Mercedes Delacruz was incarcerated at the Women’s Detention Center at the Suffolk State Prison awaiting trial. Because of the Delacruz family’s enormous wealth and because she was determined to be a flight risk, bail was denied. The authorities had not been able to locate the family’s assets. Her brother Diego, who was killed during a d**g raid, was the family’s financial manager; and the Delacruz’s fortune was well hidden. Mercedes had been a chameleon all her life, presenting different faces depending on the situation. In prison, she portrayed herself as the demure inmate reading books and working in the prison library. She used her looks to seduce a young, naïve guard named Eric Pullman who granted her access to a computer from time to time. By doing so, she was able to transfer funds f
