The Winterset Conspiracy
Missouri Police Precinct, Gladstone.
Recorded.
Unsub Interview.
Name: Emile Frau.
Age: 40's
Crime: Unlawful seizure of minors. Unlawful imprisonment of minors. Resisting Arrest. Lying to law enforcement(multiple counts). Forgery of adoption papers. Two counts child endangerment and abuse.
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Questioning Officer: Marlena Crawford
Through her career she'd seen it all. She always thought this unsub, this brutalized person, this was the worst it could get.
But never, never could she have been prepared for Emile Frau.
By all accounts he didn't grasp it.
Even now, within formalities of interviews that were more to iron out the details of sentencing than anything else.
Emile Frau didn't seem to comprehend kidnapping two children.
"Well yes and no. Abel, Abel was my first so maybe I gave him more leeway than someone in place would have. There was always a special place in my heart just for him." And without fanfare, without middle ground... Frau changed. Expression now cold and words an acidic spit, "besides, he wasn't being cared for properly. Not in the least."
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Okay, it's stuck on italics. Well, not the exact draw of the book but it does the job. A preview. And books do that.