Officer Miller: Ma'am, take it easy. Paramedics are right outside.
Emily: I don't want to go to the hospital yet. I need to tell you everything while it's fresh.
Officer Miller: Sir, can you confirm who locked your wife in the basement?
David: It was my stepmother, Brenda Vance. She fled the house five minutes before you arrived.
Officer Miller: We have units setting up roadblocks along the main interstate right now.
Emily: Officer, she stole our family legal papers and a forced property transfer document.
Officer Miller: Did she use physical violence or weapons against you, ma'am?
Emily: She held a small handgun to my head on Tuesday evening and forced me to sign a stack of papers.
David: Look at her wrists, Officer! You can see the rope burns clearly!
Officer Miller: I see them, sir. Forensics is going to document every single mark on her body.
The officer motioned for his partner to step into the hallway to broadcast an all-points bulletin over his radio frequency.
Officer Miller: We need a BOLO on a red sedan, license plate matching Brenda Vance. Suspect is armed and dangerous, facing felony kidnapping and extortion charges.
David: Is there any way she can access our bank accounts right now?
Officer Miller: You need to call your financial manager immediately and freeze every joint account, trust fund, and line of credit.
David: I'm doing that right now. Emily, sit with Maya in the living room.
Emily: David, wait... look at the hallway table.
David: What is it?
Emily: Her spare keys... she dropped her briefcase near the front door when she panicked!
David rushed over to the heavy black leather briefcase lying on the floor by the coat rack. He popped the metal latches open, spilling thick manila folders onto the rug.
David: Look at these names... these aren't just our papers!
Emily: What are those, David?
David: Bank statements from three different offshore accounts... and death certificates!
Officer Miller: Death certificates? Let me see those files right now, sir.
David: This one is dated five years ago... it's my biological father's death certificate!
Emily: Your father died of a sudden heart attack, right?
David: That's what Brenda told everyone! But look at this medical examiner's report attached to the back!
Officer Miller: This report shows elevated levels of digitalis toxin... this wasn't a natural heart attack!
David: Oh my God... she murdered my father for his inheritance!
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