The background information on John and Louise Belamy sat on Detective Winston’s desk. The filed revealed that four years prior, the Belamy’s only child, a daughter named Elizabeth, had been killed by a hit and run driver outside a restaurant in Richmond, Virginia. The irony was impossible to escape. There had been a slew of reliable witnesses which led to the driver being discovered in a bar a couple of hours later. She’d blown a one point three on the breathalyzer and was sentenced to twenty years. The driver had already done three and would probably get out in another four years if she behaved herself.
The background information The file went on to say that Elizabeth had a daughter, Claire. There was no mention of Elizabeth’s husband. The daughter and the granddaughter shared the Belamy
