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Ken The Ravenclaw 09-Nov-22 02:51 PM
TW: Murder, crime, trama, panic, hopelessness, more to be added as we go
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Dean Weston BOT 09-Nov-22 05:10 PM
Looking up at the Police station Infront of him, people would assume that he was going in to bail a buddy out after a long night of partying, or pulling pranks of his neighbors, or any number of things young adults get into . But for Dean, this wasn't any young adult thing, this trip was his last hope. He has tried so many different police agencies in the US, and he has been laughed in his face. He needed help solving his mother's murder, that has been closed for 17 years, and every time he tried to bring it up, he would be laughed at, and thrown out of the building. He had a feeling today would be different at least he hopped this one would be different. Instead of going into the building like a normal person, Dean decided to climb the fire escape, trying to get to the main detective John Grimes office. hoping no one would be in there, he could put an extra copy of the case on the desk in hopes that the detective would be believe the chief had asked the detective to work this case. this was a long stretch but a guy could hope. Dean very careful picked the window lock like he has done so many times before, being as careful as he could, sneaking into the office. he was so thankful the light were off, it would be a less chance of him getting seen. as he walked to the desk, getting the file from his messenger bag, his worst nightmare happened. suddenly the lamp on the desk switched on, and the chair turned reviling the detective himself. Deans face paled as he froze in fear, he had one option, run. he went to make a break for the window completely forgetting he had closed it on the way in. which meant he had no escape, he gulped preparing to be arrested.....again. @Jake
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Detective John Grimes BOT 09-Nov-22 10:50 PM
"Detective," the Chief would say with a sigh, "I know you are new in town and you want to make a big impression, but this is not the way to do it. The Weston case is not something that should be part of your time here. We have other pressing matters..." That was all John Grimes needed to hear in the moment. Since he was added to the lead detectives team in the city, he had been looking for that one crime, that one unsolvable mystery to get him on the board, to make a name in this department and this city. Was he using it as a way to get his name out there? Sure, but wouldn't anyone? John Grimes was moved to the city from a small town upstate. One that definitely didn't see as much crime... or even corruption... as this city. He would grab a back of cigarettes from his pocket, smacking the pack against his hand with a smile as he stood in front of his door, talking with the Chief, before pulling one out and sticking it between his teeth, holding it while he lit it up. As the first poof of smoke would pool from his lips, he would look over at the Chief, "This woman has been dead for 17 years, Jimmy," he would say, all formalities dropped in the conversation, "You are telling me you have no lies, no motivated, nothing... What about her family, huh?" With that, the Chief would scuff as he would turn to move down the hallway, "Your funeral, John," he would say as he continued, "This better not take away from your other work. If it does, I swear to God, I will have your gun and badge on my desk by the morning!" John smirked as he would move through the door. Sitting at the desk, he took a moment to the dark, just to himself. The glow of the cigarette the only light in the room, until he would see the flicker of something in the window. He couldn't help but smirk to himself at the ridiculousness of the situation as a freckled face teenager seemed to come barging into his office through the fire escape.
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Flipping on the lamp in front of his desk finally would seem to catch the kids attention as the kid would finally notice him sitting at his desk. Startled, the kid looked to almost run head first into the window, almost pulling a chuckle from the detective, "That wasn't smart at all, kid," John would say as he would lay his .38 Special on top of the desk, "Who are you, what do you want?"
