Notes on the Farson Case [ previous notes ]

 25 October – 1 November – Well, this has been one hell of a
week.  I spoke to Ed about calling it quits.  This Farson case
is really getting to me.  I've had problems sleeping and some
pretty nasty nightmares since I've started on it.  Ed was
pretty understanding, but he convinced me that quitting now
would really throw a wrench into the machinery, so to speak.
I'll try to stick it out until it's finished.

On the 26th, I went to qualify at the Range.  There I was, just
ready to draw and fire, when the target came up:  A blown up
photo of Ally Farson's wanted poster affixed to the cardboard,
with a bullseye over her face!  To say I lost it would be an
understatement!  Range Master wasn't too thrilled, neither
was the joker who did it after the two of us got a hold of him!

've gotten news from London, and it's not good:  Three girls
were seen leaving a coffee shop with Ally Farson, and haven't
been seen since!  Now I'm worried!

I've been reading Ally's diaries and letters (I'm surprised that
she had anyone to write to).  Again, that gut feeling is
surfacing that maybe, maybe, Ally Farson did not commit
these murders!  I see a lot of anger, fear, loneliness and
repression (it sounds VERY familiar) but I don't really see
anything in her correspondence that would merit her
committing any atrocities against anybody.  I spoke to Sturka
again.  He's a very likeable person, and quite savvy when it
comes to people.  He told me that, in all his conversations
with Ally, that she NEVER once said anything about hurting
others.  Odd, and the way her peers treated her, that's
surprising.  I remember how I used to feel. 

Another thing that I've found interesting.  Most serial killers
start out by being cruel to and torturing animals.  I found out
from other neighbors that Ally was passionately fond of cats!
I mentioned this to Jack, and he said that if so, why did she
beat that dog half to death?  Curiouser and Curiouser, Said
Alice!

2 – 5 November – Had an interview with the witness to the
events on the evening of 11 July, Robert Horner.  He was
pretty helpful about everything, but one thing that strikes me
as odd:  He didn't see what had happened!  He was sitting
across from the telephones and he didn't actually see Ally
murder his girlfriend, Katie Moss!  When I asked him why he
sped off, he began hedging.  I had to reassure him that
nothing would happen to him, and he admitted that he took off
because he was afraid someone would call the police for a
disturbance, and he had a Crystal Meth lab and the drug in
the back of his truck!  Damn!  I thought he could give us
some better information! (Looking at the original DR, Katie
threatened to call 911)

Finally, we got the film from the security cameras held by the
Eldorado Bank.  They showed Katie Moss being strangled,
but the film is pretty blurry (CrimeLab had to enhance it a lot
of times) so if I were trying to convince a jury that the
"person" shown on the tape was, in fact, Ally Farson, I
wouldn't be able to do so!  A piece of good news is that the
tape shows the exact time of the events as they happened!

Spoke to the owners of the Café du Cathay Chinese
restaurant (very good food too, I may add!) Phillip Wu.  Wu
told me that he remembered a man and a women who fitted
the description having dinner (so did his daughter).  I showed
him photos of both Ally and Reid, and Wu and he identified
both Ally and Reid as the couple who had dined there that
evening.  He wasn't exactly sure when they left, but he said it
was before 9pm.  I asked if either seemed agitated.  Wu told
me that they seemed very calm, enjoying their dinner and
laughing together.  (I know serial killers are deranged in a
way, but I can't help but wonder how ANYONE could have a
meal and in less then an hour murders three people?) 

I later spoke to the employees at the Blockbuster Video
store, and I was told the same.  They identified both people in
the photos, and said that they were in the store for approx. 10
minutes.  Neither seemed nervous, upset or agitated.  Reid
asked inquired about whether or not the store had the size
film for his camera (they did; wrong type, though).  Ally
looked at the selection in the foreign film section.  Again, this
doesn't sound right to me, for some reason.

5 – 8 November – Called on Sis today.  I had to have a break,
so I drove up to the Convent and had breakfast with her.  She
looks great, and being Mother Superior has its perks, too!
Breakfast was simple, and the coffee excellent.  I began to
tell her about the Farson case, and she was very insightful to
say the least!  She told me that through all her years of
teaching parochial school, she saw many cases of children
like Ally who was the brunt of cruel and heartless prank by
their classmates.  For what reason she didn't know:  They're
kids, after all!  But, she never heard of any of these students
committing murder when they grew up.   Is Ally the exception
to this?  I wonder.

More news from London.  According to Scotland Yard, Ally's
brother is a real dirtbag too!  You name it, he's into it:  Child
Porn, drugs, prostitution, etc.  They'd love to catch him AND
Ally.  I guess David has been living underground for a number
of years (My God, what a screwed up family!)  Speaking of
which, what about her sister Frances?  Where is she in all of
this?

9 – 11 November – Well, Happy Veteran's Day!  I went and
tried to talk to Ally's Mother/Grandmother.  Once again, one
minute she'll be answering my questions and the next she'll
be clamping up and not saying anything!  She had an
attorney with her, for Christ's sake, and this Bozo would
actually have to tell her whether to answer "Yes or No" to the
simplest question.  Example:  "May I get a glass of water,
Ms. Farson?"  She actually looked to her attorney.  He
thinks, and whispers in her ear a moment.  Ms. Farson nods,
and then replies, "Yes, you may."  And they wonder why I
despise lawyers.

Ed informed me that I might have to go to London soon.  That
would be nice, but that's not how I wanted to visit it.  Oh,
well!  May as well pack a bag.