FORTY-ONE
Sitting in his car, Ian Child kept on checking f*******: for any updates. Charlie’s sister Wendy was notorious about posting every detail of her life on social media. Something must have changed. Wendy hadn’t gone anywhere except to Trader Joe’s on 16th Street, where she spent the better part of two-hours shopping.
The stakeout wasn’t going as planned. Using his Samantha Adams fake profile account, Child decided to try a more direct approach. He clicked on Wendy’s page and then opened up Messenger.
He wrote: Hey Wendy. It’s Samantha. Sam. I haven’t seen any updates, and I just wanted to reach out and make sure everything was okay with your sister.
He thought about adding more. He knew if he sounded too chatty that it might raise some red flags. Keeping the first conversationa
