July 30, 2024
I tossed and turned all night, while my phone continued to ring nonstop, and my message notifications played a tune of their own.
I finally fell asleep around 5 am and woke up at 10 am. I began to check my messages, and heard one from Kristine at the Prosecutors office telling me there was an arraignment this morning at nine. My presence wasn’t mandatory she said, but if I wanted to attend and give a victim’s statement to the judge, I was more than welcome to do so.
As difficult as it was for me, of course, I wanted to make my statement to the judge, but I received the message too late, so I couldn’t go . Needless to say, I was very disappointed.
The Prosecutors office called me later that afternoon to give me an update:
- The judge set a bond at five million dollars with instructions for no contact with the victim’s family.
- At this time there is only one murder charge pending but upon further investigation, there would surely be more charges added to the case.
- The next court date is 8/9/24. I will be notified one day in advance by phone to attend and I can provide a victim’s statement to the judge at that time.
Tears are flowing, my mind is in a fog and there’s still so much to do but best, believe, I will make it to the next hearing.
I am John’s voice, and I will speak for him.
A Mysterious Message
July 30, 2024
At two o’clock this afternoon, I heard a ping on my phone notifying me of a message I just received on Facebook. I opened the message which read:
“Can you please give me a call” followed by a phone number.
I don’t know this person personally but know who they are and know they’re close to John. They’re also connected to his murder case. Another innocent victim albeit, not of death but by association.
Although I’m pretty sure they have knowledge as to what actually happened to John, I just couldn’t muster up the nerve to make that call to hear what they had to say. It was just too hard.
It’s a decision, I’ll probably regret for the rest of my life.
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