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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.
:20:00
Yeah, now he's Mr. Nice Guy.
:20:02
I guess not. Six years ago,
he walks into Pocum's...
:20:06
... Amy Wilson's on the register.
:20:07
Let me guess.
:20:09
He asks Amy for his $96
and she says she doesn't have it.
:20:13
And old Frank,
he gets his wicked temper up.
:20:16
I don't suppose he's expressed
any heartfelt remorse?
:20:20
Nope. Get this.
:20:21
He still says that he just went
to the store for some A-1 Steak Sauce.
:20:26
Steak sauce?
:20:27
Well, that's a nice touch.
:20:31
Nussbaum had two strong witnesses.
:20:33
Black or white?
:20:34
Let's see. Both white.
:20:36
A woman in the parking lot
saw him run away...
:20:40
...and this poor guy, an accountant...
:20:42
...goes in to use the phone
because his car overheated.
:20:45
Beechum is there,
gun in hand, blood all over him.
:20:48
All I'm looking for
is the human-interest angle.
:20:51
Final days, what it's like.
:20:53
- Got it?
- Yeah, I got it.
:20:56
Anything else you need from me?
:20:59
Nope.