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Archives - April/Heather Stevens Special Report
The Battered Beauty
August 31, 2007
by Brent Kellogg
Paul
'Clueless' Williams saying this week he promised April Stevens not to tell
their daughter who her biological father is so pissed me off I decided to
go back and review the case.
Ironically, the headline Dentist Murdered first appeared in the
April, 1994, now defunct, home edition of the GCN. A woman beater, Dr.
Robert Lynch kept wife April on the short leash inside their New York City
apartment and had warned April that if she didn't take his beatings and
like it, he'd get full custody of her pre-puberty daughter, Heather. At
the end of her rope, April fled to Genoa City and took refuge in the Dover
Suite of a hotel-like abode known as the Carriage House.
Joining a spousal abuse support group, April was given a gun by another
battered woman and told to use it should she go back to the doctor, which
it was expected she'd do. When Robert found out where April had gone, he
zoomed to Genoa City and had just about convinced her to go home with him
when they got into another argument. Warning again that he'd do bad things
to Heather, Robert was walking out the door when April picked up a letter
opener and stabbed him dead in the back.
Preceding her arrest, April went to see Clueless to say that she'd had a
killer of a day and needed to take a nap. Unable to sleep, she finally
told Clueless that she'd killed the good doctor. Unable to believe his
ears, Clueless called the Carriage House and was told, true story, the
doctor had checked out.
Typical of everything that happens in this sinful city, Clueless asked if
April could tell him anything else. "About what?" she replied. "Oh, I
don't know, how to cook sauerkraut in a microwave?" Clueless did say, but
you know how the dialog goes.
Arriving at the crime scene, Clueless ducked out of sight when he saw
police detective Pete Conell and returned to his pad to ask April, "Any
calls?"
Moments later
Conell appeared at the door and warned Clueless he better not be harboring
any fugitives. Saying he didn't have any, Clueless closed the door at
which point April asked, "What was that man talking about?" It was funny
because Conell had been speaking in English.
Convinced to surrender, April was strip-searched and became jail inmate
#042264. She was immediately represented by Legal Aid attorney, Christine
'Bug' Blair. That the Bug had zero experience as a criminal defense lawyer
did not matter. To be safe though, they decided to call in a real lawyer,
all-purpose attorney John Silva. "He's the best criminal defense lawyer in
the state," Clueless beamed.
At April's bond hearing, complaint #94M1922 was read. Present at the time,
Conell learned that the defendant's daughter was coming to town. Turning
to the prosecuting attorney, one Gloria Capshaw, Conell said Clueless was
responsible for summoning Heather Stevens. Believe it, or not, Capshaw
said this gave her reason to believe that "an obstruction of justice"
had taken place. Reminding the judge that this was a murder case, Silva
piped up. "There has been no murder until the jury says so." Regardless,
the judge denied bail.
The Bug was outraged. No bail? What the hell, the Bug would change that.
But there was a problem. April had no money for bail and neither did the
city's most successful private eye, Clueless. No problem! The Bug said
she'd get Katherine Sterling to post bail which it turned out was $50,000.
Back home for the first time since she was a baby, Heather stayed with
Mary Williams unaware that the old woman was her grandmother, or that
Clueless was her father. She also refused to believe that step-daddy
Robert was a bad man.
A little back-story about how the Bug learned of the murder. She was
working out at the Jabot gym when the call came in. Back then there was no
fancy Athletic Support Club. Just a sweaty room at Jabot Cosmetics with
two treadmills and a few free weights of which the Bug, dressed all in
black, was lifting. Without showering, the Bug flew to see Clueless and
tell him she'd take the case.
From there it was to the RoadKill Cafe where the Bug was pounced upon by
owner/operator/maker of gingerbread homes Gina Roma. Her brother, rock
star Danny Romalotti, had granted the Bug a divorce and surely the Bug
must have been sad. "These are serious times we live in," the Bug squealed
as Clueless arrived and they hit the dance floor. Moments later Silva blew
in with good news. The Bug's divorce was final! Trying to shed a tear, the
Bug couldn't.
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