Chapter 10: The Accident
The man Howard hired to arrange Judah’s and Vida’s accident was a professional Howard had used on similar occasions before. He knew their deaths should occur far enough away from Howard’s house that suspicion couldn’t possibly fall on the criminal leader. He also knew it should take him long enough to drive to the proper location for Howard to establish a solid alibi. The car in which the accident would occur was a stolen one, so it wouldn’t be traceable to anyone connected with Howard’s gang when it was found smashed at the bottom of a hillside. All the details had been worked out precisely.
This killer had a favorite spot for his work—an isolated mountain road twenty kilometers from Howard’s house. Like many of the mountain roads in Southern California, it had
