Hounds, Harvest, and Homicide by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

Author:Carolyn Ridder Aspenson [Ridder Aspenson , Carolyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Magnum Grace Publishing
Published: 2019-11-19T06:00:00+00:00

I stayed up late searching the internet for anything to verify my theory but didn’t find a thing. I found hundreds of pages of links connected to Cindy, but nothing about her running for mayor, and nothing about her idea to move the shelter. I also researched George Watson, hoping I’d find something, anything, that could help my case.

Most of what I found was business related—his contributions to charities, his relationships with bigwigs in the metro Atlanta area, that kind of thing, and several articles about his daughter and her tragic death.

I could only imagine the kind of pain George experienced. Sophie Watson was only twenty when Bobby Hall killed her. He was only twenty-one. They were both so young, their whole lives still ahead of them, and in two gun shots, those lives ended. When Susan Watson found Sophie’s diary, it made the news, detailing out a year of abuse and fear for the poor girl.

Sophie broke up with Bobby after only a few months because of his physical abuse and attempts to control her, but that break up only made things worse.

Bobby came from a broken home and an abusive one too. His mother divorced his father and eventually remarried and moved to Chicago. Initially Bobby went with her, but after a few years, he moved back to Georgia and lived with his father. None of the articles said why.

I’ve read stories upon stories of the cycle of abuse continuing through a family line, that statistics show few escape that world, and I wondered if that was the case with Bobby. He was a product of his environment, and he may not have had the strength or ability to change his life path.

Bobby had a half-sister from his mother’s second marriage, but she and his mother declined any interviews.

I printed out several articles covering George Watson and then pulled up Cindy’s name again. I’d given up about halfway through the links, but thought I’d start at the last one and give it another try.

One article by Jim Deacon, the town’s busiest reporter for our local paper, caught my eye. Cindy supported a city center market development in town that required rezoning of the land, but city council had recently postponed voting on it. Several members wanted to review the development’s plans further before making a decision. The project was designed by a company named Breckenridge and Stout, a development firm with several similarly developed properties around the Atlanta area.

I knew Cindy worked for Breckenridge and Stout, but what I didn’t know was that she was a principle owner of the company. The article was a year old, so I searched through city council records to find the meeting video and notes. It took me a bit, but I found them, and fast-forwarded through the meeting to the discussion of the project.

A representative from the firm addressed council, showing a well-designed plan along with the jobs it could bring to the community. He stressed the economic benefits so much it sounded as though he thought the project would save a dying community.

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