(Hanna's formal request to speak to Garrett and Officer Miles is granted Miles and Garrett are called to meet with Hanna at 9:00 AM the next morning. Garrett stayed up until 4:00 AM going over and over his every note of the investigation. He sets the alarm for 7:30AM, goes to bed but doesn't sleep. He gets up to go through his notes again and is sitting at his desk when the alarm goes off. Garrett and Miles each arrive at the waiting room outside of the visiting area at the prison. Hanna is escorted into the visiting area and she is secured in place behind a table. Garrett and Officer Miles enter the visiting area and sit, side by side, across the table facing Hanna.)
Hanna: You are probably wondering what this is all about. Let's just say I want to know how soon I can get out. With finding the jewelry at Richard's man cave it is obvious he and Henry together did the serial killings. It is, also, obvious that the one necklace that wasn't at Richard's place had to have been planted at my apartment. That proves they had an agenda with me to have me set up for the murders. I am expecting all charges to be dropped against me. I have been in this jail far too long already. It was self defense because they were setting me up to take some sort of fall for them. I want there to be some kind of ruling that the Dover brothers are the serial killers and that they did it together or took turns and that alone should be the total center of attention. I shouldn't even be in here with the evidence found now at Richard's place. It doesn't make sense. A trial totally against them should come first and declare them guilty dropping all charges against me.
Miles: Hanna, it can't be like that. Garrett has discovered some evidence and there may be additional charges against you.
Hanna: More charges against me?!!!!against me?!!!!!How could that ever be!!!! Against me?!!!!! More charges!!!! I can't imagine!!!!What could they be?!!!! I'm shocked!!!!!!
Garrett: I have some things I want to talk to you about. Hanna, there are details that don't line up. The other day I stopped by Dover Enterprises to randomly talk to the employees. I interviewed seven employees asking them if they could remember anything out of the ordinary that had happened no matter how small. One part time employee said he remembered a meeting he attended that was a little unusual. He said that during the meeting the alarm sounded several time on Richard's wristwatch. Richard was embarrassed and got very frustrated. In fact, this employee assisted Richard in turning off the alarm system on the wristwatch so it wouldn't keep sounding. It interrupted the meeting. The next day Richard thanked him for his help and assured him it wouldn't happen again because Richard had gone to the jewelry shop where he had bought the watch and had the mechanism for the alarm system completely disconnected. I went to that jewelry shop and, sure enough, they have a receipt about that transaction. That receipt is dated before the morning you said you heard the watch alarm in the vault. So I have been thinking that your story can't be right and why would you lie?
Hanna (no response)
Garrett: Now, the Dover brothers did not like any type of surveillance cameras. But the apartment where you live has lots and lots of surveillance cameras. There is no surveillance of Henry or Richard ever being at your building,-- none, nothing. So I ask myself, how could either one of them plant the necklace when both were not ever at your apartment building? The phone records did show a conversation from Henry to Richard during that time frame of Henry being late for work. But the morning that Henry was a half hour late for work had nothing to do with him planting the necklace at your apartment. It has everything to do with finding out the serial killer had struck again. There are witnesses saying that Henry had to sit down for awhile after reading the morning newspaper's headlines at a local coffee shop. Henry bought a daily newspaper and a specialty coffee at a coffee shop on his way to work each day. He got his newspaper, his specialty coffee and he would leave immediately. That was his routine. Witnesses at the coffee shop that morning say that his reaction to the newspaper was obvious as he stumbled to a table and sat down. He called someone on his phone. Some people say they don't think that Henry was capable of walking to his car after reading the headlines. So, we know that Henry and Richard did talk that morning as we have phone records verifying the call was made from the coffee shop to Richard's phone and it was a six minute conversation. We know and can prove that the Dover brothers did not plant the necklace in your apartment. We, also. know that only when the news had been released to the general public that the Dover brothers learned of Lana's death. The news was a surprise to Henry and that was why he called Richard from the coffee shop. There are witnesses ready to testify they heard Henry tell the person on the phone that Lana Daltine had been murdered and it looked like the characteristics left at the murder scene was like those of the serial killer making her the ninth victim. People will also testify the person on the other end of the phone was screaming after hearing that news but it wasn't audible.(Hanna glares at Garrett)
Hanna So??? It was probably all an act. Their plan of framing me had already been set in motion and how very convenient to be in front of an audience at the coffee shop. (Garrett gets out the printout of Maze from a folder and places it on the table in front of Hanna.)
Garrett: Do you know this man? There is a lot of surveillance tapes showing him coming and going from your apartment and several times spending the night. But there is no surveillance of him at all the entire week of Lana's death. You know where this is going don't you?
Hanna: (Nods affirmative)
Garrett: Hanna, did you do this for him? Did you know that he and Lana were making plans of leaving the country together. She had an alias name of Yvonne Langley. Lana had purchased a property in Europe and that is where they were going to go and live.
