![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Secondly, there’s the real killer of Babbit - “The Scarecrow,” who becomes aware of McEvoy and Cook’s interest in the murder. First off, Angela Cook, his younger and beautiful replacement on the cop-shop beat, convinces the assistant city editor to let her co-write the article and grab a piece of the byline. McEvoy quickly runs into two major obstacles, however. Although McEvoy first envisioned the article as a lengthy exposé on how a young man is turned into a killer, he is subsequently convinced of Winslow’s innocence. Winslow’s mother, though, calls McEvoy and challenges him to do the right thing - namely, clear her gang-banger son of a murder he didn’t commit. LAPD detectives claim that Winslow confessed to the killing, and the authorities are set to charge him as an adult. Sixteen-year-old Alonzo Winslow stands accused of a trunk murder - killing 23-year-old stripper Denise Babbit and stuffing her body into the trunk of her car. Los Angeles Times cop beat reporter Jack McEvoy becomes another victim of downsizing when the paper gives him his Reduction in Force notice - aka “pink slip.” But that doesn’t take the charge out of McEvoy’s instincts for a good story, especially if it means he can go out with a bang and leave some egg on his bosses’ faces. ![]()
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