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I stood outside and shivered

There was no traffic on the county road, and I was surprised when a battered SUV arrived, shuddering to a stop behind the ME’s van Kevin Salisbury stepped out of the SUV in a hurry, afraid he wasLike the ME, he carried his own ca tofor so no one, he returned to "

"The ME’s inside You should talk to hier stopped him

"Whoa, Kevin," she called as she left her vehicle "Where are you going?"

"I want to go--"

"No, no, no Coer took the reporter aside and spoke to hi it her entire life For his part, Salisbury furiously wrote down her words in a notebook After a few er shook her head Fro with her, apparently without success After a while, Salisbury began taking photos of the house, but he didn’t atteer rejoinedto Kevin," she said "Okay?"

"Not a word I pro the property, looking for an angle to shoot from that would make his photos seeer asked

"You’re not going to like it"

"I already don’t like it"

"I think Josie’s death is connected to the ers"

"How could it be? That was thirty years ago"

"I spoke to Josie last night He ht Elizabeth was killed, he said, ‘Oh, what did we do?’ When I pressed him, he said, ‘I can’t tell you’ Then he passed out I came here today to learn what he meant"

"Do you honestly think soer a secret that he’s ed to keep to himself for over three decades? That’s kind of a reach, isn’t it?"

"ThisI went to see Dr Dave Peterson in Mankato He illing to talk to me yesterday Now all of a sudden he’s too busy to even say hello That’s when I did so foolish"

"No Foolish? You?"

"I left a note telling Peterson that I was going to ask the BCA to reopen the investigation The next thing I know, sohway and puts a bullet in Josie Bloom’s head If it wasn’t for the deep snow in the ditch, I’d be as dead as he is now"