Sam Tranum

A man is murdered in a West Virginia hotel after attending a nuclear conference. His bag was packed and he was read to leave. The police can’t locate his wife to notify as next of kin.

A local reporter sees this as the story that could get him hired on a big-city paper but he will need to do some digging. Travelling to Washington DC on his vacation time and dime to find out who he was, where is wife is and her connection to the murder.

The reporter interviews parents, workplace friends but can’t locate the wife. He writes the story based on these interviews, and all looks as though going according to plan instead he has been used by others to make a killing in the stock market.

This story also provided an interesting discussion of alternate forms of energy.… (plus d'informations)