The 4400
Wrongly Accused
Disclaimer--I do not write for, own, or am in any other way affiliated with the 4400, and some of the characters in this story I do not own. Most of the people you do not recognize I created, so I guess I kind of own them. Anyways.
Flashback
Date: April 1, 1974
It was a warm day in America's heartland, humid in fact, but in the coming of summer way, where theres a light stickiness that sort of hangs in the air.
Denise was taking a walk around town, and it was the middle of the day. It was the age of the flower child, and though she wore her hair long, and her clothes loose, she was not a hippie. Town policy dictated that you weren't a hippie if you lived in middle America, unless you lived somewhere far off, like Idaho.
She was eighteen, and normally she would still be in school, finishing up her senior year at the local highschool, but she had just gotten good news, and decided to take Senior skip day early. She had just been accepted into Juliart on a piano scholarship, something that greatly pleased her parents and herself. Ever since she had heard of the school (when she was a little ballerina) she had been interested in going there. No, interested was not a strong enough word. She was infatuated with the school and everything about it.
The town was in its high life, and she decided to take a little stroll down to see the small shops on the main road, a two lane passage of cars which only had a 'rush hour' when the carnival came to town.
The day ended way to soon, and she had left her car at home when she went for the walk, so decided to instead walk home. It was a long walk, but not a hard one, down long winding streets. Her parents were probably wondering where she was at this hour. She couldn't wait to tell them about Juliart.
That was when it came. A giant light from above, that instantly surrounded her. She would've screamed, but couldn't, because she was so frozen, not with fear, but something more akin to terror. And in under a minute, Denise Marshall was gone.
Date: July 22, 1977
"We're here at Llowell County Courthouse to hear about the finale to the case which has rocked Indiana. Benjamin Daniels is one trial today for what many have called the April Fools Murders, a string of murders and disappearances from 1969 on. Today, the family of one of Daniels most famous victims, Denise Marshall's waits to hear the outcome after three long years of agonized waiting. The Marshall case was the lynchpin in the prosecutions case, because it was the one case with evidence to it. The defendant was seen following Marshall to her home in Greehome, and later seen coming away from the sight she was last seen. The other murders were proven to circumstancial to prosecute. Daniels, who has always proclaimed his innocence in the murders of Denise has not been allowed to come to his own defense, at advice from his coucil, Public Defender Rob McCoy," the reporter, who was standing with a view of the courthouse behind her, pressed her hand to her ear, "Okay, we have just heard the end to this tragic case. Benjamin Daniels, has been convicted of first degree murder in the case of Denise Marshall, and we understand the DA will be seeking life without parole."
Abductee: # 2347
Name: Denise Marshall
Date Taken: April 1, 1974