M. William Phelps
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That's it.
I don't care how it makes me look.
I don't care what it does to my reputation.
Dr. Schwartz deserves the truth.
He deserves the truth.
His family deserves the truth.
Dr. Robert Bob Schwartz hasn't shown up for work.
It's the 10th of December, 2001.
His coworker Terry said it was unlike him to miss a meeting and not come to work.
The renowned scientist, a pioneer in DNA research, would have let someone know if he wasn't coming in.
Dr. Schwartz is not answering his phone, so his boss, who happens to know one of the neighbors, calls and asks the neighbor to go over and check things out.
Schwartz's driveway was under construction.
To get to the house, you had to walk.
When the neighbor arrived, he found another neighbor standing outside.
He'd asked him if he'd seen Dr. Schwartz.
No, the guy said, and he'd been there since 7.30 that morning.
So the two men head down the driveway.
They see Dr. Schwartz's vehicle parked in its usual spot, over by the stables where he keeps his horses.
The house is made of fieldstone and cement, a cross between the Hobbit and a Revolutionary War colonial.
They go around to the back of the house, where there's a door into the kitchen.