Blog 2

Myron tries to speak with Valeris's psychiatrist , Dr, Julia Abramson, who declines to offer specific answers, invoking doctor/client privelege. He receives little information, and tries to conctact Alexander Cross's friends, the deceased fiance of Valerie Simpson. One of Alexander's friends, Gregory Caufield, agrees to meet with him. Upon arriving at Gregory's office, he is led to a meeting with Senator Bradley Cross, father of the deceased. The Senator discloses the information that his son, Alexander, was on drugs, heroin and cocaine. His son's body was found with a syringe, but he stands by the story that the missing teenager, Errol Swade, killed his son with a switchblade. Questions are asked regarding the murder and what happened to the accused and the accused's parents. Was Senator Cross a grieving father or had he silenced a detailed investigation into his son's death?