by Doris Miller
PARTMENT AROUND AN HOUR AGO! SHE IS IN POLICE CUSTODY RIGHT NOW FOR QUESTIONING!"
"WHAT! WHAT DID DANA DO?"
"I DON'T KNOW, BUT THE POLICE HAVE HER IN THE BACK ROOM SOMEWHERE! I'M DOWN AT THE POLICE STATION RIGHT NOW!"
"OKAY TONY! JUST STAY PUT! I'M ON MY WAY DOWN THERE!" David hangs up the telephone! Soon, the rest of Dana's family hears the news of her arrest! They all become hysterical! They soon rush out of the house and rush to their cars! They are all wondering what is going on and why was Dana picked up by the police! As they rush to the police station, they turn on the car radio and listen to the gospel, 'Jesus Walk With Me.' They are all scared and nervous.
Dana's family soon reach the police station and enter into the lobby! Officer Reid, a male white around his mid 40's comes out to the lobby! He comes out to Dana's family as David angrily shouts to him, "HELLO, MY NAME IS DAVID BROWN! THAT'S MY DAUGHTER DANA THAT I HEAR YOU HAVE BACK THERE IN CUSTODY!"
"Oh yeah? Well your daughter Dana is being questioned for a homicide of an ex-co-worker of hers!"
"WHAT!" David and his family shockingly shout! "HOMICIDE OF AN EX-CO-WORKER?"
"That's right!"
David and his family try to see Dana, but cannot! They want to know what the heck is going on in the back!
In the back room, Dana sits in a chair as she shouts to several police officers, "I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT GUY!"
Police Officer Kersh, a male white around his mid 40's, sits in front of Dana and shouts, "WHERE WERE YOU THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER?"
"I TOLD YOU, I STAYED AT A COUSIN'S HOUSE!"
"WHAT COUSIN?"
"HER NAME IS NANCY!"
Officer Kersh tells Dana to get in touch with this cousin Nancy to verify her alibi. Dana calls up her cousin Nancy. Nancy picks up the telephone and says, "Hello?"
"Hey Nancy, it's me Dana! The police wants to speak to you!"
Officer Kersh takes the phone receiver out of Dana's hand! He speaks on the phone and says, "Hello who's this?"
"This is Nancy!"
"Hello Nancy. My name is Officer Kersh from the police department. Nancy, I would like to ask you some questions, if you don't mind."
"You would like to ask me some questions?"
"Yes."
"What questions?"
"Nancy, do you have a cousin named Dana? A cousin named Dana Brown?"
"Do I have a cousin named Dana Brown?"
"Yes."
"Yes, I do! Yes I do have a cousin named Dana Brown! Why? What's going on?"
"Where was your cousin Dana last Friday night?"
"Where was my cousin Dana last Friday night?"
"That's right."
"Dana was with me!"
"She was with you?"
"Yes! She was with me! Why? What's going on?"
"Where were you two last Friday night?"
"We were both at my house last Friday night!"
"You were both at your house?"
"Yes!"
"Why was your cousin Dana at your house last Friday night?"
"She came to visit me."
"Why was she visiting you?"
"We're cousins! She's my family! That's why she came to visit me!"
"I understand that, but I need to know why did your cousin Dana visit you that particular night?"
"I was real depressed that night! I had some personal problems! I had recently broke up from a relationship! I needed somebody to talk to, so Dana stayed with me at my house the whole night!"
"From what time did your cousin Dana stayed at your house?"
"Oh she first came by my house at around 4:30 Friday afternoon! Then she stayed until around 12:30 after midnight! Why, is there something wrong?"
"Yes Miss Nancy! We needed some answers!"
"Some answers? Answers for what?"
"A homicide investigation!"
"A HOMICIDE?"
"Yes! Miss Nancy you might have to appear in court!"
"IN COURT?"
"Yes! We need you to verify an alibi, alright?"
"AN ALIBI?"
"Yes!"
"AN ALIBI FOR WHAT? FOR WHOM?"
"We'll take care of that part when you go to court, okay?"
"Oh. Alright."
"Okay Miss Nancy. Sorry to bother you."
"That's alright."
"Good-bye." Officer Kersh hangs up the telephone. He then says to Dana, "Okay Miss Brown, your cousin Nancy claims that you were with her last Friday night."
"See? See what I told you? I told you that I was with my cousin Nancy! I told you that me and my cousin Nancy were together at her house that night! Now if you would excuse me officers, I have a lot of things to do," Dana smartly says as she is about to get up from the chair.
Officer Kersh sits Dana back down in the chair and shouts, "YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE MISS BROWN! THE ONLY PLACE YOU'RE GOING IS TO THE SLAMMER!" Dana shockingly and stunned looks at Officer Kersh!
