The Alfords' attorney says his clients refuse comment, and would like the media and public to reserve judgment until all the facts in the case are brought to light.
In more local news, former movie star and Baltimore native Serena Sullivan passed away today, less than a month after her 55th birthday. In 2000, she was diagnosed with lung cancer and given six months to live. However, less than a year later, the cancer appeared to be in remission, before reappearing again last year.
Most would remember Sullivan as Egyptian Smith, her pseudonym when she starred in a series of popular "blaxploitation" films in the '70s. By the end of the decade, however, she had quit the movie business and became a leading activist for a wide range of causes, including civil rights, children's rights and environmentalism. She also was one of the first celebrities to speak out on behalf of the rights of metahumans the world over.
Although she hadn't starred in a film in almost thirty years, a spot on the Walk of Fame was reserved for her last year, and--
Kristogar Velo clicked off the TV. He stood in darkness for a few moments, before feeling slender arms reach around from behind, and caress the front of his chest. He could feel her breath on the back of his neck.
"You're thinking about something," she stated.
"Yeah," Velo admitted. "I was just thinking about how deaths always happen in threes for me."
"Oh," she sounded apologetic. "I'm sorry. Were they close to you?"
Velo shook his head. "The first two were strangers. I never knew them. The third one...we weren't close. But she was special to me. I'll miss her."
The statement hung in the air for a few seconds until she spoke again. "Do you want to be left alone?"
Velo smiled with a sort of melancholy and shook his head again. "If I had to take a night off for every old friend who passes on, I would have only about three days a year in which to make new friends." He smiled more warmly now and turned around, and brought her close to himself. "Come on. Let's forget bad things." And the two of them then disappeared entirely into the darkness.
THE END
