Chapter 12 – We Have a Floater...
Monday morning, June 16th, 2014
My duty cell buzzed with a call from dispatch.
“Sheriff Crane.”
“Sheriff, a woman’s body was just found dead floating near the shoreline of Dillon Lake. It’s State jurisdiction but we thought you’d want to know.”
“What’s the approximate location?”
“Just north of the boat launch ramps and dock off of Newark Road.”
“Roger. Enroute.” I was shocked. A bad omen told me it was the still missing Terri Sweeting. Dana hadn’t heard back from her all weekend. I broke several traffic laws that I was sworn to enforce trying to get to the crime scene as quickly as possible.
The state boys from the Ohio Highway Patrol had closed off the boat launch parking lot. I was stopped at the gate by a baby faced OSHP Trooper.
I leaned sligh