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Dean Weston BOT 09-Nov-22 11:29 PM
Deans eyes widened even more when he saw the weapon on the table, his eyes flicked from the table, to the detective and back. This definitely wasn't like the other times, he hasn't had a weapon pulled on him before, well not by an officer. He tightly wrapped his hands around his messenger bag's strap, holding his head high as he trembled looking at the detective with a serious look. "Im here to demand my mothwrs case be properly looked over. She was murdered, I do not care what the officers then said! She was not a drunk, she was happy, kind caring, and amazing. " He said as his voice began to tremble, he was very passionate about this case, amd he wasn't going to allow another person laugh at him. He pulled out the spare file and shoved it infront of the officer still glaring angrily as he spoke. “Juniper Weston was 19 when she was found dead outside of our home, there is no sign of struggle, or physical evidence of trauma. Neighbors and friends had said she had been complaining of chest pain, but her husband said she was very healthy and hasn't mentioned anything to him around the time of the murder." He said as if was reading the file. The poor teen looked more and more broken as he spoke of the case. "My father, auntie and uncle were ripped from my life. I was 8 when your men snatched me from my home in the middle of the night. I have spent years alone, trying to clear my father's names. " He said sounding furious as he gave the dective the file before he pace slightly "But every person I have spoken too, has done nothing but laugh in my face and mocked me! My mother is dead and all they can do is tell me not to get my hopes up, because it was my father. Well I do not believe them, and I will not allow their mockery and teasing be pointed to my mother. So please, help me" He said tears welling up in his eyes. He was just so upset and devastated, he couldn't take another heart break. @Jake
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Detective John Grimes BOT 09-Nov-22 11:37 PM
Detective Grimes would put the gun down on the table, placing the cigarette from his mouth into a nearby ash tray. He smirked at the kid as he placed the envelope in his face like he didn't have an updated one sitting in front of him. As he opened the file, he would begin to read through the evidence of the case. He couldn't help but smirk, the kid knew his stuff. "Well, kid," he said as he looked up at him, tears beginning to fill his eyes, "It's your lucky day. You see, something told me I needed to look into this case. Didn't know it was your mother, but I knew that something was fishy here. So, I decided to do some digging myself..." He placed the folder of the kid down next to the folder he had of hers already, "So, yeah, I believe you. Do I think that it was your father? I don't know, I ain't dug that far... Does he still claim innocent in the cling? He does... Which makes me more interested on what you have for me..."
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Dean Weston BOT 10-Nov-22 06:51 AM
Deans eyes widened, this has never happened before, in the years of trying to find help, he finally did. He looked like he was going to faint because he was so releaved, he was so thankful. He stayed silent for a few moments, trying to regain his composer. He slowly nodded whispering a thank you, listening to the words he said. "Thank you so much sir, I have been trying to find people to help me for years, but I have been mocked, laughed at and told to ignore it and go about my life. But this is my mother, my mother died. And my family was taken away, how can I just forget about it?" He said quickly wiping his tears away He nodded grabbing his own file from his bag, it was three times the size of the file Grimes had. He carefully opened it with such ease as he began to talk. "I have plenty, I have spent the last 10 years trying to figure out what had happened, I have gained the trust of those who knew my mom, and has gained enemies of people who hated her. And I have narrowed it down to a few people, I have even interagated my own father through letters....tho I haven't gotten any in return speaking of the case. " He replied running a hand through his hair anxiously. He had a tight hold of the file, he wasn't going to let this one go so easily.. "So, when do we start? Now I can do now, the jail is only a 2 hour walk from here, if we go now then we can make it before sunrise." He said carefully putting the file back in his bag. @Jake
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Detective John Grimes BOT 15-Nov-22 09:04 AM
"I ain't saying I will hel..." before he could finish the sentence, the kid was already moving through his bag and placing another large folder on the counter, one that was much larger than the one that he thought that they had, he had done his research, "Kid... I..." Again interrupted before he could begin his next sentence as he would begin to go over what he had there... "We are not starting..." Grimms would stop him as he suggested going to the jail house, "I am more interested in what you have learned, but maybe you should leave the police work to the actual police, son..." His voice, the accent coming more Southern as he wasn't able to hide it from the frantic nature of his newest player in this case, "Why don't we take it from the top here," he said as he would bring the cigarette back to his lips, "What is your ideas on the case?"
