The Pact

When she last saw John, Evelyn gave him permission to go to that dance at the Knights of Columbus Hall.

I let him go.

I let him go out the door.

I shouldn't have.

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The next day, police came to the house and took Evelyn's husband to the basement to talk.

They didn't want me to know anything.

It's-

But you heard.

I heard them.

Evelyn got on her knees and pressed her ear to a vent in the bathroom.

This is where I could hear everything that was going on down cellar.

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The police were telling her husband John's body was discovered in a vacant lot in the neighboring gritty city of Lowell.

Well, what did you hear?

I heard that he was tied up and there was tape on his eyes and his mouth.

I heard a lot.

I cried.

I laid there and cried.

[Instrumental music plays] A huge investigation was launched by the Lowell, Tewksbury, and Massachusetts State Police.

What evidence did they collect at the scene?

The rope that was used to tie John up, uh, tape that was used to tape his eyes and his mouth, um, all of his clothing, um, his shoes.

[Instrumental music plays] Jerry Leone was the local DA who, years later, took on the case.

Today, he's a partner in the law firm Nixon Peabody.

There was forensic evidence, but it wasn't really meaningful because it, you couldn't tie it to anyone in particular.