One to the Wolves, On the Trail of a Killer (19 page)

I am a writer by trade, and now I have set the rest of Kait’s story on paper. This
is the best I can do until others come forward — those who will either refute my scenario
or validate it.

And I feel in the depths of my heart that they
will
come forward to correct my inaccuracies and fill in the gaps in the story. Because,
like Don and me, those people are aging. Each time they look in the mirror — or color
the roots of their hair, or detect a lump in the breast, or experience a pain in the
chest — they become aware of their mortality.

It won’t be terribly long before they have to face Kait.
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Psychic Betty Muench died April 10, 2010.

Betty had often told me about a dream she had of one day publishing readings she had
done for clients, (though only, of course, with their permission). Her hope was to
open people’s minds to the possibility that the five physical senses that most of
us regard as the only keys to reality may, in truth, be just the edge of a greater
reality. Betty was the first to admit that she, herself, didn’t know the extent of
that reality. She considered herself a tool in the hands of “Spirit,” a vehicle through
which mental energy could be channeled. She said, “I have no more wisdom than anyone
else — just a receptive mind, two hands, and a typewriter.”

Betty — this Appendix is dedicated to you.

The following readings by psychics Betty Muench and Robert Petro are keyed to footnotes
within the text:

CHAPTER SEVEN

1. Betty Muench
,
9/18/93:
What can you tell us about the wound that prevented Susan from attending Kait’s funeral?

This is something that will have been very impromptu and came so suddenly that Susan
could not move away from this and she will have been intimidated. This injury will
have been inflicted by something ornate and available, an impulse of the moment. Susan
will be one who will think of herself as impervious and very strong, but this incident
with the cut will have been very sad for her in that it broke her spirit. This was
what the true intention was, to shake her beliefs around this situation with Kait.
She has no desire to be dishonest, but she is in so far over her head that she will
be creating certain danger for herself if she talks. She does not even now know the
whole truth.

This situation around Kait and the manner in which it was handled by authorities and
by those actually involved was such that there has been harm done to many others,
and Susan is one of the victims. Something was done to her, and it will have traumatized
her. This has the sense of the Vietnam influence to it, but Dung will have been seemingly
outside of this. Others seem to have taken this in their control.

2. Betty Muench
, 10/08/93:

What may we know about Rod? Does he have any knowledge that can be of help to us?

There’s an image of an African tribal mask which is large and would seem to cover
the whole body and yet this is laid down on its side as if it is not in use. Kait
is shown with a look of humor on her face, and she will point this out in flowing
motions much like a representative would at a product show. She does not speak but
seems to be saying, “See, there is no longer the mask!” and that will mean the mask
of Rod.

There will be information which he will share.
There is a key, a small and seemingly insignificant key, that he will possess, and
he does not quite know what it is —something that Kait will have said to him in seeming
jest, and yet it will be a key.

3. Betty Muench
, 6/22/93

Would a focus on Dung bring any results? How best to affect his energy and bring forth
some sort of movement around him?

This truth has been elusive and will have to be “dug” up in a sense. It is necessary
to find the location of certain parties and to have them watched, and they will make
mistakes. They have not quit their old activities, they have enlarged them, and this
makes the possibility of trapping them even more important. This is not to falsely
entrap but to allow them to snare themselves by repeating certain actions.

There is one who will be very interested in certain activities, and this will have
to do with the Immigration people who will be very frustrated at certain efforts,
and there will come information which will show that there is in essence an invasion
of this country. Lois has an interest in something which the Immigration people also
have an interest in. To tie this case in with certain other activity will be necessary
at this time. This twist will be most alarming to many.

CHAPTER EIGHT

4. Betty Muench, 9/12/94:

What may we know about Pat Caristo and the role she is to play in finding the truth
about Kait’s murder?

There will be the sign of a teardrop shape, and that will symbolize all the tears
shed in this situation. There will be this which is seemingly confined, and there
will not be any further spilling of tears on this matter. Pat will be one who can
bring this all together. There is in Pat the ability to utilize the information at
hand which will need a certain interpretation which can be had from this more academic
approach, and she will bring in certain contacts which will prove beneficial and will
form the completion of the tear drop.

She will have great ability to advocate for others in similar situations, and this
will keep her thread attached. Hers is a destiny unto itself. Pat is not in this for
any kind of aggrandizement, but for the concept of justice, which is her karmic purpose
in this time. She will know that she will be able to make contacts in ways that others
cannot, and she can get information in ways that others cannot, and thus her assistance
will prove very helpful to bring about all the energy patterns necessary to bring
around this total symbol of the teardrop, the completed and whole teardrop.

5. Robert Petro, 9/20/96:

What link do you see, if any, between the Vietnamese, the Hispanics, and certain cops?

I feel that right in the heart of Albuquerque there seems to be some sort of garage
or warehouse where they are doing alterations on automobiles. I feel that it includes
local people as far as fixing up these cars, and they are changing the cars to transport
out of state. I also feel that they have altered documentation and paper work, that
it all appears to be forgeries. I believe that if the FBI was pulled into this case
they could track the behavior of body shops, car shops, through their money in the
bank. I feel they can be traced and caught.

CHAPTER NINE:

6. Betty Muench, 6/18/96:

What is the true source of the seeming fear or resistance of APD to confront the Vietnamese
issue in Kait’s murder?

There is this sense of the Vietnamese energy pattern which will come out of one particular
entity, and this one will seem to be then swirled into the energy of the police department
and it becomes like a tornado. This will have to do with this one man, and it is someone
who is middle aged and who would not be an actual part of this group that Kait was
involved with. This one will be more as a community leader, and it is as if he acts
as some kind of liaison for this Vietnamese community. He will seem to have influenced
the police department not to open up this problem.