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Dean Weston BOT 15-Nov-22 09:28 AM
Dean paused, the suggestion of leaving the police work to the police offered him greatly. He narrowed gus eyes picking up the files putting them back in his bag, as he huffed. "Acutally, I have, and they laughed in my face and made comments about my mother's body, as well as laughed when they found out my uncle was put to death. If you are not going to help me, and only using my mothers case as a learning opportunity I will be keeping the case to my self." He snapped. "You take it from the top, do you have any idea, how long I have been waiting for someone to help me, give me resources that I can use to actually use to save my father, to put my poor mother to rest! " He asked becoming a bit frantic. "No! No you don't, because then you wouldn't suggest for me to leave this to the police. The police has done nothing but laugh, and tell me to give up. I will not give up until the murder Is put away!" He said glaring Dean was tired, he had spent many years trying to solve this case, and to be told to leave it to the same people who has refused to help him for years, was a slap to the face. "I will not be giving you my ideas if you refuse to help. Figure it out yourself." @Jake
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Detective John Grimes BOT 15-Nov-22 10:23 PM
John was taken aback by his comments and his disrespect. In his part of the world, no one would ever even dare walk into a police station and demand something like this, let alone break into it and then go demanding things like this... He sighed as he took a drag of the cigarette, placing it back on the counter, "You got spunk, kid," he said with a bit of a smirk, "I will give you that, but this is not some game to me either. Nor is it is a learning experience as you claim. This is a 18 year old cold case. One that I intend to clear off the records, ya hear? Now, you can do one of two things here, you can either sit and talk to me, let me figure out if you are the help I need on this or..." He grabbed the revolver on the table again, putting his hands on the cocked trigger, "Or I can take you down stairs right now and have you charged from breaking and entering a police station with the intention of tampering with evidence, your call."
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Dean Weston BOT 15-Nov-22 10:47 PM
Dean paused, watching the man infront of him, he wasn't sure how to feel, norw so when the revolver was picked up. He sighed slowly going over to the chair infront of John, sitting his bag down on his lap, before looking back up to the man. "Yes sir, I'll sit and talk." He agreed carefully pulling the files back out, he gave John the smallest of the two as he looked up. "Im sorry, I'm use to people laughing at me. I just want my family to be okay....I haven't seen them in so long, or heard from them I'm really worried." He admitted carefully leaning back in the seat. The poor guy looked exhausted, spending every waking moment trying to solve his mother's case was beginning to take a total on his physical and mental state. He had became very attached to the file in hand, and wasn't willing nor able to let it go. So he carefully hugged the big file to his chest looking at John with wide worried eyes "What do you need to know, I am willing to tell you everything you need to know....I also am not afraid of being arrested, it will not be the first or last time I have been Sir." He said with a straight face obviously not joking @Jake
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Detective John Grimes BOT 15-Nov-22 10:54 PM
His hand would slowly place the gun back onto the counter, before finding the idea better to put it in the drawer beside of him. The kid definitely seemed a touched unhinged in the moment. He looked over at him with a smile while the gun was placed in the drawer, "Well, kid," he would say with a sigh, "Talk to me like I have no idea what is going on with this. I have very basic knowledge. So, any information would be well appreciated... Let's start with this...?" He would bring the official record and folder of her case out, placing it on the counter, "Why is that folder bigger than mine? What does it contain?"
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Dean Weston BOT 15-Nov-22 11:04 PM
"Well, you only have what the police was willing to put in, very little details and very little information. I started my work, in finding out how my mother died at the age of 8, when I arrived at my first foster home. From there I worked 10 years in gathering ad much information, not matter how small and useless it would seem. I have everything from what my mother was doing the week of her mother all the way up to every single person who lived in our camp, and city. Anyone who had any impact in her life, is in this file, alone with information about them, like if they had a good relationship ship with her or not. " He explained. Dean carefully pointing to the file he gave John, as he took a soft deep breath. "Your official file is smaller, because the details arnt well looked into, it is all buiness no personal feelings are put into it. Mine, mine is very personal. I have old letters from my parents, photos, letters that were sent to my mother, all from kind to unusal." He explained carefully setting the File on his lap, pulling out a photo of him, and his parents when he was only 2 months old. He looked very anxious if John reach out to touch the photo, but he let him take it. "I never got to properly meet my mom, she died the day I turned 12 months old. I just want her to be laid to rest." @Jake
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Detective John Grimes BOT 15-Nov-22 11:17 PM
He would listen intently as he would begin to tell his story. He would reach into the bottom drawer of his cabinet, pulling out a brand new blank notebook, a spiral kind that seemed new for this generation. He had bought several of them, one to begin with each case he would be working on. Right now, this seemed as good a place as any. "So, the official word and final cause of death, and..." he sighed for a moment, "You want to play detective, I am going to talk to you like one kid, I ain't taking the fact she is your mother or your feelings into consideration when I talk..." He would look down at the file, opening his on the table, "The official report says your father strangled your mother to death, we have several neighbors who said they fought constantly, but nothing in my file is pointing in another direction than that. Convince me otherwise."
