Slumped Face Down Riddled with Bullets

The Last Night

The Sun had just set, the colors were vibrant, and the sky was crisp and clean. It was a perfect night for a motorcycle ride through the countryside to meet his partner. The full moon was rising in a clear blue sky, shining bright across the horizon. Spirits were high as business was flourishing. His business dealings in the nightclub scene working with a prominent establishment and his venture in the furniture business seemed promising. He was a big shot in the ----------- in------- City, at least that is what he told me, and the girls LOVED him. Judging by all the posted selfies with numerous girls, that seemed to be true. But that all ended with one special girl, sweet -------, he was in love. It was a whirlwind romance, but he proposed within a few months, and she excepted. Life was good indeed. Christmas, his favorite holiday, was right around the corner. He was riding his motorcycle through the night air, fresh cool breeze blowing in his hair, and thoughts of the fantastic vacation he just had with his new love and images of their first Christmas together were racing in his mind. So this is how I imagined his experience was that night he was supposed to meet his partner at the factory in -------- ------, his head high in the clouds, dreaming of a beautiful life, and then all of a sudden, there was a loud noise-BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG! Down he went, shot in the back, hitting his head and body six times. Slumped on the ground face down with his leg twisted up under the bike tire, Billy lies there dead. It was near a watermelon plantation on a service road. Witnesses saw two unidentified shooters onboard a black Honda TMX motorcycle who shot him from behind. It was December 16th, 2010, and there he was, left to die. There was no real investigation. The articles I found said there was, but nothing came of it. He was dead, that was that. His name was William ------, he was only 47 years old, and he was my uncle.

I'm Shocked

When this first happened, I wanted to fly over to The ----------- and make sure there was a proper investigation. I was enraged to find out there wasn't one, not really. But I was a new mom, and that idea was impossible for several reasons. My baby was only six months, too young to leave her, and I couldn't take her. Also, I was being warned that the local police were corrupt, and the more I started digging, the more in-depth things got. There was the furniture partner that he was on his way to see the night of the murder, the one that ------ spoke with, his dearest and closest friend from NY. She was the person who called me to let me know about Billy's passing. ------ had been in contact with his partner regarding Billy and his belongings and everything going on. She is the executor of his estate. She needed to connect with someone there to help deal with his properties in the -----------. He promised her that he would get down to the bottom things and keep in touch. So when we dug deeper, he was the one that was being accused in the local papers. His name, ------ ---- --, a ----- national. He was also known as ----; that is what ------ was calling him. But he was only 1 of 2 of Billy's business partners in the furniture business. The second one was a ------- National, and her name was ------ ---. What I found next was extremely interesting. She had disappeared a few months prior.

The Plot Thickens

----- ---, a ------- National living in ---- ----, traveled to the ----------- on September 10th, 2010; she traveled for business. While there, she is supposed to meet, you guessed it, ------ ---- -- allegedly. Rumors say she was there to close down a showroom. She checked into The --------- Inn on September 10th, and on September 12th, she called a taxi and was heard that she was heading to ------ in ------, where her showroom was located. She was last seen at this location, the Studio. It was rumored that Bloodstains were found on-premise, but a DNA test needed to be conducted, but never was. She was gone without a trace. She disappears and is declared missing. ------ tells me that Billy did reach out to her, told her the story of his business partner ------ missing and that he was a little nervous. He said that a mere $$$ could make that happen, effortlessly, that's how corrupt it was there, but he assured her that he would be all right. But he was wrong. He would not be all right. That was Billy though, so full of confidence, I admired him for it. But not this time. So for a month or so, ------ never turns up. So now there are two business partners left. Until one beautiful moon-lit night, one of them gets murdered, shot in the back, and left to die. And then there was one.

Who Did It

I'm pretty sure I solved the murder. Who would gain at the loss of the other two in their business dealings? It is so blatant it almost slaps you in the transparent face. Let me put it this way. Once upon a time, there were three business partners who shared everything. One day one of them gets greedy. Or perhaps they had a gambling debt. Or possibly had a drug addiction and owed drug dealers. Whatever the case, they want or need it all. And that is that. All they need to do is get rid of the other two partners, and they get it all. And where better to do it, but a place where the law turns and looks the other way. Mind you; this is all speculation as the murder mystery was never solved. And fast forward through a google search to 10/28/2020, ---------- ---- --, a ----- National, is living in ---- ---- and opens --- ---- Trading --- and appoints himself as Director and Secretary, located in the ------------------. Murderer? What do you think?

Because this is an unsolved murder and it's real, I took out all names for safety purposes.

Written By: Kimberly Paulus