MelMuskingum County Sheriff’s Department
“Sheriff Crane.”
“It’s me, babe.”
“I know. Holly told me. What’s up?”
“Your sister and Beth just left here with Jef. They’re going to watch him for a little while.”
“Okay.”
“What’s going to happen to him?”
I sighed and rubbed my temple.
“Mel?”
“Sorry. I don’t know for sure. I’m going to have to call Children’s Services. They’ll send a case worker out to pick him up and they’ll handle it from there.”
“Will they pass him off to the next of kin?”
“If they think that’s best for him; that or another relative that’s willing and capable of taking care of him.”
“I can’t believe that. You know her parents or someone in her immediate family may well be responsible for her death.”
“That’s a consideration, yes, but I talked to Katie’s mother and fa