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Dean Weston BOT 15-Nov-22 11:28 PM
Dean gave a nod, opening his own file placing the photo back carefully. He began to pull put some papers as he began to read off his own evidence. "Dont take my feelings into consideration sir, I will give you the facts and we will go from there." He promised. "Maddox Weston, born July 4th 1949 to a Henry and London Weston. You got sinking of 7 children who were all taken into foster care, after their mother had brutally murdered his father for having an affair at the office. He met Juniper Weston while he was on the run with the circus. They fell in love and began a life together. The night of the murder my father and mother had an argument about going back to the circus, the father believed Newyork had nothing for them, while my mother said our camp was the perfect place for us to live. My father left for the night and returned to find officers outside of our tent threatening him." Dean read robotically as he carefully pointed to the file where he had several eye witnesses who have made testimony of seeing his father out of town the night of the murder. "If you do not believe me. One of the witnesses if my fathers best friend Neil Young , he is willing to give testimony of you wish to speak with him. He has moved back south but I am sure if we send a letter to him, he will get back to you as soon as he can." @Jake
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Detective John Grimes BOT 15-Nov-22 11:33 PM
John would continue to write down all the information that he was giving him, noting to cross check this with the official records and officers on scene statements as well, but he looked over at the kid as he noted that a Neil Young would remember, "Problem is we don't have this Southern man around anyhow..." he would sigh as he looked down at the notes, "Is he a valid witness? Was he on the scene the night of the murder?"
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Dean Weston BOT 15-Nov-22 11:37 PM
"He is a relyable sore, he was not on scene of the murder, he was in a bar , pulling my father off the floor after finding him in shambles about the fight." He replied looking at John with wide eyes. "Neil can be here within a week, we just need to let him know. Another witness I'm afraid I cannot have give testimony. He has sadly passed away, for reasons I wish not to discuss, do to his death being to fresh." He replied looking back down to his paperwork in hand. @Jake
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Detective John Grimes BOT 15-Nov-22 11:40 PM
He would give him a raised eyebrow at not wanting to discuss why the other witness was unable to give testimony, but would not push the issue and question it any further. "Give me us address," he would say as he continued to scribble, "I will see what I can do to get him here." After Dean would give him the address, he would look up at him, "But, I fear that him being at the bar with your father," he would say after opening the folder, "I am assuming after the time of the murder per the report, is not something that will help us here. He could have been there after the fact."
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Dean Weston BOT 15-Nov-22 11:44 PM
He wrote down the Adress and gave it to John fairly quickly, he nodded as he looked at the file. "Yes well, it never looks good amd that's what I told Neil, but he promised that everything would be okay so I trust him." He suddnelt said, not meaning for the last part to sound as harsh as it did. Taking a deep breath he continued. "Yes the officers and you believe they arrived after the murder, but Neils mother remembers them coming home at exactly midnight the night of the murder my father being dragged in, while Neil struggled to carry him. The murder happened at exactly 11 o'clock. I cannot see in good will how my father could murdersomeone if he couldn't even walk or carry himself." He said getting out neils mothers testimony about the night the murder happened @Jake
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Detective John Grimes BOT 15-Nov-22 11:49 PM
"Well, like you said, kid," he would begin to point out, looking at the timeline being presented in front of him, "You said, they had the argument, he would have left the tent city, and then went to the bar. You have no way to point for his whereabouts between the time that the mother said they stumbled through his door and the time that he left the house other than Neil Young, if he can remember." He opened his file, "So, from the official file," he paused for a moment, realizing that he could get in real trouble here for letting him in on the official record, but he would continue after a beat, "The official record has the undertaker putting her death at around 10pm to 11pm that evening according to the state of her body. However, there seemed to be contents in her stomach that indicated she may have been drinking as well? Do you know anything about that? Could that have contributed?"
