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SUPPLEMENT/ CONTINUATION
FL0520300/Clearwater Police Department
Report No.
95-29158
Offense
Death Investigation
Date of Report
2/18/97
Agent Feola: They figured?
Carlson:
Yeah. “We figured you’d be coming to get her things.”
Det. Carrasquillo:
So that’s what. ..that’s what.. .it wasn’t Gloria. ..it was Benetta
that made that statement.
Carlson:
Benetta made that statement.
Det. Carrasquillo:
Oh. .right. . .continue with your train of thought.
Carison:
Okay. So I questioned...I’m the only one that gave them hell.
They... they hate me I know. She did especially. Dell will tell you her husband’s face turned as red as that box and he wanted to hit me, but I... nobody spoke up. And they. . .we couldn’t pack. I mean here I am I’m on the phone. I’m trying to get... . see, when we went down there, we knew nothing about a minor accident.. . nothing at all. We didn’t know that the car was not driveable. ..that we couldn’t bring it home.
Agent Feola:
That’s why you were planning on...
Carlson:
Yes. We didn’t know anything. But when we were going
through these things packing them, I found this box back in behind that had this stuff in it. And I said “Oh God, look what I’ve found. This is stuff that they won’t look at. Because I was running in there looking under the bed. There was nothing under the bed. There was nothing anywhere.. . no evidence of any kind. And I said to Benetta “Benetta, it seems strange to me that there’s no records of anything in this house.” I said “No bills of any kind.., nothing. . . no checks.” She said “Well, she kept everything at the office.” And a few days later.., we were

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