Elizabeth
Sally Johnson was a very friendly 11th grader , she had red hair and freckles and was very tall , she got "okay grades " and was liked by everyone , she lived with her mom and dad , in Washington . She also just got her licenses and a new car.
Sally was getting ready for her first job interview, "later mom" Sally yelled to her mom as she was walking out the door, "good luck honey", her mom yelled back.
"You're application is very impressive, and we would love to have you work her" the manager said. "Thank you, thank you" Sally said beaming with excitement. "When do I start", Sally ask "1 week" the manager said. "I got the job mom" Sally said as she run up to her bed room to call her friend.
The next day when Sally got to school, there was a new girl she had knotty hair, holes in her shoes and it looked like her cloths haven't been washed in days. They later found out her name was Elizabeth, Sally and her friends wanted know part in her, in social study's Mrs. Taylor assigned partners for a project they had to do , and Sally's partner was Elizabeth- and they had know class time to do it "GREAT" Sally thought.
When sally arrived at Elizabeth's house it was nothing that she had suspected, her mother had long blond hair. There house was big, maybe even bigger than Sally. Sally found out that Elizabeth was the youngest and had a older brother. Just like sally, she also found out that they were into the same music, hobbies and candy.
About 2 or 3 years later Sally was on her was on her way to work , when her car stop, she ran out of gas and if she was late again her boss was going to let her go. So she called Elizabeth. Elizabeth insisted that she took her car because were Elizabeth's work was only 5 minutes away, Sally said no but Elizabeth said yes, in the end, Elizabeth won and Sally took Elizabeth's car. When Sally got home from work she waited for Elizabeth, when she didn't come home when she usually did, Sally called the police. When they got there Officer Alice and Officer Miguel investigated. A witness said that Elizabeth was walking and a woman pulled up behind her and said if "if you give me all you money, nothing bad will happen to you. But she lied, she shot and killed her right than and there. Sally cried and cried for days, she just couldn't get Elizabeth out of her head. Elizabeth's mom was surprisingly calm about Elizabeth's disappears.
They still had not found Elizabeth's body. They interviewed the witness; the witness said the woman was in ripped jeans and blond hair and sun glasses she also said that Elizabeth was in jeans and a red t-shirt. Alice and Miguel went over to Elizabeth's house, Alice tripped over a well in the back yard there was a piece of red cloth in the well. They interview the mother of Elizabeth and she handed them a note, she said that she found it on the crime seen. It said "Elizabeth should be punished" Miguel looked over at the refrigerator there was Elizabeth's mom grocery list, the list and the note had the same handwriting. When they left Miguel grab the red cloth. They analyzed the cloth; the DNA on it belonged to Elizabeth. "Alice we have to go back to Elizabeth's house". When they got there Alice went down the well. there was a body in the well They took it back to the police station and analyzed the body; it was Elizabeth. They went back to Elizabeth's house and arrested Elizabeth's mother.
3 mouths later Elizabeth's mother went to court. Why did you kill your daughter? Ask the judge. "Because … she saw me steal something. And I didn't want her to tell the police so I killed her ". Elizabeth's mother was charged with 1st degree murder and theft. She is serving 2 life sentences in jail.
By Megan MacKay