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Dean Weston BOT 16-Nov-22 07:53 AM
"It wasn't my dad." He suddenly said looking at John serious, before he froze. He let his shoulders fall as he looked down relizing he was getting to emotional, he jad to turn it off that eay he could be better involved in the case."sorry." He shook his head getting his emotions in check. Before continuing. "I will find more witnesses who were there the night in the tent city." He replied in a serious matter before picking up a paper that had his mom's were abouts. "My mother use to be an alcoholic, then she began pregnant with me and stopped my father said I was the turning point for good in their relationship. Mom would drink anything that was offered to her, i....I am unsure of what could of been found." He said suddenly looking very anxious as he looked thought his file. He didn't have anything about after her death, he didn't have the medical records, he didn't have anything. If John was talking to him he didn't hear he eas spiraled in his own little world trying to dig any information from his memory. @Jake
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Detective John Grimes BOT 16-Nov-22 09:39 AM
The words that John would bring to the table almost sent into a tail spin in front of his own very eyes, "I guess no one told you that part, huh?" He was almost kicking himself for doing it now, "Yes, when the coroner did her autopsy, it appears she had some liquid in her stomach that resembled alcohol," he said with a sigh, the technology to determine if it was or not remained unavailable to his department, "It was purely a sight and smell test, but we were sure that something was there. Do you mind if I lay out what we have for you and I can see if it aligns with anything that you might have?" With that, he would stand, looking at the kid for a moment before walking across the room to a bigger table that sat in the middle of his office, where he would lay out the copy of reports he had.
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Dean Weston BOT 16-Nov-22 09:48 AM
Dean slowly looked back up to John nodding. He carefully tightened his hold on the file as he got up, stumbling slightly as he walked over to rhe table with John. His eyes traveled across the table listening to what John would tell him. He paused seeing a photo of his mother laying there. Exposed and laying on the operating table, whete they did their tests. He let a single tear roll down his face, as he looked. "I dont have medical things from her. I do not know anything after her death only before, and what my father has told me." He said looking at John. "I would like to hear all the findings please." @Jake
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Detective John Grimes BOT 16-Nov-22 09:52 AM
"Okay, kid," he would say as he looked up at him, John never had kids of his own, but he couldn't imagine the pain the kid was going through in the moment, "I need to you look at this with clear eyes, I need answers, not an emotional response." He would lay out the file and pickup a page with the title heading of "Timeline of Events," on it as he would sit down the rest of the file and begin to pace... "At 8:00pm, your mother and father were seen leaving a small diner in the upper east end of town. In the diner, they were accompanied by two men and two women. The bartender and waitress that night seemed to say this was a dinner date of some kind. Confirm?"
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Dean Weston BOT 16-Nov-22 10:05 AM
Dean nodded continuing to look at the photo. "Page 3 I gave you, has the details. They wrote meeting Mr and Mrs Adam's about trying to have Mr Adam's reconsider building a subdivision whete tent city was. The petition is in the file of everyone who signed it to stop the development, she almost got him to say yes, but then my mother got ill during the meeting so my father took her home. " He replied carefullt opening the file he gave John, giving him the papers. "Mr Adam's was the mayor at the time, he didn't like us living in that area of town, he had gotten angry a few times and a few times after dad was arrested. He said we deserved everything we had coming." He replied looking at John. @Jake
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Detective John Grimes BOT 16-Nov-22 10:08 AM
"The Mayor!?" John would exclaim, "They met with the mayor? Why is none of that in the notes...?" He would look through the limited files that he had for the murder, nothing he could find mentioned a meeting with the Mayor, just the two random men and women. Was the Mayor cleaning his nose of this business? "So, your mother falling ill would explain why the two would have went in a separate cab from the other two. Tell me, Dean," he would begin to ask, jotting notes again, "Did your mother and father live a life style that could support taking the Mayor out of business dinners?"