Hanna: (stares at the floor--mumbling) Yvonne was my mother's name. How dare she?
Garrett: Hanna, you killed Lana. That is the additional charge. You wanted to stop them and have Maze all to yourself. You thought that Maze would think it was one of the Dover brothers who killed Lana. After all, you made it look her murder had been done by the serial killer. So, Hanna, tell me how did you feel when Maze didn't come forward with the envelope with the letter from Lana stating that if anything ever happened to her it would be one of the Dover brothers. That both of them together made the serial killer. How did you feel after you had killed the Dover brothers and Maze didn't come forward with the envelope. The contents of that envelope would have totally proven your statements and testimony to be true.
Hanna: Terrible. (mumbles)
Miles: What? Repeat that. How did it feel when Maze didn't come forward with the envelope that had contents that would have exonerated you. Hanna, he had evidence that would exonerate you and he didn't come forward with that evidence. How did that make you feel? Rather, how does it make you feel right now?
Hanna: (stamps her feet and screams) Terrible!!!!! It feels Terrible!!!!!
Miles: Why didn't he come forward?
Hanna: I don't know. Maybe it was for the money. Lana had blackmailed the Dover brothers for months. They even wired her a title to a villa and property in Europe. That's where they were going, to the blackmail villa with blackmail money!!! That is so low. She didn't care if there would be more killings by Richard and Henry. She had recognized Henry the night he was stalking her and she blackmailed them. She didn't care about anyone or anything but herself. The ultimate epitome of selfishness and greed. Lana sickened me.
Miles: Why did you kill Richard and Henry?
Hanna: Well, dah! I killed them to STOP them. The people of this city will thank me. I eavesdropped enough to know that Henry used a knife. He liked blood. And he did one strike directly through the heart. Richard used a rope and suffocation. I knew Henry killed first. I knew that they took turns. One was right handed. The other was left handed. They would come to work and one would have lots of scratches. One time Henry even had a black eye and told people he had eye surgery. I didn't fall for it. I called his eye doctor and there had been no surgery or knowledge of any surgery or a need for any. So I knew when it came to the ninth victim it had to be done with a knife. You know, Officer Miles, my information is first hand for accuracy and now the public can know it all, thanks to me. This is a huge case and I can play a key role for evidence. I want plea deals and I want lesser charges especially any murder charge for killing Lana. When the public hears that she knew who the serial killers were and withheld that information to blackmail them. She did that just so she could live the exquisite life she had dreamt of. Now the public can know her lifestyle meant more to her than taking those monsters off the streets. The public will be repulsed about Lana. They will thank me, especially, when they find out I confronted her to reveal the truth or I was going to reveal her blackmailing scheme. When Henry was close to attacking Lana she called 911 but she recognized him and she made a deal with the devil. People will think I am a hero as I stopped the serial killers and I stopped the one blackmailing them. A blackmailer ready to leave the country not even caring if they would kill again.
Miles: Explain more.
Hanna: I was forced to kill her because she told me she was going to take me out and kill me rather than give up her gravy train. I try to do things with some sort of a conscience, after all, these people had to be stopped.. But I was glad to get rid of her so Maze and I could be together. Now, Maze has let me down in a worst way. (sobs) I know I am on my own through all of this and I've got to do what I've got to do. He may not even be alive. or someone in the chain of command is telling him what to do.
Miles: Chain of command?
Hanna: I'm not talking military. But you have no idea. You haven't even scratched the surface of this world wide invisible untraceable wiring sophisticated crime organization. They say, money talks; well, guess who really is speaking right now over a worldwide microphone. You don't even have a clue. You know my demands and I want to hear back in a week. My new attorney will be contacting you, I told you all this so you know what an important and intricate part I am to proving the Dover brothers guilty in the serial murders which has been paralyzing the city for over two years. I want my plea deal and my lesser charges in writing. In fact, more than that, I even want all charges dropped against me. Until that happens I am going to take the fifth for every question. The city is waiting for this case to be solved and there has been tremendous pressure on the police and city officials to solve this case and name the serial killer, or killers in this case. I am the only one who can help you with that to give it finality, but you know what my demands are. The ball is in your court.
(Garrett's looks at his phone and brings up a text message from Gini. It reads; "I just received notice from my Law Firm's bank that a wired money amount was put into our account this morning with a memo that Hanna's account is now paid in full. I had not sent a bill. In fact, I was not going to send a bill. So I had my office bookkeeping add up what the amount of a bill would be. The total is the exact amount of the wired money and that includes some restaurant receipts from our investigators and covers your full expenses to the penny for the entire cost of finding the jewelry.. I am baffled. How could they know this amount before we do?)
to be continued: on Monday, October 18th, 2021
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