Kiss of the She-Devil (45 page)

With her killers speeding toward the exit, Gail Fulton lies barely breathing, fighting for her life in the parking lot of the Orion Township Public Library.

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This document from Gail’s autopsy shows how the three rounds fired into Gail’s body ricocheted off bones and organs and reentered and exited her body.

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These documents—one of which was drafted by Gail’s killers—show how the murderers pulled into the library parking lot, quickly mowed her down in a hail of gunfire, and left.

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A murder plot began to come together for police after these two motel receipts (one dated the night of Gail’s murder, the other dated weeks before), came to light.

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Investigators discovered a map with Donna Trapani’s fingerprints all over it, which detailed Gail Fulton’s every move.

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Sybil Padgett, 36, Donna Trapani’s employee and friend, was the first domino to fall as the plot to murder Gail Fulton unfolded for cops.

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Sybil’s 19-year-old boyfriend, Patrick Alexander, did not need much convincing to give up his girlfriend and their co-conspirators, Kevin Ouellette and Donna Trapani.

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Kevin Ouellette was the muscle and—arguably—the brains behind the murder.

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Donna Trapani, George Fulton’s mistress, was the mastermind behind Gail’s murder.

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Investigators uncovered the car used in Gail’s murder, matching its broken taillight up to the grainy video taken the night of the crime.

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Much of the evidence against Gail’s four murderers was in this house Sybil Padgett rented in Defuniak Springs, Florida.

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