It's the Fourth of July, time for fun, games, parades, and fireworks--not murder. The rapist and murderer was dead. There was peace in four counties. No one expected murder to take place in the center of town in Garrettsville after the parade.

The whole police department was in the center of town, taking part in one way or another in the parade--either in it or directing traffic. It was a big event. They were celebrating 200 years. There was a carnival in town, lawn sales, stalls set up on Main Street, six Meals on Wheels vans all over town. There were old cars on display, horseback...