Chapter 16 - Laura’s necklace
Police recovered the silver necklace with the blue stone from a pawn shop.
Cole had sold it for $260.
Its sentimental value was impossible to measure.
Laura wore it in several photographs with Emily.
Emily recognized it because I once let her wear it for school picture day.
The shop had proper transaction records.
Cole used his real identification.
Again:
No criminal mastermind.
A man in debt stealing from his brother-in-law’s office while staying in a house he had no business occupying.
Why risk it?
Cole owed money after relapsing into online sports betting.
Not hundreds of thousands.
Around $21,000 across credit cards, personal loans, and private debts.
The stolen cash covered part.
Jewelry was next.
He planned to replace things later.
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Every thief seems to have a future version of himself who becomes more responsible.
That man rarely arrives on schedule.
