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Michelle Ziegler was killed
in a car wreck last night.
:18:04
What?
:18:05
Michelle?
:18:10
That couldn't be.
I was with her last night.
:18:13
Oh, no!
:18:17
She was only 23 or something.
:18:20
Dead Man's Curve.
:18:24
My God!
:18:26
The poor kid!
:18:28
Just out of school
and 23 or something.
:18:30
I should have driven her home.
:18:32
She had an interview set up
with Frank Beechum this afternoon.
:18:37
The poor...
:18:39
Beechum.
:18:41
Yeah, I heard they were going
to juice him today.
:18:44
In fact, she said she had a seat
for the show.
:18:48
Four o'clock in the deathwatch cell.
Alan wants you to cover for her.
:18:54
Is he the one who killed
that pregnant girl?
:18:58
College student, Amy Wilson.
Working the summer in Richmond.
:19:02
Place called Pocum's Grocery.
Owed Beechum 96 bucks.
:19:05
Repairs he did on her car
or something. Shot her dead.
:19:09
Anything else I should know?
:19:12
Tough, black mechanic
at the Amoco station in Clayton.
:19:15
But I warn you, do not pull
a Dick Tracy on this.
:19:18
I don't want a big investigation.
:19:22
You can depend on that.
Don't worry.
:19:25
Says here, Beechum's
one of those born-agains.
:19:29
Yeah, aren't they all on death row?
:19:32
Biggest birthrate in the country.
:19:33
Cynical.
:19:35
He came from Michigan.
Broken home, alcoholic mother.
:19:39
He's been in and out of jails,
violent assaults, drugs.
:19:43
He did two years for beating a cop
who tried to give him a ticket.
:19:47
Sounds like a reasonable fella.
:19:49
Then another three for breaking
into a store.
:19:52
Then he got out, met his wife.
Nice girl, born-again.
:19:55
Led him to Jesus.
:19:57
They had a daughter,
bought a house in Richmond.