Jenny took the phone. “This is Jenny Hershberger.”
“Mrs. Hershberger, this is Detective Elbert Wainwright with the Wooster Police Department. I’m investigating a case and I’ve hit a dead end. I am hoping you and Sheriff Halverson can help me.”
Jenny glanced over at Bobby, who had a ‘cat-who-swallowed-the-canary’ look on his face. “Me? How could I help the police in Ohio?”
“Well, Ma’am, we have a cold case that has become very cold indeed. A young girl was murdered here about forty years ago and buried in the woods out by Jepson’s pond in a handmade wooden box. But the crucial clue is the one I was thinking you could help me with.”
“What would that be, Detective?”
“The body was wrapped in a quilt.”
“And…”
“I believe the quilt is an Amish quilt. It has all the characteristics of one a
