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"Because they’re so outrageously paranoid you can get rid of them with a simple knock-and-talk Just knock on their doors and warn them to shut down or prepare to be arrested and they’ll be on the first stage outta Dodge The trouble is, all you’re doing isthem down the road to another jurisdiction"

"The trouble is finding them, McKenzie Help h

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Mankato was originally called Mahkato--reenish blue earth"--by its earliest inhabitants, the Dakota, although it didn’t look any different toerror that was never corrected, possiblyfor the Northwest Passage who settled there after getting lost on the Minnesota River That’s all I knew about the city except that it here the Minnesota Vikings football tea caht, but the plows had been out early and I had no trouble holding the road even at fifteen ht and the sky was unclouded and deep blue

I easily found Dr Dave Peterson’s address, a red brick three-story building across from the River Hills Mall that he shared with several dentists, two psychiatrists, and an insurance agent An assistant guided uessed also served as Dr Peterson’s office because of the fa from the walls I studied the photos while I waited In their wedding picture, Dr Peterson’s as a petite brunette and he was tall with a full head of hair She had becoraph was taken at their daughter’s high school graduation and I wondered if Nina’s future and lanced at ht Dr Peterson was late, but as a doctor ever on time? I examined his certificates--Bachelor of Arts, Gustavus Adolphus College; Doctor of Medicine, University of Minnesota; Medical Specialist, Departy, University of Minnesota; elected to the Ay That killed another five ht, I returned to the receptionist to advise her that I was still waiting

"I’m sorry Dr Peterson cannot see you today Would you like to reschedule?"

"You don’t understand I’m not here for an examination I came to ask--"

"I’m sorry, Dr Peterson cannot see you today"

"Please I’m here--"

"Would you care to reschedule your appoint It’s aet Only the receptionist didn’t look like a woe?" I asked instead

"Certainly"

On a notepad emblazoned with the doctor’s name, address, and phone nuoing to petition the Cold Case Unit of the Minnesota Bureau of Criation into the ets that," I said

"Certainly," said the receptionist