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Dean Weston BOT 16-Nov-22 10:17 AM
Dean jumped when he heard the detectives reaction. He gulped as he shook his head. "No sir, we lived off of maybe 12 dollars a week, it was actually the opposite, he invited them." He replied, carefully giving John the letter from Mr Adam's. In the letter was the mayor's signature, as well as the message inviting juniper and her husband Maddox to dinner to discuss business. Dean watched John look through the file, he couldn't help but scoff "as I Said, the police do not want to listen and or help in matters like this, as much as you said I should wait for them to do the job, I have done most of it for them." @Jake
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Detective John Grimes BOT 16-Nov-22 10:20 AM
"He invited two citizen's of a tent city to a dinner with him," he asked as he looked over the letter, "Forgive my ignorance here, kid, but were your parents important because so far all I know is that they lived in a tent and ran in a circus?" He would place the notes on the signatures and the message, "You got a copy of this? I want to hang onto this list..."
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Dean Weston BOT 16-Nov-22 10:28 AM
Dean suddnely looked panicked "n-no, that belongs in my folder, please do not take it from the folder. It was in a box of my moms belongings, my aunt was able to save her important things, because an officer tore out tent down so she went and saved everything wr had." He said trying to carefully take it back. The unhealthy attachment of thr case showing a bit more. "My mom was a activist if that helps, from what my aunt piper has told me, mom use to protest infront of his office alot, because of his factories around town, he wasn't treating the workers nicely so she was fighting for their honor." @Jake
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Detective John Grimes BOT 16-Nov-22 10:42 AM
John looks at him with a smile and hands the paper back, it is rightfully his after all, "Well, I guess you are with me for the long haul then, just that little piece of paper there is a thousand leads that we could be searching on this one." He listened to him describe his mother, "A real fighter for the lowly, eh?" He would ask, "Well, that is four identified, do we know who the other two were?"
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Dean Weston BOT 16-Nov-22 10:46 AM
Dean carefully put the paper back in his file before he looked at John. "R-really?" He asked with a shocked look. "The last detective that worked here said i made it up, Luke I had dreampt it or something....w-why do you believe me, when so many dismissed me?" He asked looking very confused. "Y-yes sir, two criminals were near the scene the night of the murder, the Collin twins, they got caught in the Adam's home stealing from the wife. But one of the twins was with Mr Adam's that night for some unknown business. They refused to speak of what had happened." He replied @Jake
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Detective John Grimes BOT 16-Nov-22 10:49 AM
"Why would you be so dead set on this if you were making it up?" He said with a stern voice, "So far you haven't given me anything I shouldn't believe, or at least I don't think you have..." He stopped for a moment, "The Collin Twins..." he listened for a moment, "Wait... They said it was another man and woman that was with them. The Collins Twins are both male, correct?"
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Dean Weston BOT 16-Nov-22 11:01 AM
Dean shook his head. "I haven't given you false information, nor do I plan on giving any. Everything I know comes from things I have gathered. " He replied looking at him. Dean looked a bit confused. "Maybe? I think so, I'm not sure who the other couple is unless they mean my auntie piper and uncle Kaleb. Yes the twins are both male and currently serving a sentence of 29 years for aggravated assult." He reported looking at John. @Jake
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Detective John Grimes BOT 16-Nov-22 05:24 PM
"Do you have pictures of these Collins twins?" John would ask with a bit of a spark in his voice, "I heard of the Collins twins but, never seen them. Hard to not know the more notable criminals of this town." He looked over his notes for the day, seeing already so many discrepancies between his report and what the kid seemed to have, "I tell you what, kid..." he would ask as he put the report away for a moment, turning to a new page in the notebook, "Give me your father's timeline, or the timeline that you think may have happened?"
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Dean Weston BOT 16-Nov-22 06:50 PM
Dean nodded carefully getting a newspaper clipping I'd the famous Collins Brothers giving it to John "this is the only photo I have, Is from when they finally got arrested. " He explained. He blinked looking at the notebook. "I will try my best to see what I can remeber and what I have in my files. I will give it to you as quickly as I can." He promised with a tired smile. He carefully began to get papers out of his file explaining everything he could about his dads timeline. @Jake
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Detective John Grimes BOT 16-Nov-22 08:14 PM
John would examine the picture for a few moments, looking over the image, he could tell the similarites between the two of them, but one thing that stood out is that one of the twins wore longer, almost shoulder length hair. The hair itself could be considered feminine. He smiled to himself, "Well, I think we have found our male and female. Looking at this one on the right from a far, you would think that they might be a woman..." He handed the photo back and began to look over his notepad, waiting for the kid to begin his father's timeline, "You tell me, kid," he said with a smile, "I will write it down."
