Cathleen Goebbels: A Short Story

The morning of Tuesday, July, 20th, 1964, the next door neighbor Cathleen Goebbels saw all the lights on at the Thompson house. That's not normal, she thought, so she went to check it out. When she knocked on the door, no one answered. The car was there so she decided to try the door. It was unlocked. ‘’That's unusual,’’ she said out loud. She called their names but no one answered so she walked around the house and there on the kitchen floor were Jack and Marles, dead. Jack and Marles were Cathleen's next door neighbors for years. They always seemed so happy; they were the nicest people in town. Who would do such a thing, she thought. As she thought about who would do such a thing she also remembered Anthony was home, but as she

The gun was in the police’s hands now. Two days later the results came back, but still no Anthony. That was because his prints were on the gun. He was the one who killed his parents. As soon as Cathleen found out she went to find him. He couldn't have gotten too far on foot. There were woods just a short walk away, even shorter if running. As she packed some stuff she would need she set out to find him, but had no luck. Two days after she left but she came back empty handed, but she didn't talk or attempt to look for him again. But the police still looked for him. On the 26th of July they found him dead. He had fallen and hit his head and died immediately. They thought it was just an accident but when trying to see if there were more clues to be found, they found prints on his shirt as if he had been pushed to his death. Three days later the prints came back. They were Cathleen Goebbel’s. The next door neighbor had killed Anthony Thompson. “Cathleen Goebbel had a husband and two children. Anna and Mark were both married

Cathleen proceeded to tell the detective she “loved Jack, she wanted the wife gone, but when she saw Jack was gone too she knew whoever did it was going to pay. “He was the love of my life, ” she proceeded. “I didn't mean to, I didn’t. He was just there and I pushed him his head was bleeding so i left i thought he was still alive”. “We know why Cathleen killed the son but why did the son kill the parents”said officer O’Malley, “lets head back to the house” he added. Back at the thompson house they discovered in anthony’s room a piece of paper that had this on