Chapter 8
Friday, June 14, 1990. It started off as another sorrowful day for the Matthew's family. It had almost been 3 months since Debbie's murder but yet no justice or conclusion had been made.
That was about to change.
Detective May and the Albuquerque Police Department had enough evidence against David Kingston, Debbie's ex husband, in order to file an arrest.
His warrant had been out and they found him at the Taylor Ranch Home where he and Debbie lived up until their separation in January.
As they took David away, he screamed "I'm innocent!"
Was he or was this all a mistake?
David hadn't been so clean in his slaying. He made bad conversations with the wrong people. Thanks to his brother Richard, the case jumped forward with stride.
The Albuquerque Police Department was able to arraign David and bring him into custody. Of course, David pleaded that he was innocent.
They took David to the Bernalillo County Detention Center and his bond was set to $500,000. David's attorney Keith Sandavol claimed that everything in the arraignment was "hunches and innuendos and nothing more."
May called Zelda and Harley once David was in custody.
You can imagine the happiness and relief they felt knowing the justice wheel was finally turning.
It would be a few days before the grand jury would make the decision of indictment of David.
Zelda and Harley and the family were thankful that David was finally found guilty, but now what about the boys?
Daymon, Daniel and Dustin were given to Zelda and Harley temporarily. That would be another court case for guardianship 2 years later that Sean and Lisa would take to court.
It was in Debbie's will and last testament that Sean should take guardianship role if something happened to her. However, Zelda and Harley mainly finished raising the boys and lived at their home with them.
Debbie's boys were safe in the Matthew's hands. Within this time as well, David's mom wanted visitations with the boys but the court granted a no go with that as well.
David would be indicted on Tuesday, bright and early, on the charges of first-degree murder (also was filed as felony murder), tampering with evidence, battery, armed robbery and last but not least aggravated burglary.
The district attorney on the case Arthur Weldman was ready to do whatever he could to keep David's bond at $500,000 that had been set a week before when David was intially arrested.
The indictment that the jury read indicated that David had broke into the Taylor Ranch home and covered her face with a cloth filled with ether.
The ether was the deadly weapon as the concentration based on the autopsy was high. David also had taken a necklace Debbie had been wearing too, which made him more guilty then anything.
By using evidence found on scene and the autopsy results, Debbie had been killed the night of March 27 or the morning of March 28 when her neighbor found her. That initially kicks David's alibi of being asleep out the door.
May keeps going back to the court document from January 8th. If they had only listened to Debbie more, she would most likely still be alive because she told court officials she feared her well-being.
In a little over two months, she was gone. And, Debbie wasn't gone at her own hands as they claimed first.
It was summer and now the boys could be with the Matthew's more so and protecting their mother's image.
God only knows what David could have told the boys behind closed doors. We already know he was gulity of a lot of things, especially not crying at the funeral.
Now we wait, even if it takes forever, for the trial and justice for Debbie Kingston.
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