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you heard the gunshot?" asks
Jacob.
"Yeah, I'm sure." replies Billy.
"All right, when you were hanging around
outside, did you see anything else suspicious?" inquires Jacob.
"Naw ... well, maybe. I saw a car that kept
drivin' by real slow. I never seen 'em stop though." Billy
adds.
"Can you describe the car?" asks Jacob.
"Dark sedan, four doors, tinted windows,
pretty common." responds Billy.
"Did you take anything out of Ms. Bowen's SUV
that night Billy?"
"I don't remember" says Billy.
Jacob looks at his notes, "Well, Billy, I
think you should know that we found your fingerprints ..."
"No you didn't, I was wearing gloves!" cries
Billy.
"You didn't let me finish Billy. We found
your fingerprints on the blue tooth headset that you hocked at
Glenn's Pawn and Gun shop ... the same blue tooth headset that you
took from the console of Jana Bowen's SUV in the parking lot that
night. We have the transaction at Glenn's on video. Since we know
that headset was in the console along with her 9MM Glock, it stands
to reason that you took the gun too."
Billy is sweating profusely now. "You ain't
got nothing on me! I took the headset but there weren't no gun in
that car!!"
"You're sure a gun wasn't in the car?" asks
Jacob.
"Very sure," replies Billy.
Jacob thanks Billy and walks out of the room
as the sheriff comes in to escort Billy back to his cell. When Bill
Hargess returns to the office, Jacob asks "Did you get that on
video?"
"Yes and the prosecutor witnessed it too"
replies the sheriff.
About that time the prosecutor joins them in
the office and says, "Well, Jacob, it sounds like there may be more
to this case than I first thought. Do you really have video of the
transaction at Glenn's and how do you know the headset was
hers?"
Jacob replies, "I picked up the video this
morning and the headset matches the exact description of the one
she said was taken from her console right down to the scratches
caused when she dropped it on pavement. The timeline fits too."
"How about the gun powder residue? How do you
explain that?" asks the prosecutor.
"All of the information is in the Discovery
packet that I dropped off at your office this morning. I got a copy
of the sign in log from The Bullet Trap in Bozeman verifying that
she was there that very morning for target practice. She had to
register and show her CHL from Texas to be allowed to
practice."
"If the gun wasn't in the console of her car,
who do you think took it out? Maybe she had it in her purse all
along."
"She says she put it in the console when she
left The Bullet Trap" responds Jason.
"What about the person that supposedly yelled
Frank Gibbons name and distracted him? Any idea who that was?" asks
the prosecutor.
"I don't have a clue about that one. But if I
had to guess, I would look for the person or persons in that dark
sedan. Rest assured though that Billy Bragg will be at the top of
the defense witness list at the trial. Bill, I'll expect a copy of
that video by tomorrow." states Jacob
Jacob drives straight to the airport in
Butte. While he is waiting for the pilot to finish preparing the
jet for his return flight he places a call to the private
investigator Tom Christensen.
"Tom, this is Jacob Murray."
"Hey Jacob, what's up?" asks Tom
Christenson.
Jacob thanks him for the information and
video from Glenn's on the blue tooth headset and then tells Tom
about his interview with Billy Bragg. He asks him to try to locate
the person or persons from the dark sedan. He explains that he has
reason to believe that Jana was followed not only by Frank Gibbons
in his beat up blue pickup but also by an unknown person in a dark
sedan. He asks him to check as many surveillance videos as he can
get his hands on to see if the dark sedan appears. He is especially
interested in seeing if the sedan shows up on anything from the
truck stop, the hotel, The Bullet Trap in Bozeman or the restaurant
in Dillon. Time is short so he asks him to hurry.
Tom tells Jacob everything
Jacob.
"Yeah, I'm sure." replies Billy.
"All right, when you were hanging around
outside, did you see anything else suspicious?" inquires Jacob.
"Naw ... well, maybe. I saw a car that kept
drivin' by real slow. I never seen 'em stop though." Billy
adds.
"Can you describe the car?" asks Jacob.
"Dark sedan, four doors, tinted windows,
pretty common." responds Billy.
"Did you take anything out of Ms. Bowen's SUV
that night Billy?"
"I don't remember" says Billy.
Jacob looks at his notes, "Well, Billy, I
think you should know that we found your fingerprints ..."
"No you didn't, I was wearing gloves!" cries
Billy.
"You didn't let me finish Billy. We found
your fingerprints on the blue tooth headset that you hocked at
Glenn's Pawn and Gun shop ... the same blue tooth headset that you
took from the console of Jana Bowen's SUV in the parking lot that
night. We have the transaction at Glenn's on video. Since we know
that headset was in the console along with her 9MM Glock, it stands
to reason that you took the gun too."
Billy is sweating profusely now. "You ain't
got nothing on me! I took the headset but there weren't no gun in
that car!!"
"You're sure a gun wasn't in the car?" asks
Jacob.
"Very sure," replies Billy.
Jacob thanks Billy and walks out of the room
as the sheriff comes in to escort Billy back to his cell. When Bill
Hargess returns to the office, Jacob asks "Did you get that on
video?"
"Yes and the prosecutor witnessed it too"
replies the sheriff.
About that time the prosecutor joins them in
the office and says, "Well, Jacob, it sounds like there may be more
to this case than I first thought. Do you really have video of the
transaction at Glenn's and how do you know the headset was
hers?"
Jacob replies, "I picked up the video this
morning and the headset matches the exact description of the one
she said was taken from her console right down to the scratches
caused when she dropped it on pavement. The timeline fits too."
"How about the gun powder residue? How do you
explain that?" asks the prosecutor.
"All of the information is in the Discovery
packet that I dropped off at your office this morning. I got a copy
of the sign in log from The Bullet Trap in Bozeman verifying that
she was there that very morning for target practice. She had to
register and show her CHL from Texas to be allowed to
practice."
"If the gun wasn't in the console of her car,
who do you think took it out? Maybe she had it in her purse all
along."
"She says she put it in the console when she
left The Bullet Trap" responds Jason.
"What about the person that supposedly yelled
Frank Gibbons name and distracted him? Any idea who that was?" asks
the prosecutor.
"I don't have a clue about that one. But if I
had to guess, I would look for the person or persons in that dark
sedan. Rest assured though that Billy Bragg will be at the top of
the defense witness list at the trial. Bill, I'll expect a copy of
that video by tomorrow." states Jacob
Jacob drives straight to the airport in
Butte. While he is waiting for the pilot to finish preparing the
jet for his return flight he places a call to the private
investigator Tom Christensen.
"Tom, this is Jacob Murray."
"Hey Jacob, what's up?" asks Tom
Christenson.
Jacob thanks him for the information and
video from Glenn's on the blue tooth headset and then tells Tom
about his interview with Billy Bragg. He asks him to try to locate
the person or persons from the dark sedan. He explains that he has
reason to believe that Jana was followed not only by Frank Gibbons
in his beat up blue pickup but also by an unknown person in a dark
sedan. He asks him to check as many surveillance videos as he can
get his hands on to see if the dark sedan appears. He is especially
interested in seeing if the sedan shows up on anything from the
truck stop, the hotel, The Bullet Trap in Bozeman or the restaurant
in Dillon. Time is short so he asks him to hurry.
Tom tells Jacob everything
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