Broken Doll by Burl Barer

station and asked to check computer records for any information on a Richard Clark. According to the father, Tim Iffrig, Richard Clark had just gotten out of jail recently. I was able to narrow down the list of Richard Clarks to three possibilities—in other words, three guys named Richard Clark showed up in our database. Based on prior information obtained from Tim Iffrig, I determined that this Richard Clark’s last known address was on Lombard Street.”
    It was 6:00 P.M. when Detectives Kiser and Herndon left the victim’s residence and drove seven miles to Richard Clark’s last-known address on Lombard. “We took Tim Iffrig and his brother, William D’alexander, along with us, since we were going to drive back up to the campsite to check for any possible evidence or signs of the victim.”
    Iffrig, highly upset, couldn’t recall the campsite’s exact location, but his brother, William D’alexander, said he could lead the detectives to it with no problem at all.
    â€œFirst I contacted Carol Clark at her home on Lombard,” reported Herndon, “and asked if Richard Clark still lived there at that residence. According to her, Richard did stay there on occasion, but he had not been there on that day. Carol Clark stated that Richard might be at his father’s house in Marysville, Washington. I gave her my card and pager number and instructed her to have Richard call me as soon as possible.”
    The entourage of Herndon, Kiser, Iffrig, and D’alexander headed for the campsite, stopping along the way at the George Clark residence in Marysville, Washington.
    â€œIf you’re looking for Richard, you just missed him,” said George Clark Sr. “He was here earlier, but I don’t know if we’ll be hearing from him anytime soon.” Herndon provided his pager number. “Please have Richard call me as soon as possible,” asked the detective, and George Clark promised to do so.
    Herndon radioed the police station and asked for an all vehicles registered report. “I soon learned that Mr. Clark’s van was a 1978 Dodge with Washington State plates. I advised dispatch to put an attempt to locate on this vehicle, adding that I needed to speak to Mr. Clark and the occupants regarding Roxanne Doll’s disappearance.”
    Thanks to D’alexander, the Red Bridge/Coal Creek campground site used by Iffrig, Clark, and party was easily found. “It could be best described,” recalled Herndon, “as an undeveloped, unauthorized campsite along the main highway. We checked the area with flashlights and could not locate any pertinent evidence, or Roxanne Doll. At that time, there were no other campers in the area, although Iffrig stated that another party of two had been camping near their campsite.”
    The other party to which Iffrig referred was that of Bruce Hawkins. “I saw this Dodge Van—sort of tan or rust in color—pull into my camp. The driver was a white male with slightly curly, shoulder-length light-colored hair. He was wearing wire glasses,” said Hawkins, describing Richard Clark. “There was another guy who said he was the missing girl’s uncle,” he continued. “He had long hair in back, short on the sides, and a Fu Manchu mustache. The fellow, who might have been the girl’s father, since I saw the sheriff drive off with him, had long, dark hair. He was slim, but looked in shape. Then there was a woman, a large woman with a loud voice. She talked real loud. And then there was a Native American Indian, who, I believe, had some top teeth missing.
    â€œAnyway,” explained Hawkins, “these folks showed up at my site and they pissed my dogs off, and started saying stuff like ‘Don’t mess with me or I’ll kick your ass.’ I grabbed my two very large dogs and I told them to leave. The uncle and I did have a brief scuffle. I did indulge in about half a fifth of Black