Chapter 21 – Place your Bets
8:20 AM, Monday, August 25th, 2014
I was finally catching a break. The Columbus crime lab reported that the cell phone taken from Olivia’s residence held a recorded voicemail message from the Toyota service department on the Friday morning before her death telling her that her car was ready.
There were also texts originating from a phone registered to Nevil Harper Senior late Friday afternoon and again on Saturday morning asking her if she was coming for it. A final text message Saturday afternoon told her that he’d ‘bring the car by later’. It’s time to track down Nevil Jr.
I called the dealership and waited while they put me through to the service department.
“Service; Ted speaking.”
“Ted, this is Sheriff Crane. Are you the service manager?”
“Yes ma’am
