the police had found the body of a man (whose clothing and physical description matched those of Esther’s killer) on the old Pemex sports fields, with a Smith & Wesson just like the one Esther’s killer had been carrying and a bullet in his right temple. His name was Francisco López Ríos and he had a long record of auto theft. But he wasn’t a natural killer and shooting someone, even if it was accidental, must have upset him considerably. The man committed suicide, said Ortiz Rebolledo. Case closed. Later Lalo Cura would comment to Epifanio that it was strange there hadn’t been a lineup to
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Evil is its own precious commodity/protected entity