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Dean Weston BOT 16-Nov-22 08:23 PM
Dean looked at the picture nodding slowly. "Huh, I didn't relize. That makes alot of sense now ." He agreed looking at John giving him a small smile. "Your pretty good at finding evidence sir!" He said happily as he placed the back in the file. Dean nodded trying to look through the papers. He frowned when the words were starting to mash together, this happened when he worked on the case to long, or got to stressed. He hummed closing his eyes for a moment. "Where would you like me to start?" He asked looking at John with a confused look. @Jake
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Detective John Grimes BOT 16-Nov-22 09:22 PM
"Let's start after the meeting," John would say as he began to scribble, "Tell me where they would have went after that. They had gotten into a cab by themselves and then what?" He watched the kids eyes, they were erratic for a moment, almost bloodshot. He tried to pay attention to them, but they darted so quickly.
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Dean Weston BOT 16-Nov-22 09:29 PM
He nodded opening his eyes again. "From what he told me, after the meeting they returned home to our tent. Dad was upset because mom wasn't taking her health seriously, she wanted to go and take one stroll up the street to get more signatures. Dad said no, and then tried to convince her to go back on the rails with him, so they could travel the world and preform...that's when they got into the argument amd he went to cool down and have drinks with his friend Neil, they drank until late, so neil took my dad homw with him, whete he slept until the police came to ask him questions, and thay is when he found out of my mothwrs murder" Deans face suddnelt went as white as paper, he got extremely hot and his vision began to darken. "I...I don't feel so well." He whispered, he suddnely falling forward against John, fainting from the pure exhuation and the overwhelming feelings of finally being helped. @Jake
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Detective John Grimes BOT 16-Nov-22 09:31 PM
He listened to the story, scribbling the notepad as he did, he had just barely looked up from the paper to see that Dean was falling face first into him. As he felt into his body, John dropped the pen and paper and would scramble to catch the kid before he fell into the floor. Holding him up, he would grunt as he was heavier than he looked, but not by much. He sighed, "Guess I am not... ugh..." he would say as he would carry him over to a nearby couch, "Getting much out of you for right now, huh? You have worked yourself to death over this..."
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Dean Weston BOT 16-Nov-22 09:36 PM
Dean would be unconscious for a good bit. He was out for only 15 minutes but for Dean it only felt like a few. He slowly opened his eyes looking around the room confused. He didn't remeber where he was, he slowly sat up holding his head as he looked around. He frowned anote when he noticed he was in an office he didn't recognize, his eyes widened where's the file! He looked around quickly, trying not to panic as he tried to find it. He didn't know what he would do of he lost it, he'd probalmy faint again. @Jake
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Detective John Grimes BOT 16-Nov-22 09:44 PM
As he would come too, John had grabbed his stuff and placed it on his desk. Sitting down, he was concerned on what he might have in the folder that he is not telling him, so he began to look through it. He found it alright, stacks of papers. Almost damning indeed. He would sit up and look over the desk as Dean would pop his head up, almost frantic in looking for his folder... "Oh, I got you folder," he would say with a sigh, "You mind explaining to me what the hell this is?"
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Dean Weston BOT 16-Nov-22 09:54 PM
Dean stood up shaknelt as his eyes landed on the folder, he looked back to John with a look of sheer panic. "You had no right stealing my file! I gave you every bit of information i have, why did you steal my file !" He suddnely looking as if he had gone mad, Dean was finding it hard to breath, that was the only thing he had of his mother, her work, her death, her life everything was in that file, and the detective had it. "I am working, I work for my food, I work for the air I breath, I needed to know who you were, so I saved news paper articles. People gives me cases and I slove them and oh look my death is in the very back of the files if i do not finish some Cses by friday, now I need that file back!" He yelled turning to John with wide scared eyes. "I will tell you everything that's in the file, but you have to give it back!." @Jake
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Detective John Grimes BOT 16-Nov-22 09:58 PM
Dean seemed almost manic in his answers to him, he sat back in the chair wide eyed, "You have been stalking me, kid?" He said, but with the hint of a question on the end of it, "Have things gotten so bad for you and this case that you just jump on the back of every new detective in town?"
