“I’ll have chicken wings.” She had to get them: this place was famous for them. In 1964, Teressa Bellissimo, who owned the Anchor Bar at the time, along with her husband Frank, created the “buffalo wing,” which became a world-wide phenomenon. Any good Buffalonian knows how to make the sauce, and many have their own recipes for it. Buffalonians also tend to be wing snobs.

“You were reading my mind with the wings,” Gavin said. “Make that two orders.”

“I’ll put this right in,” the waitress said.

“So! You got the reports about the twins. Give me the details!” Val couldn’t wait another minute.

“Yes, I finally got a copy of the police report, and the autopsy report. The Morgans worked hard to bury these back then. They weren’t easy to come by,” Gavin said.

“And?”

“It goes all the way from the 911 call to the final autopsy notes.” Gavin pulled a packet of papers from his bag. “A call came into emergency dispatch at 2:28pm the afternoon of June 26th 2006…

Dispatcher: 911, what’s your emergency?

Young female voice (Screaming): Help! My brother and sister are in the pool! They can’t swim! (Sobbing) They’re not moving! (More screaming)

Dispatcher: Miss, stay calm, I’m sending help (Pause—dispatcher is tracing the call). Can you tell me your name?

Young female voice: (gasps) Gabrielle.

Dispatcher: Gabrielle, how old are you?

Young female voice: Sixteen. What the hell does this have to do with anything! I need help! Now!

Dispatcher: Gabrielle, help is on the way. Can you reach them without going into the water yourself? (Call has been traced. Emergency crews and police have been dispatched.)

Young female voice: I… I don’t know. But they’re not moving! Oh my God! I don’t know what to do! They’re not moving!

Dispatcher: An ambulance will be at your house in less than two minutes…

Young female voice: No! (sobs)

Dispatcher: Gabrielle? Gabrielle!

Line goes dead.

Gavin looked up. “At this point, it’s assumed Gabrielle threw the phone down, and it turned off, or she disconnected, because she did get her brother and sister out of the pool.” He continued. “At 2:36pm emergency responder arrived at 130 Lincoln Parkway where they found two children, a six-year-old boy and girl unresponsive, not breathing with no pulse, on the concrete patio just outside the inground pool. Resuscitative attempts were started at the scene, continued in the ambulance, and in the hospital emergency department. CPR was given for nearly thirty minutes before being aborted. The children were pronounced dead at 3:08pm. The emergency room physician stated that he felt they had been unresponsive for some time, prior to their arrival in the ER. Autopsies of the children determined cause of death was drowning. The need for toxicological screening, and any tissue sectioning other than the lungs was deemed unnecessary.”