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The Tangled Skein Begins to Unravel
Of course, the cops were not about to let me go skipping out of there. From my story, it was apparent Hector was an accomplice — he'd made the funeral arrangements. So he was summoned to the station, and we both had to sign affidavits. And Albers phoned Special Agent Montoya, who phoned Arlen, who confirmed he knew about the prank but could not attest absolutely that we had in fact buried a replica and not the corpse of the famous star. I had to admit I'd forged a death certificate, which was the only actual crime uncovered at that point. The funeral director was contacted, but all she'd seen was the paperwork, and the actual embalmer who'd encased the rubber babe and could have readily testified to its inhuman quality was no longer in the firm's em
