D88: Murrrder At the Border

Chester was a good family man. He worked hard, paid his taxes, even went to church. Unfortunately, that just wasn't enough. It was getting harder to make ends meet, and his wife Emily was expecting their 5th child. In an effort to bring in a little extra cash, Chester had been smuggling cheap prescription meds into the United States.

Living in Cardston, Alberta, Chester was close to the Montana border, but checkpoint security had been increased since 9-11. He made his smuggling runs on a silenced snowmobile 34 miles to the west. As he crossed into Montana, Waterton Lakes National Park became Glacier National Park. His contact had a secluded cabin in Glacier which proved to be invaluable for their transactions.

This would be his last trip...


A local helicopter pilot spotted the body while he was flying tourists on a tour through Glacier. He immediately radioed for police assistance, and relayed his GPS coordinates.

As Mitch pulled up on his Space Cruiser 2000(also equipped for snow travel, strangely), Walter radioed the helicopter and told them to call off the search. Whoever had done this was long gone and they weren't going to find them today.

It appeared that the victim had been killed with a single, clean blow, only feet from the Canadian border. There was a single set of snowmobile tracks, and nothing else. How could this have happened?

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