Among the dozens of phone calls made that day in September, two stand out. One to Robert Pfeil, Muriel's brother. He was in his garage. And, with his wife Marianne, they rushed to the crime scene. Suddenly, this devoted family man had a lot on his plate. At the crime scene, he talked briefly to investigators. Mentioned Neil Mackay. There was a tacit agreement. The cops would talk to Muriel's ex-husband.
But Robert Pfeil's immediate concern lay elsewhere. Lay with Scotty, Muriel's son by way of Neil Mackay. Bob had promised his sister he'd spend her inheritance down to the last nickel to keep that man away from Scotty. Bob immediately went into a full-court press on that promise. Picked Scotty up from his daycare. Called Muriel's attorneys. Readied the case for custody and, perhaps, full adoption.
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Across town, Neil Mackay received the same news almost simultaneously. But... There was a but. While worried about Scotty, he didn't know where his kid was. First he was worried that he was in the car. While that proved to be false, he still had no idea of the his child's whereabouts. Muriel had kept his daily routine from him, fearing the father and protecting the child.
Worse yet, asked by police to describe his whereabouts that day -- especially in the interval during the car bomb -- Mackay and his legal secretary came up with differing accounts. Something about when he left his office. And then he returned. One of them was off by an hour. And within that hour... The bomb went off. If, as police then thought, it was a remote control bomb... Then Neil Mackay could have been out and about... And that was incriminating.
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