Don't Open the Door

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Karen Morino finds her fifteen year old daughter, Nikki, lying in their foyer dead. There are no signs of a struggle but all evidence points to murder. A neighbor saw Jared Davis leaving the Morino home near the time of the murder. Davis is nineteen years old, mentally challenged, with Down syndrome. Conrad Confidential is hired to investigate her murder. Until a forensic report comes back, the Akron Police Department hesitates to make an arrest. The neighbors are livid and fear for the safety of their children. Prejudice escalates and the Davises are victimized daily. Father Flannery, a priest in Atlanta, is shocked by an anonymous confessor to a girl's murder. However, he is sworn to secrecy by the Covenant of Confession.