MrBallen

And so Laverne, she continued speaking and she went on to say that the reason she didn't come forward right away was because she was scared of John.

He was a violent alcoholic who abused her, which is also part of the reason why this seemed real to her.

I mean, she was totally not shocked at the idea that maybe John killed someone.

But she was basically fearful that he might kill her too.

And so she had kept it to herself until she had seen the article in the paper and also saw the picture of the girl.

And she just looked so young and innocent and she just couldn't help but feel like she owed it to that girl to come forward.

Now, at this point, Ingram's mind was whirling.

I mean, if this was all true, it was huge for this case.

I mean, potentially, this just solved the whole murder.

I mean, this is what happened potentially.

But he also knew, you know, right now it was just one woman's story.

You know, he needed actual proof.

He couldn't just take Laverne's word for it.

So he asked Laverne if he and his partner could just go ahead and search the apartment.

And as soon as Laverne nodded, the detectives jumped to their feet and got to work.

Laverne led the detectives down the hallway to the master bedroom.

And then from there, she backed off and just, you know, let the men get to work.

And the detectives, they immediately split up and spread out to cover more ground.

Ingram had actually brought along a list of stuff that they were theoretically looking for.

And one of the things on his list was a swatch of denim from the front buttons of Tanya's jeans.