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Okay.

Tommy had a right to be afraid.

His dad was a criminal, a murderer.

The only thing the police didn't know was exactly why he murdered.

This was just one more version of Tom's lies.

And when he couldn't cover his tracks with his lies, he simply told Tommy not to look.

Like the time he asked Tommy to pick him up at John Mann's house.

This time it was to get rid of the dogs inside.

They knew he was a good kid.

In fact, one officer had also been Tommy's rugby coach and had nothing but great things to say about him.

Somebody did something right, but it sure wasn't his dad.

Tommy's story matched the version his father gave police.

That Regina had attacked John.

That Tom wrestled the knife away and stabbed her.

There were no other people at the house that day.

black, white, or otherwise.

If they could just get Tom to admit to killing both Regina and John, it was their gut feeling, and the coroner's reports backed it up.

John Mann's body was pierced with multiple sharp force injuries, including to the neck, ribs, collarbone, and defensive wounds on his hands and arms.

Regina stood under five feet tall and didn't weigh much.

Besides, Tom's version was that he intervened after only one or two stabbings.