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“Glad you two were able to come in at the last minute.” Coates pointed them towards the seats in the interview room. It was best for her to head up the interview, giving it a softer approach from a feminine perspective.
“Of course, anything we can do to help find who did this to my baby.” Darlene pulled out a chair and sat. She put her purse in her lap and wrapped her arms around it. She was a tiny woman, barely over five feet. They saw Savannah’s face when they looked at her.
Lynn sat next to her. Sitting her purse on the floor, she slid her chair over to her mother.
“Thank you, and we’re doing everything we can to bring you all justice. I can only imagine the pain you two must be going through. I know you want to get this solve as soon …show more content…

Zoe is very outspoken and when she doesn’t like something somebody said or did, she would say something about it, behind the person’s back. She was always starting something. But they looked past it,” Lynn explained.
“Cause they got along like sisters,” Darlene included.
“Mmmhmm. Very helpful. If we keep this up, you two ladies will be a great help in working towards solving this crime. Okay. What about Rick?”
Lynn looked at Darlene, who held her head down. She adjusted to a comfortable position. The wooden seat was quite hard and her thin behind was feeling the solidity, even after only a short time in the seat. She’d always had problems with her bones, it was why she was on disability. “I’m not familiar with that name,” she finally said.
“Interesting,” Akiona said.
Darlene and Lynn looked at him.
Akiona’s back was against a wall with one foot behind him planted on the wall. “Is Savannah’s father still living?” He walked over to the table, pulled out a seat and sat, looking at the two ladies, paying close attention to their movements while waiting for them to respond.
“Um. He is, but I don’t know where he is. So I guess I don’t know if he’s still living,” Darlene answered.
Both detectives gave Darlene a silent stare, another tactic to get the person to explain their last statement without being asked.
“I mean, I haven’t spoken to her father in a couple of years. So I can’t give you much information about him.”
They continued staring at her.

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