Who had ordered them to do it?
The answer came from an unexpected source.
Peter Walsh’s daughter contacted Victoria.
She had found her father’s laptop hidden inside a locked storage box.
“I don’t know what happened to him,” she said. “But before he disappeared, he told me that if anything went wrong, I should contact the investigator named Victoria.”
Victoria arranged for the laptop to be transferred through official channels.
Inside were spreadsheets, scanned invoices, and recorded conversations.
One file contained a list of names.
At the top was the CEO of Northstar Highway Services.
Below him were several executives.
Then county officials.
Then law-enforcement personnel.
Beside each name were dates and payment amounts.
Grant Holloway.
$18,000.
Daniel Miller.
$11,500.
The payments were labeled as consulting fees.
But neither officer had provided consulting services to Northstar.
The file also contained a short audio recording.
A man’s voice could be heard saying:
