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  • A Mother’s Reaction

    Sidebar – The Kimberly Conundrum Cover Story On a bitter November day, Dorothy Ernest is sitting in a high-backed wing chair in the dour lobby of the Holiday Inn Independence Mall. In town to present a trophy to marathon runners in honor of her daughter, Ernest is horrified to learn the nature of attorney Fred…

  • The Detective’s Story

    Sidebar – The Kimberly Conundrum Cover Story Tom Augustine’s world started to come apart in one of the district attorney’s bathrooms. Augustine was looking in a mirror, brushing his teeth. Standing behind him was “The Monsignor,” John Hall, the jailhouse snitch who ratted out his stepson, Herbie Haak, and who was at the DA’s office…