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It was getting on toward noon and almost time to head to Douglas to attend Bradley’s funeral service when Joa
For a long time, all Joa
Bradley Evans had gone to jail for the murder of his pregnant wife, Lisa, and her unborn baby, but from where Joa
In the late seventies, DNA identification had been rudimentary at best. It wouldn’t be used as evidence in legal proceedings until years later. But times had changed. Now even minute traces of blood evidence and sperm were routinely used to solve long-unsolvable crimes. Nothing in the case file had indicated that the bloodied purse had ever been subjected to any kind of forensic examination. That alone indicated that the Lisa Evans investigation had been something less than thorough.
Fired with a new sense of purpose, Joa
Buddy gave her a questioning look but then shrugged. “I can scan them if you want me to, Sheriff Brady, but are you sure? Chief Deputy Montoya’s equipment does a better job than mine.”
“Frank isn’t here,” Joa
While she waited, she tracked down Dave Hollicker and handed him the bagged purse.
“What’s this?” he asked.
“Lisa Marie Evans’s bloodstained purse,” she said. “I want you to run it up to the DPS crime lab in Tucson.”
“Today?” Dave asked. “Casey and I have been working on evidence we gathered from Jea
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“But why the big rush?” Dave objected. “This homicide is decades old.”
“That’s just it,” Joa
Ten minutes later she was on her way to Douglas with the newly sca
Bradley’s memorial service wasn’t particularly well attended. There were a dozen or so prisoners and three suit-and-tie-clad men Joa
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And if Bradley Evans had spent the better part of a quarter of a century believing that both his wife and daughter were dead, what would have been his reaction when he suddenly encountered living breathing proof to the contrary?
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But Joa
“… he was someone who knew he had done wrong and who took full responsibility for his actions,” Ted Chapman was saying. “He had repented and believed the Lord God Almighty heard his prayers and granted him forgiveness. It was in that state of God-given grace that he was able to turn his life around and start helping others. If Bradley were here and able to speak for himself, I know he would be the first to forgive those who trespassed against him. And I hope that we can, too. Let us pray.. •”
But who were those trespassers? Joa