You Bet Your Life by Jessica Fletcher & Donald Bain

Author:Jessica Fletcher & Donald Bain [Fletcher, Jessica & Bain, Donald]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery
ISBN: 9780451207210
Publisher: Signet
Published: 2001-12-31T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

“This is Beth Karas. I’m standing outside the Clark County Courthouse, where prosecutor Shelby Fordice surprised observers this morning by having a witness try on the infamous silver lamé gloves alleged to have been worn by the killer of wealthy Las Vegas businessman Victor Kildare.”

“Echoes of the O. J. Simpson trial, right, Beth?”

“Right, Sheila, and just as in that case, the glove didn’t fit. Store owner Matt Jenkins, who sold a pair of silver lamé slots gloves to Kildare as a wedding gift for his wife, couldn’t get his hand into the glove.”

“Jenkins is no dainty fellow, but what does this mean for the trial?”

“Much less than it did in the Simpson case, Jenkins is not the accused. And we already know the gloves will fit the defendant, Martha Kildare, and that she had a pair identical to the ones in court, if those aren’t actually hers. Forensics showed these gloves were worn by the killer, but Fordice still has to prove that Martha Kildare was the one wearing them.”

“Any other developments, Beth?”

“The rest of the morning was taken up with a phone company representative, who verified that the defendant hadn’t used her cell phone during the hours the murder took place. In fact, there were no calls at all recorded for that phone on that date.”

“Why was that important?”

“You’ll remember that the defense claims Jane, Victor Kildare’s daughter, was supposed to meet her stepmother for lunch but never showed up. The prosecution argues that anyone who was stood up would call to find out what happened. Defense attorney Nastasi did a good job of establishing during his cross-examination that Martha Kildare might have used a pay phone to try to find out what happened to Jane, but that the one at the restaurant wasn’t working.”

“Had the prosecution subpoenaed phone records from the restaurant?”

“No, but Nastasi had, and the records showed the phone was out of order on that date. Of course, Nastasi’s goal is to raise a reasonable doubt about his client’s guilt in the mind of at least one juror.”

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