Pen Pal Murderer Released

(Mancos — San Quentin Alumni Report — January 5, 2016)

A jury has voted for leniency in the case of Daryl Ducktape, a former convict here, indicted for murdering his pen pal some twenty years ago. The unanimous decision recommended that the prisoner be released immediately. Tears flowed freely in the crowded courtroom as the defendant gave his account of the tragedy.

“I started corresponding with Sara Peawit while in jail in 1979 after receiving a sultry photograph,” said Ducktape. “All the time I thought I was writing to this beautiful woman but the picture was really that of her cousin, Molly.

After my parole I went to Hermosa to surprise her and met the real Sara, whose face could easily stop an hourglass. Sure, I lost my head. I pushed her away and she fell,” he sobbed.

Molly Peawit and Ducktape, who finally met during the proceedings, plan a January wedding in Dolores.

– Sparky Flambé