In the front lobby of the police station, Dana's family is still shouting all over the place! Joseph and Teresa soon show up! They and Dana's family start to hear shouting coming from the back room! They all try to go towards the back room to where Dana is, but Officer Reid stops them! Officer Kersh comes out to Dana's family. Officer Reid tells Kersh, "This is the woman's family! This is her father," as he points to David.
Officer Kersh tells David, "Your daughter Dana is being arrested for suspicion of murder!"
"WHAT! SUSPICION OF MURDER?" David and his family shockingly shout! David then shouts, "WHAT MURDER? WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?"
"An Indian fellow that had worked at your daughter's old job was slain in the Bronx last Friday night!" David and his family become shocked as Officer Kersh continues, "He was found with his head bashed in right outside his apartment building! His skull was fractured! He had died later on at the hospital from a hard blow to the head!" David's family becomes more shocked and stunned as Officer Kersh continues, "We think your daughter might have had something to do with his murder!"
"WHAT!" David and his family shout! David then shouts, "WHAT MAKES YOU THINK MY DAUGHTER HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT MURDER? I MEAN WHAT DOES THIS GUY'S MURDER HAVE TO DO WITH MY DAUGHTER? IF AN EX-CO-WORKER OF MY DAUGHTER'S WAS SLAIN, WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT SHE WAS INVOLVED?"
Officer Kersh angrily waves long sheets of paper in David's face and shouts, "BECAUSE OF YOUR DAUGHTER'S HISTORY! WE HAVE YOUR DAUGHTER'S HISTORY RIGHT HERE ON RECORD! WE KNOW YOUR DAUGHTER'S HISTORY OF HAVING A VIOLENT TEMPER! WE HAVE HER FINGERPRINTS RIGHT HERE ON FILE! YOUR DAUGHTER HAS A LONG HISTORY OF ASSAULT CHARGES AGAINST HER AND WE KNOW THAT SHE HAS HAD A FEW MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES AND A FEW SUSPICIOUS MURDER CHARGES AGAINST HER IN THE PAST! WE CHECKED OUT THE VICTIM'S INFORMATION FROM HIS FAMILY AND FROM HIS JOB I.D. WE FOUND OUT WHERE HE HAD WORKED! WE CONTACTED HIS JOB! WE FOUND OUT FROM A FEW EMPLOYEES THERE THAT THE VICTIM HAD A PROBLEM WITH YOUR DAUGHTER A WEEK BEFORE HE WAS KILLED! WE FOUND OUT THAT THE VICTIM HAD CAUSED YOUR DAUGHTER AND A FRIEND OF YOUR DAUGHTER'S NAMED TERESA TO GET FIRED AND REMOVED FROM THEIR JOB! WE FIGURED THAT YOUR DAUGHTER MIGHT HAVE RETALIATED AGAINST THIS GUY SOMEHOW!"
"OH YEAH?
"YES!"
"WELL THIS IS TERESA RIGHT HERE," David shouts as he brings Teresa to Officer Kersh!
"Oh yeah?"
"YES!"
"Teresa," Officer Kersh says. "Did you and Miss Dana Brown worked together at a stockroom department in Long Island City?"
"Yes we did."
"Is it true that you and Miss Dana Brown were both fired and removed from your jobs at the stockroom?"
"Yes we were."
"Why?"
"I really don't know why."
"THAT STILL DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING!" David shouts! "THAT STILL DOESN'T MEAN THAT MY DAUGHTER KILLED THE GUY! ANYBODY COULD HAVE KILLED HIM! IT MIGHT HAVE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THEIR JOB! WERE MY DAUGHTER'S FINGERPRINTS AT THE SCENE?"
"No!" Officer Kersh says. "Your daughter's fingerprints were
not fou
nd at the scene! We didn't find any fingerprints at the scene, but we're investigating on it! We don't want to take any chances though! But to be on the safe side, your daughter has to be sent to jail!"
"WHAT!" David and his family shockingly shout! They all become hysterical!
"Your daughter will remain in jail until her court date!"
David and his family remain shocked and stunned! They try to go to the back room to see Dana, but are not allowed to. They continue to be hostile at the police station!
After a short while, Dana is sent off to Central Booking. Her family leaves out of the police station and hop into their several cars. They follow the police car which Dana is in, to Central Booking. They stay at Central Booking all night.
A few hours pass. Dana is now being sent off to jail. She will remain locked up in jail, until her court date.
After being at the police station and Central Booking all night long, David and his family start to head for home.
Chapter 26
Christine's Anger