Cult Justice by Carstens Dennis

Author:Carstens, Dennis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dennis Carstens
Published: 2019-09-12T16:00:00+00:00

Jordan Simmons’ roommate, Patti, heard a loud, almost demanding knock on their apartment door. It was unexpected and startled her for a moment. She was in her bedroom getting dressed after a shower and struggled into a pair of jeans while hurrying to check it out.

A step before she reached the door, whoever it was gave three or four more loud raps. Patti put her eye to the keyhole and saw two people, an older white man and a younger, Hispanic woman. Both were dressed in office-type clothing except the man’s suit was obviously an inexpensive, off-the-rack one. Cops, Patti thought as she unlocked the door. She opened it but kept the chain lock in place.

“Can I help you?” she asked, looking at them through the partially open door.

The man held up a Minneapolis detective shield and politely said, “We’re with the Minneapolis Police. We’ve had a report of a missing young woman, Jordan Simmons. Her mother gave us this as her address. Do you know her?”

“Um, yeah. Jordan’s my roommate,” Patti nervously replied.

“May we come in?” he asked.

“Uh, yeah. Ah, sure,” she answered. Patti closed the door, removed the chain and showed them into the apartment.

The men standing in the living room introduced themselves as Detective Mel Lewis and Officer Olivia Nunez. They had decided ahead of time that Nunez would question the roommate. Jordan’s mother had told the police who she was.

“May we sit down?” Nunez pleasantly asked nodding at a somewhat shabby couch.

“Oh, sorry, yeah, sure,” Patti replied, then scooped up an armful of laundered clothing from the couch. She tossed the clothes into her bedroom then went back and sat down facing the two police officers.

“I haven’t seen Jordan for, I don’t know, at least a week,” she quickly said before being asked.

“Are you Patricia Munson?” Nunez asked, looking at her notebook.

“Oh, yeah, sorry. I’m a little nervous. I don’t have much to do with police.”

“It’s okay,” Nunez said with a smile. “We’re here because Jordan’s parents are worried about her.”

“Her mom,” Patti said. “She doesn’t talk to her dad. She says he’s an asshole. Sorry, I mean…”

“It’s okay,” Nunez said again. “Did she ever say anything about her dad hurting her?”

“No, no, nothing like that. He’s just, I don’t know, pretty conservative and doesn’t approve of her degree program. She’s in school at Midwest going for a degree in environmental studies. He wanted her to do something more practical. She says they argue about it a lot. He’s paying for it.”

“She’s been gone for a week, and you didn’t call her parents or anyone else?” Lewis asked a little roughly.

“It’s not unusual. I just met her a couple of months ago. We run in different circles. Different friends. We don’t have the same schedule at school, and we both have jobs. She answered an ad I put in the school paper for a roommate. So, we can go days without seeing each other. She paid her share of the rent for November.”

“You don’t know who any of her friends might be?” Nunez asked.

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