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as the ambulance rushed barb to the hospital, lenora ward felt she d done her professional best, but she wasn t at all sure her prayers would be answered. i knew that she was medically in dire straits. the woman rushed into the emergency room that evening was 32-year-old barbara george. she was a little heavy, physically fit, an enthusiastic softball and volleyball player. doctors and nurses began working feverishly to get a pulse, thumping the woman s chest in rapid bursts. one he armors said if we can give 100 compressions per minute to that patient, the better the chance of reviving the heart. but after 15 minutes it was all over, a doctor pronounced barb george the mother of two dead. it felt to the nurse to clean up the body for the family to view that s. when she saw. when we were straightening up her hair we noticed some blood on the top of her head. i noticed there was a small hole. my first thought as a nurse was ....
On-duty when the hospital called that had a woman come in with a single gunshot to the head. so now we had a full-blown homicide. you know it s going to be a long night? yes. as the detective s team scoured the strip mall dumpsters for maybe a tossed weapon, clothing, or something, he turned over the few facts he had so far. a woman with children was gunned-down execution-style in the back of a little comic book store. police interviewed merchants and customers at the mall. had anyone seen anything out of the ordinary? it turned out tom and lenora ward did. the couple who d given barb first aid had picked up on something when they arrived that evening: a speeding car in front of the comic book shop. and we both thought to ourselves, and then said it to each other, boy, that car s going too fast. later they d wonder if that was the getaway car. had on kind of a dark outfit for that time of the year. greek fisherman s cap is how i would describe it. another man visiting th ....
Around, just to make sure, you know, because we liked her. some teenage customers were also in the shop browsing, and they too were itchy to pay and go. they were the first ones to peek into the back room and see barb sprawl. right out, there s somebody back here. and that time, tom and i rushed to the back storage area, and found barb on the floor. we fought thought she perhaps had fallen backwards and hit her head. i noticed that she was blue around her mouth. her pupils were dilated and big. and i could not find a pulse. lenora happened to be a nurse and took charge. she noticed only a small amount of blood and concluded that barb had suffered a heart attack or a seizure. she told her husband to call 911, while she began administering cpr. i had never done cpr on someone that i knew and loved. it was, please god, let this be ok. she s a mother. ....
Mall outside detroit, out by the register, and to see big guys spidey, hulk and x-men. in the storage space in back was the ugly reality. one of the shop owners the woman was on the floor, ominously still. no super-hero had come to her aid, just some customers. regulars. most of the time we were there on friday nights. it was a friday the 13th a, july 1990, when tom and lenora ward stopped by the comic book shop before going out to dinner. she knew our names. immediately, when we would walk in, she would light up with a smile. many times, she would actually come around a counter to greet us. but not on this summer evening. it was just after 6:00, tom and lenora had picked out a comic, but there was no one behind the counter to take the money, not barb or her husband, michael, the co-owner. it wasn t uncommon that someone wouldn t be at the cash register, but that was a longer than normal time. so, we thought we would stick ....
They liked buying from that woman there, barbed. she knew our names, mediately when we would walk and she would light up with a smile. many times she would actually come around the counter to greet us. but not on this early evening, just after 6 p. m. tom and lenora had thumbed through the bins and found their comic, but no one was there to take their money, not barb or her husband michael, the co-owner. it wasn t uncommon that someone wouldn t get the cash register, but this was a longer than normal time so we thought we would stick around just to make sure, you know, because we liked her. the teenage customers were itchy to go. they peeked into the back room. they were the first to see barb. they cried out, there s somebody back here. and at that time, tom and i rushed to the back storage area and found barb on the floor. we thought she perhaps had fallen backwards and hit her head. i noticed that she was blue ....