“Yes, I think you’re right, Zaida.”
Grandfather continued. “Truly, they were but children, two very troubled children who engaged in lethal play. They were not plotting to hurt anyone, but in an instant, an innocent met his death. Do you recall what Michael said at the station? ‘I didn’t want to kill anyone the moment before, not even Cushman really, and I didn’t want to kill anyone a moment after. But in between, I killed Ori.’ That is the way most murders occur, and often not of just one innocent, but of millions.”
That weekend, the Times, the Daily News, and the Post all ran stories about the Ori Gold case. While the Times and the Post provided inside-pages updates, the Daily News blared the headline on its front page: ARRESTS IN THE DORM MURDER. It showed a picture of Michael Charnic
