sister-in-law’s best friend, Sarah, who had left an estranged father and been widowed for about six months. They met Sarah’s father and her niece,Melissa, and after clarifying a mix-up as to whoMelissa’s father was (it wasn’t Paul), he agreed to help find her killer.As he drove home, Paulwas thinking:Howdid the kidnappers knowhewas at the Hollywood Bowl? How did they set it up so the car with Sarah’s body would be blocking his? How did they know that he had a relationship with Sarah’s sister? How did his business card get in the trunk with the body? Paul pulled into his driveway. The front door to his house was open, the lights were on. He reached into the glove com- partment and pulled out his gun.


P The second most dangerous thing a cop can do is enter a


house when he doesn’t know what he’s going to find inside. (The first is to answer a domestic dispute call since usually by the time you get there they have reconciled and you become the villain.) I wasn’t happywith this, and before I approached the door, I called Capt. BillVose at the LAPD and told himto send some backup.


Of course, he ranted about me staying out of the house and


waiting for himto arrive. I agreed and hung up. I then approached the door and very carefully pushed it open. Fortunately, we had just replaced the door and the hinges were freshly oiled. The scene in front of me was reminiscent of one two years back that led to the death of Sarah’s sister andMelissa’s mother,


DEATH BY PARKING – Episode 4 – Stack Parking BY JVH


OneMurder Solved, Kinda


RIVATE INVESTIGATORPAULMANNINGFOUNDADEADWOMAN woman in the trunk of a car blocking his in the stack parking lot at the Hol- lywood Bowl. His business card was in there, too. Once back home, Paul found an envelopewith a picture of the person in the trunk, verymuch alive, and a note saying they wanted $1 million. The woman turned out to be his


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