A real life Marine crime novel told by Tony Perry in a nine short paragraphs
Woman married to a deployed Marine goes missing. Marine staff sergeant (age 45) arrested in possession of a stolen assault rifle. He was last person seen with missing woman. Husband, a lance corporal, was in Afghanistan at the time. She recently filed for divorce. Second woman, who was attempting suicide at a motel, is charged ...
Woman married to a deployed Marine goes missing. Marine staff sergeant (age 45) arrested in possession of a stolen assault rifle. He was last person seen with missing woman. Husband, a lance corporal, was in Afghanistan at the time. She recently filed for divorce. Second woman, who was attempting suicide at a motel, is charged with murder of the wife. "The relationships, if any, among Lopez, Perez, and Killgore have not been revealed by detectives working the case."
Woman married to a deployed Marine goes missing. Marine staff sergeant (age 45) arrested in possession of a stolen assault rifle. He was last person seen with missing woman. Husband, a lance corporal, was in Afghanistan at the time. She recently filed for divorce. Second woman, who was attempting suicide at a motel, is charged with murder of the wife. "The relationships, if any, among Lopez, Perez, and Killgore have not been revealed by detectives working the case."
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