New York City Supreme Court
December 5, 2008
Jessie and Zach huddled with Samantha Richards before the start of the proceedings. Both were looking rather grim.
"Do you think Sawyer could walk away from all of this?" Jessie asked her.
Samantha could see the frustration etched on the detectives' faces and had trouble hiding her disappointment with the way things had turned out. Losing Vito had severely crippled their case.
"Well, probably not on all of the charges, but it's highly unlikely we'll get a conviction on the murders. We don't have the murder weapon in the case of Lenny, and not knowing what happened to Amanda is a real stretch for a jury to convict. We've established that Sawyer is an evil person, but that's hardly enough compared to what he deserves."
"I know I shouldn't feel this way," Jessie admitted. "Lenny was hardly a positive contributor to society, but not getting justice for Amanda will haunt me for the rest of my life." The trio walked to their seats.