Pretty Little Killers by Berry Daleen Fuller Geoffrey C

Author:Berry, Daleen, Fuller, Geoffrey C. [Berry, Daleen and C. Fuller, Geoffrey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781940363660
Publisher: BenBella Books, Inc.

On Friday, September 7, the first warrants on individuals in the case were served on Shelia and Rachel. The girls weren’t suspects, but law enforcement wanted to find out what they were hiding.

Gaskins and Berry were in one car; Colebank and Spurlock were in another. The four officers entered UHS, went to the office, and introduced themselves. Together they should have presented a formidable front to anyone there since they represented all three levels of law enforcement: city, state, and federal.

However, even after Assistant Principal Cheesebrough, arguably the primary student liaison at UHS and the “face” of the administration, learned why the investigators were there, he was skeptical. “Those girls are good. Their skirts are too short sometimes, but they don’t do anything wrong,” he said.

Colebank wasn’t impressed. Neither, it turned out, were the other three officers. Gaskins said it was odd, the cold welcome they received at the high school. The sense of being unwelcome extended beyond the administration, they later discovered. “It felt like we were a nuisance to the teachers,” he later said.

The officers asked to talk to both girls. Cheesebrough pulled Rachel and Shelia out of class and led them back to the office. Gaskins remembered the moment well.

“They just had a big smile on their face like they had not a single worry in the world, life was good,” he said, “then they see us, and their faces fell. Like, ‘Ugh, we have to deal with you guys again?’”

Gaskins and Spurlock escorted Rachel to one room while Berry and Colebank took Shelia to a separate room. Each girl was shown the warrant, and a phone and a bag of marijuana were discovered in Shelia’s purse.

“Shelia immediately began crying, wanting us to throw it away,” Berry said. “‘Throw away the marijuana! Get rid of it!’”

Since recreational drug use was hardly a priority at that moment, Colebank turned it over to Cheesebrough.

“Here’s your little angel’s weed,” she said, tossing him the bag. “You deal with it.”

They also confiscated Rachel’s cell phone, after she agreed to give them the password. It was apparent she didn’t want to relinquish her phone. Gaskins knew a bad attitude when he saw one.

“Look Rachel,” he said quietly, “You’re either with us or you’re against us.’”

Rachel grew silent and didn’t say another word.

Back outside, Berry was the first to speak. “I’d bet a pizza their cell phones are golden.”

The four officers would continue their search for the girls’ secrets at their homes.

“Chris and I will take Rachel’s place,” a somber Gaskins said. Of the four, Gaskins was the most reserved. “We know how much you want to search Shelia’s home, Jessie.”

When Colebank saw the small smile on Gaskins’ face, her own split into a wide grin. Colebank had grown to especially dislike Shelia. She and Spurlock got into her cruiser.

“It’s go time!” Berry said as Gaskins pulled away from the curb. He couldn’t wait to see what they would find at the Shoaf house.

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