. Horton surprised her with his willingness to help, and told her that even though Diane had moved to Florida some time ago and they hadn’t spoken in years, he would see if he could get a telephone number for her.

Horton then went on to tell Schultz about how the case had deeply affected his ex-wife, and about how emotionally distraught she had been for a long time afterward. The suddenness and savagery of the murders had crushed her. In truth, Horton said, he didn’t believe his ex-wife had ever really gotten over it, and probably never would. Hearing this, Schultz felt that she had found a sympathetic ear, and so she decided to tell Horton the whole story about how she’d gotten interested in the case. She then went on to tell him about Margo and Michael Ray, and about how she’d identified the man with the strange eyes, who she believed had committed the murders.

Horton then surprised her by saying he had actually been inside the North LaSalle Street house on the day of the murders. He told her that he had seen the carnage firsthand, and he had seen the blood-soaked sheets covering the bodies. According to an article in NUVO, he claimed that he had been able to just walk past the police barrier, up onto the porch, where he said he told the officer guarding the door that he knew the three murdered men had been international spies. According to Horton, the officer, upon hearing this and apparently impressed, let him in to have a look around. How much of this tale Schultz believed is unclear, but although it was true that too many people trampled through the scene that day, they were nevertheless all police officers—no member of the general public would ever have been allowed inside (especially not one who was on the early suspect list like Carroll Horton, whose ex-wife was dating one of the victims). Regardless of what Horton told Schultz, homicide detectives don’t allow sightseers into the crime scene. Homicide crime scenes are severely restricted areas, and anyone allowed into the crime scene is noted on the crime scene access list.

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