The Doppelgänger’s Funeral: How a Small-Town Land Appraiser Uncovered His Own Staged Death and Business Partner’s $4.2 Million Scheme
👉 Previous Action: You uncovered Derrick Croft’s plot to steal your family land or commit arson for insurance fraud.
I found a rear basement hatch, unbolted it, and pushed my way into the cold, dark alley behind the funeral home. My utility truck, a reliable old Ford, sat parked beneath a single flickering streetlamp.
Relief washed over me, brief and fleeting.
As I approached, I saw it: all four tires were flat, slashed in jagged, deliberate wounds. Someone had done a thorough job.
My escape vehicle, gone. Panic clawed at my throat. I pulled out my phone, opening the banking app. Maybe I could transfer money, catch a cab, anything.
The screen flashed an error message. “Account Frozen by Court Order.”
My personal account, my business account – both empty, inaccessible. The $38,000 balance, my entire emergency fund, vanished with a digital click. Derrick hadn’t just sabotaged my transportation; he had cut off my financial lifeline.
I was stranded, penniless, and hunted, in the very town I had lived my whole life.
➡️ Read CHAPTER 9 to continue the story.
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