“A paid witness? You’re serious?”
Mel nodded from her perch at the corner of the bed, “At least one and possibly more. I’m pretty sure Kelly Rice set up the witness that has since recanted. His description of her is spot on but he doesn’t have any other info about her. He says he also talked to a male via phone, but he has no information about him.”
“But, it could have been Troutman?”
“It’s possible. The DA is waiting for the guy to cough up the number he called. I’ve tried to take myself out of that.”
“Good plan. What about Rice though? Why not put her in a line up and have this so-called witness ID her?”
“We’d do that except that we can’t find her. She’s not hanging around much in Muskingum County these days since her indictment. Tyler Whitesell put out a statewide APB on her. OSHP
