11-27-2001
Christina in Evansville, IN
Ken Kincaid and Sharon Wolfe
With Sharon's considerable strength and possibly a common household object, such as a statue or a frying pan.
Sharon was hired by Geoffrey MacIntyre, first to guard Raychel, and to watch everything she did and said, and then, finally, to kill her, and to set up Geoffrey as the killer. With Geoffrey out of the way, Ken would be free to run Terror Trax back into the ground again. The tequila bottle was there for one reason only. Sharon took Geoffrey out that night and plied him with...tequila. She got him drunk enough that he didn’t know whether he was coming or going. She snuck out of Safehaven, did the job, left the incriminating bottle there, and snuck back into Safehaven, happily oblivious to the fact that someone witnessed her stealthy return.
Sharon was “hired” 5 days before Geoffrey MacIntyre took over the helm at Terror Trax.
We also have Laura’s (somewhat dubious, but, rather believable) statement about what she says really happened that night.
I don’t think the tequila bottle was an accident. Unfortunately for Ken and Sharon, the police never made the connection between the strong odor of tequila on Geoffrey, and the broken bottle conveniently “dropped” by the killer.
Ken was waiting for a call from a co-conspirator in a murder plot that night. Which is why he was so flustered when he picked up the phone expecting his ally, and ended up speaking to the very man whose life he was trying to sabotage.
First, I assume you mean that you believe that Sharon was hired by Ken Kincaid instead of Geoffrey MacIntyre, unless you believe that she worked as a double agent between the two (which also does not seem to stretch credibility).
Also, my report titled The Scene may have been misleading, and I will expand on that here. When I stated that the entire bottle had not been recovered, it meant that the complete bottle had not been recovered. There were shards of glass found in the victim and in the kitchen and hallway (where the stabbing had been done). It was the neck of the bottle (which could have yielded damning fingerprints) that was not recovered. By piecing together the shards from the debris (and noting blood evidence on those shards) forensics was able to determine that the murder weapon was a bottle of Jose Cuervo Gold. If it was intended to become part of a frame-up, it was sloppily done. Also, it would have been ultimately futile, as Terror Trax was owned by Cain International and not Geoffrey MacIntyre.
I do like your attention to detail as to the state of individuals during their interview. I will speak with Detective Wakefield and report on that aspect at a future time. As for Ken’s suspicious behavior during his phone call from Geoffrey, you may have a very good point. But that is assuming that Ken was not at the scene of the crime. If he was, then it would make little sense for him to expect a call from a co-conspirator, wouldn’t it?
Overall, I think you make some very good points, but I would like to see something more concrete before I bring this to the police.
