“Quinn, did you hear me?” Sheraton asked.
She tapped Grimm on his shoulder and he reluctantly let her go, backing away. “Good thing I brought your laptop with us.”
“Yes, I heard you, Sher.” She moved around to the chair at the table, opened her computer bag, and took out her laptop. She started typing her thoughts about Everette Wills's murder in an outline and saved it for later. Then she started one about what the Candace Beamer article should be about.
“Detective Phillips, can you give me a quote for each of the articles I’m going to write?” she asked.
He leaned his hip against the table and thought for a moment. “Candace Foust Beamer is a Psychopath, presenting herself to the public as a socialite, a public figure in the community, and the wife of our district attorney when she should be feared. Altoona will be a safer community with her locked up.”
“Got it.”
“As for the other article you’re writing, let me go see what has been discovered in the Wills case. They found a knife at the Beamers in the pocket of that hoodie. I know they are trying to determine if it could have been the weapon that killed him.”
“Okay,” Quinn said.
Grimm whistled. “After seeing her reaction to what Street was saying I’d believe she was the monster that Wills talked about. He did warn you to keep your eyes open and you’d know who he was talking about.”
“Yes, he did,” she agreed. “Why would someone in her position do this?”
“Why does anyone kill multiple people?” Sheraton said, coming over to stand with them. “I’ve been listening in on the discussion that Street has been having with Delacorte as the man tries to finagle a way to keep her out of jail, but Street isn’t budging.”
“What about Cliff?” Quinn asked. “Will they hold him at least? It’s obvious from what he said he was the last one to see Heather alive. That must count for something.”
“You heard Phillips, he said it was unclear at this time if any charges would be filed against him. They won’t make a move until they have DNA evidence on him.”
Quinn shook her head. “The one thing that doesn’t add up is if Candace is responsible for Sandy and Barbie, then how did Wills have photos of all three trophies to send me when he sent me the drop box key?”
CHAPTER 13
THE ALTOONA OBSERVER
September 3
Candace Foust BeamerCharged with Three Counts Murder
Quinlan Moynahan
Candace Foust Beamer,wife of Blair County District Attorney Russel Beamer was charged with three counts of murder in district court. Foust Beamer is charged with allegedly killing missing Pennsylvania women Sandy Cranston of Pittsburg and Barbie Martin of Altoona. She is also alleged to have murdered Everette Wills one of her husband’s employees.
“Candace Foust Beamer is a Psychopath, presenting herself to the public as a socialite, a public figure of the community, and wife of our district attorney when she should be feared. Altoona will be a safer community with her locked up,” Detective Don Phillips of the Altoona Police Department said.
Foust Beamer was refused bail at her arraignment. An ongoing investigation into the murders of Cranston, Martin, and Wills will determine whether she will be tried in Blair County or moved to another due to family ties in the district court system. Otherwise, father-in-law the honorable Judge Harlan Beamer may have to recuse himself. …
Pennsylvania Man SlainWhile Going to Post Office
Quinlan Moynahan
Everette Wills, 24, of Altoona, was slain on the sidewalk at the Chamber of Commerce square early yesterday morning. Wills’ throat was slashed with a knife, and he bled out clutching his mail.
Wills, a runner in the law office of Blair County District Attorney Russel Beamer, had worked there for the last five years while attending college classes. He’d aspired to one day go to law school.
“Everette was an upstanding young man, with a fine legal mind, and I couldn’t ask for a better employee,” District Attorney Beamer said. “Regardless of what FBI Agent Keaton Street believes, I don’t think my wife is responsible for his death. She has no reason to have murdered him. To my knowledge, they never even met.”
Candace Foust Beamer is believed to have murdered Wills, and an investigation into his death is ongoing. At the deadline, Agent Street was unavailable for comment. …
Funeral arrangements for Wills are pending.
Grimm putdown the paper and winked at Quinn sitting across from him at the kitchen table. “Front page again with two great articles on your first day back at work.”
