Beginning at the End...Charlene Johnson

Beginning at the end… It seemed logical at the time because, the starting point was the brutal murder of a twenty-eight year old woman with no viable leads; her name was Charlene Johnson-Lane. Murdered in the duplex that used to stand on a modest lot on Walnut Street. She was found shirtless with multiple stab wounds in her abdomen. The police had contact with the confessed killer and they let him slip past their fingers. The last person to have owned the place was a seemingly sweet elderly woman, who is very socially conscious; maybe a little too much. But with this life and job, I tend to be a little suspicious of everyone. At this point the only things I know about Elsa (name changed for privacy/safety) is that she bought the house only a few months after Charlene was murdered. First of all, why would anyone purchase a house wherein someone was brutally murdered? Second, Elsa is very politically and socially active, this could be a negative or a positive. She works with the NACW, and in 2011 she ran the voters booth at Rosewood Manor in Saginaw, Michigan. Upon visiting the website for NACW, the organization seems very positive, it seems as though their entire goal is to support and uplift women and children of minority races. It is eloquently written and professionally designed. Elsa is not an officer in the organization, however she is an active and vocal member. Now the next questions are was Charlene Johnson-Lane a member of NACW? Was she being protected from an abusive spouse? Did Elsa know Charlene? How well did Elsa know the owner of the house she purchased which was Charlene’s landlord, if at all?