Chapter 13 - The Husband Who Performed Grief
Jason appeared publicly that afternoon.
He walked into a television station in Cleveland and asked for an interview.
His lawyer had not arranged it.
He wanted control of the story.
On camera, Jason cried.
He claimed Claire suffered a severe psychiatric episode after delivery.
He said she secretly took medication.
He accused Monica of kidnapping Rose.
He blamed the funeral home for placing the wrong body in the coffin.
“I am a grieving husband and father,” he said. “Claire’s parents are turning tragedy into a conspiracy.”
Helen watched from the hospital room where Rose was being examined.
The baby slept safely in her arms.
Tom turned off the television.
“He knows Rose was found.”
Officer Shaw nodded.
“The interview aired with a delay. He recorded it before the cottage raid.”
Jason had likely moved again.
But his performance created new evidence.
He described Claire’s medication as “a blood thinner.”
Police had not released the drug type.
He said the dose had been “crushed.”
That detail was also confidential.
Then he stated Claire began bleeding “at the house.”
Public reports only said she died after childbirth.
Jason knew exact facts only the participants and investigators knew.
The station preserved the unedited footage.
During a break, Jason asked the producer whether police could trace an interview recorded on an offline camera.
He also made a call from a staff phone.
The number belonged to the funeral transportation contractor.
Officer Shaw obtained the call.
Jason ordered the contractor to destroy all documents involving Evelyn Price’s transfer.
The contractor refused.
Jason threatened him.
By the time officers reached the station, Jason was gone.
But a parking camera captured him entering a gray sedan.
The driver was Dominic Hale, the attorney who had prepared Jason’s emergency custody papers.
Dominic had helped arrange the false funeral release.
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The conspiracy was larger than Jason and Monica.
👉 Jason tried to perform innocence for the cameras—but every sentence proved how much he knew.
