Drum Up Public Sympathy

"Not to mention it might give the culprit a heads-up," Detective Bea added with a frown. "We don't want them to destroy whatever evidence they might have left behind. I believe whoever orchestrated this has enough power to react quickly enough to slip away if given the opportunity." 

Both were valid considerations, but Matteo privately thought that the court of public opinion was always more deadly than any legal outcome, and he already had an inkling of who could be behind this mess. 

But he gazed at Amelia, wordlessly asking her for her opinion. This case was the closest to her after all. 

Amelia thought about it, vengeance slowly curdling her veins. She wanted all three relatives to be destroyed. She wanted their reputations ruined beyond repair. She wanted them crippled beyond belief. She wanted―

"I want to release the news on social media," she decided, her eyes flashing with anger.