This is someone who is well-meaning and who will seem to have some control over the
community, but he is not strong enough to control the young so-called-warriors. There
is this which the police did not want to confront, as they did not have the knowledge,
and they will have been easily convinced that this was not necessary. There was the
line of least resistance which the police department took on this, and justice did
not seem to enter into it.

7. Betty Muench, 1/2/96:

What may we know about the true involvement of Roy Nolan in this investigation?

There is this image of Lois’s head. She will seem to be a puppet and the head will
turn all the way around. This will suggest that there is manipulation by some other
force and this would not be what Lois would want to happen.

This seeming manipulation as depicted in this image will be only that which some others
will have tried to put into her energy pattern, and they will not have made it through.
Roy Nolan will have entered into this as a means to his own ends, but he will have
been manipulated himself, and he will then have pulled out. The degree of his sincerity
and ability in all this is to be questioned and his pulling out under some kind of
coercion will not be that important to this situation. Lois is as well off without
this influence. Nolan was making things fit so that he could ingratiate himself. There
is no sense of loss here, and the head of Lois will not continue to turn in this manipulation
of her thoughts.

CHAPTER ELEVEN:

8. Betty Muench, 10/4/95:

What guidance can you give us about what our next steps should be in furthering this
investigation and bringing it to a successful closure?

There must now be the right-side applicant thinking, and this will go with the academic
and intellectual. Lois and Pat can use the
masculine forces
now to further their case. It will be for Lois and Pat to think in terms of allowing
the male energy to come into play, not necessarily to contrive how this will be done,
but to let those available male energy patterns make their own suggestions and not
simply have them voicing the opinions of the feminine aspect. Certain things are ready
to go. There will be the stirring of the pot again, and there will come reactions.

9. Robert Petro, 9/20/96:

What do you feel about the involvement of the Albuquerque Police Department in what
appears to be an obstruction of the investigation of Kait’s murder?

To some extent that’s true. But I feel that this only involves a couple of people,
that it does not involve the department in general. I feel by the time the investigation
got into the hands of the police department it was already diluted and all the evidence
wasn’t given to those investigating the murder. Those who collected the evidence are
the ones who hid the evidence. I feel that the Albuquerque Police Department is standing
and fighting, and they are right, because the evidence was tampered with even before
it got to the police department.

CHAPTER SIXTEEN:

10. Who was the VIP Kait saw involved in a drug transaction?

Betty Muench — 1990: “The person Kait saw is a political figure who has the podium
and is very coveting of his position. He is married. He has a fear of being exposed
that borders on paranoia, and this will have been part of his fear upon the observation
of him by Kait. He will not have had anything to do with the actions after that, but
his followers will be involved.”

Nancy Czetli — 1992: “He’s active in both local city politics and state level politics.
I think he’s been in the state legislature. He may be part of your court system. He
has black hair, he’s heavy set, and is getting a little jowly under his chin. I’d
say he’s in his fifties and has a very powerful voice. This man has been involved
for quite some time in rather extensive import-export of drugs. He did not order Kait’s
killing, but his presence helped trigger it.”

Robert Petro (channeling Kait) — 1992: “The VIP was in local government. I can’t give
you the exact position, but he was a married man, well-positioned in government. But
he wasn’t the only one in the place. It appeared that everybody around there was doing
something with drugs. For some reason I recognized him.”

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN:

11. Robert Petro, 9/20/96:

The Albuquerque police arrested three Hispanic males — Miguel, Juve, and Marty. They
claim they’re innocent. What is your feeling about them?

There’s involvement. But also I feel that they have somehow been used as a scapegoat.
I somehow see them connected, but then I
don’t
see them connected. But do they know something? The answer is absolutely yes.

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN:

12. Betty Muench, 7/17/02:

What may we know about Susan in regard to her cracked ice business and her motive
for placing that cart in front of the import store? Were activities at the import
store linked in any way with the circumstances leading to Kait’s murder?

When Susan rented this space in front of the import store there was one with her who
was very aggressive and who was supposed to be a kind of adviser, but this one could
not contain his brashness.

The positioning of the cart will have allowed Susan an insight into an operation that
was not sanctioned by any owner, but which will have been under the control of someone
who was under the control of the brash one. The import store was not suspect
,
but some of
those employed there will have knowledge. This would be a good record to have access
to, for there will be many names on such a list that would figure into this death
of Kait. Kait thought she had some allies, but indeed they all bolted on her when
she needed them the most.

13. Betty Muench, 2/3/98:
What is the key to the ending of this case?

There is this image of a female who will have her mouth bound with a gag and it is
as if she is chewing through this until her own flesh will seem to be bitten off.
There is in this, however, success, and she will be freed of this gag and able to
scream out.

This is not Lois but another who will not have been able to say anything until now.
The view showing the flesh being eaten away will be symbolic of her own internal stress
eating away at her because of her inability to come forward.

This one breaking the gag on herself will be the key to the ending of this long struggle
in this case around Kait’s death. There is an image of someone who is coming to the
end of something in her own life, and she will then want to come forward and make
things balance in this investigation. This will mean that a great change is taking
place, which will be outside the hands of anyone but that one person. That person
is not someone who has been able to put guilt and grief behind her.

There is in this one the key to the ending of this case, which will not be able to
be completed in the expected way, as this person would not be able to come to court
with this. There will be in that then for Lois only the understanding. The need to
understand all this is strong in Lois and it is not so much the need for retribution.
It will be the need to know what Kait will have been going thru and who will have
dealt her this hand which was not played out.