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Dean Weston BOT 16-Nov-22 10:04 PM
"S-state." He whinpered running a hand through his hair looking at John. "I have been transferred to 90 foster homes since I was 8, every single time I would to go the authorities to try and free my dad. I just want him to be okay. I haven't heard from him in three months sir, im worried the officers in the jail are stopping our communication becaisw somwthing bad happened, so i need the case finished so he can bw free." He replied letting some tears fall. "I thought you'd be diffrent, the interviews I read you sounded so kind like you were willing to help. So I though I'd take a chance. But your not diffrent, your going to steal my file and kick me out armt you?" He said looking very hurt. "I need my file if you srnt going to help I'll do it on my own." @Jake
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Detective John Grimes BOT 16-Nov-22 10:12 PM
John listened intently to his words, what he said, it hit him in the abdomen harder than anything had ever done before. He could hear the pain in his voice... John would slowly close the file, sliding it back across the table and placing the cover back over it, "Sit," he would say, almost commanding him to sit in the chair in front of the desk as he would pick up the phone, an operator picking up immediately, "Operator... yes, put me in contact with District 11 Prison, please...?"
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Dean Weston BOT 16-Nov-22 10:18 PM
Dean quickly picked up the file and did as John commanded. He carefullt sat in the care and closed his eyes, trying to take a few deep and even breaths, trying to calm himself down. After the few breaths he finally opened his eyes, alot calmer then he was. He stayed silent watching John with wide eyes. "Im sorry for shouting at you, i...I didn't relize how bratty and rude I sounded. I will do anything to make it up to you sir i....I have a few dollars I can buy you breakfast, will that help?" He asked shakenly as he watched John pick the phone up. @Jake
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Detective John Grimes BOT 16-Nov-22 10:24 PM
"Shh," he would say, almost commandingly, as he waited on the line before a voice spoke through, "Lt. Graves, thank you for taking my call. I am needing the status of a prisoner in your custody. Weston, Maddox..." A few moments would go in the air, the tense silence was almost palpable. The voice would speak up again and John would hmm his way through the rest of the conversation, "Thank you, Lt. Graves..." He would place the phone down on the receiver before he spoke up, "Your father is fine, Dean," he would say with a smile, "However, after a fight or two, he has been placed in a lockdown. One of the fights... one of the Collins Twins."
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Dean Weston BOT 16-Nov-22 10:32 PM
Dean shrank in on himself quickly shutting up. He looked at John listening intensely, trying to make out what the other officer was saying. He sat up a bit when John began to hum, his heart was breaking out of his chest, watching as John just humming. It took every ounce of courage for him not to jump up and demand awnsers, but he had already caused enough problems so he just stayed silent and watched. When Dean heard his dad was okay, he fell back into the chair, with the look of relief. "Thats good, I'm so glad he's okay." He said running a hand through his hair as he looked confused "r-really? The twins are here?" He asked eith shock. "W-what kind of fight coukd they of gotten into?" He asked couriously as he slowly sat up. @Jake
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Detective John Grimes BOT 17-Nov-22 12:44 PM
"I am not sure," he would say sternly as he adjusted his body in the chair, "But, me and you need to sort this out kid. I know you are desperate for help, but you are driving yourself mad over this. You need sleep." He looked him over for a second, everything seeming to come into appearance now, the dirty clothes, the red and blood shot eyes, the stench... "You are homeless..." he might have said it before, but he just caught on now... "How long have you...?"
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Dean Weston BOT 17-Nov-22 01:20 PM
Dean rubbed the back of his neck. Looking down at his clothes. "Offically? 4 months, as soon as i turned 18 the foster family kicked me out. And the foster care system really didn't help at all, I've been in that for 10 years." He replied frowning. "Is it that noticeable?" "I know I need to chill, I'm sorry for being so in your face about the case, I have alot of people depending on me, expecally my moms spirit." He replied looking around for a clock. "Wait is it thay time already?" He asked gulping. @Jake
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