Happy Dick'n by Adam Zend - HTML preview

EPILOGUE

*** FIFTEEN MONTHS LATER ***

LEROY WASHINGTON:  Charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of James Butler.  The trial ended in a hung jury.  A poll of the jurists found one vote for guilty, and eleven votes for not guilty.  The prosecutor decided against a costly retrial.  He felt Mr. Washington would probably be found not guilty anyway.  Leroy Washington was released from custody.  He is still employed at the psych hospital, and still cares for his son, Shane.

NORA LOUISE TEEL:  She suffered a mental breakdown shortly after receiving news of Father Andrew Crawford’s suicide.  She was institutionalized for thirty days, at which time she was declared competent to stand trial.  First-degree murder charges were brought for the murder of Debra Sue Teel, and Linda Lerner.  An attempted murder charge for the shooting of her son, Simon Lee Teel was added.  The conspiracy to commit murder charge in the death of her husband, Eugene Thomas Teel, was dropped.  Nora Teel waived her right to a jury trial, and pleaded guilty to all counts.  She asked the judge for leniency.  The death sentence was handed down by the presiding judge.  Nora Teel is now on death row.  Condemned prisoners in Arkansas are put to death by lethal injection.  She is in the appeals process of her death sentence at this time.

SIMON LEE TEEL:  He made a full recovery from his gunshot wound.  The life insurance policy by his father paid out the full $300,000 benefit claim.  Since he had no health insurance, after paying off the hospital stay, and the subsequent rehabilitation costs, he was left with only $13,000.  Simon Teel is currently taking classes at a community college, and working part-time as a mental health tech at the psych hospital along side his friend, Leroy Washington.  The shooting incident by his mother ended the reoccurring nightmare.  Due to positive changes in his life, Henry is now communicating with Simon once again.

HENRY:  Humankind will one day truly understand why their Supreme Creator has allowed his children to experience disease, murder, starvation, rape, war, and the like…and they shall be so very thankful for those life lessons.

The End