America 1982-Chapter 563 - 117: An Old Friend Calls_2

Eliana Letty would no longer have a chance. The day after, the President’s office declared that they were completely unaware of Orlando Bosch’s involvement in the bombing case; he was granted identity according to the Federal Government’s Cuban Refugee Adjustment Act. The Justice Department also stated that when CANF submitted the application on Bosch’s behalf, they did not disclose any involvement in terrorist activities.

The pressure was then placed on the CANF and Eliana Letty. David Kennedy’s off-site campaigning was, in essence, a message to CANF: either Let Eliana Letty gracefully withdraw from the election or face a police investigation for CANF’s alleged funding of smuggling activities.

Now with Orlando Bosch detained once again, under investigation for possibly concealing his prior involvement in the bombing when seeking residency, David Kennedy’s bargaining chip was that if Eliana Letty withdrew gracefully, he would ensure that Orlando Bosch could end his life with dignity.

That would allow everyone to save face.

But Tommy didn’t want to talk to David Middleton, not out of disrespect, but because when he learned from David Kennedy about the association of the labels—ace envoy, David Middleton, Miami police—Tommy wanted to tell David Kennedy that his choices of companions were so poor that it was no wonder he couldn’t make a name for himself in the Kennedy Family’s home state of Massachusetts and had been sent to carve out his own path in Miami.

Unless something unexpected happened, this man named David Middleton would become one of America’s notorious serial killers. A typical criminal personality, he would carry the weight of four life sentences without parole and two death sentences. However, even though he was sentenced to death in 1995, Tommy would be taken out by a gangster’s bullet in 2022, and Middleton would still be alive.

The most outrageous part was that not only did he survive, but he also wrote an autobiography in prison, titled "From Cop to Serial Killer," which became a bestseller. Hollywood bought the rights to the book, planning to turn his story into a movie.

If he’s not mistaken, Middleton’s criminal activities had already begun. Posing as a police officer, he kidnapped, raped, and intimidated more than a dozen young women. His method was driving around late at night near low-end nightclubs, looking out for pretty single girls that fit his preferences, and then directly approaching them, flaunting his badge, threatening them with accusations of drug use, possession of contraband, underage drinking, and such. This typically worked on girls who partied hard at clubs, so using his police identity and this excuse to intimidate young women never failed. He would then handcuff them, put them in his car under the pretext of taking them to the station for questioning, but in reality, he would tie the girls up, drive them to secluded locations to rape them, and afterwards threaten them not to report him while pretending the drug and contraband incidents never happened.

This man was very skilled at choosing his targets; he only kidnapped girls from poor backgrounds, and almost all his victims were those who hung out at low-end nightclubs, came from ordinary families, and had their names and home addresses put on record by him under the guise of an investigation. Afraid of retaliation if they reported him, none of the victims dared to speak out.

If it weren’t for an unfortunate mistake of kidnapping an educated sixteen-year-old girl from a middle-class family who later reported the crime, David Middleton might never have been caught. At the time of the incident, he was the head of the Street Crime Unit of the Miami Police Department and was only a step away from entering the high ranks of the Miami Police force.

Even though the victim reported him and accused him of rape, kidnapping, illegal detention, and battery, the jury ultimately found the first two charges not to be proven, only acknowledging that David Middleton had assaulted the girl. With no other victims coming forward to file reports or testify, he was sentenced to five years of imprisonment, released after serving just two years. After his release, he was dismissed from the police force and left Florida to work as a repairman, developing a drug addiction. He blamed the girl who had reported him for his downfall, although she had promised him she would keep quiet.

So began his career as a serial killer. As a police officer, he raped but did not kill; after his release, he chose to murder his victims, no longer trusting the lies of women.

There were three confirmed rape-murder cases linked to him, but there were also several other suspected cases that could not be proven due to insufficient evidence. Only after he was arrested and sentenced to death did multiple women who had been hurt by him during his time as a police officer dare to come forward and speak out.

As soon as David Kennedy revealed that Middleton was his man, Tommy understood why, despite irrefutable evidence during his first offense, the Miami court’s judge and jury only convicted Middleton of battery, letting him get out of jail in two years.

"I mean no disrespect," Tommy said, looking at David Kennedy. "I just think this guy’s name sounds familiar." He continued, "I was having a great time at the beach with Stephen and some girls who loved to dance. One of the girls who was with me mentioned something. She said a cop named David Middleton had abducted her late at night and forced her to do certain things. Hopefully, the David Middleton she mentioned isn’t the same guy you’re talking about."

David Kennedy first scoffed at Tommy’s words, "How could that be? You’ve met him. If that kid wanted a woman, he wouldn’t need to force anyone. Just look at his physique, look at that face. He could simply walk into a bar, take off his shirt, and countless girls would throw themselves at him, wanting something to do with him."