Authorities Finally Catch ‘Most Wanted Woman In America’ After 12 Years On The Run
Heather wasn’t stopping for anything or anyone, and she definitely wasn’t taking her foot off the gas for some rain.
Her accomplice’s eyes stay glued to the GPS display, tracking their position while the world passes by in a blur of red and white lights. The sky rumbles and a storm smoothers the sun, greying the world around them.
Heather sticks her hand out the window and drops of rain beat against her skin like hammers. The hiss of the tires over the smooth tarmac gets lost under the pounding bass of their preferred get-away music. Heather leans over to turn it up.
She looks in the back at the van at her hidden goods and smiles to herself. But soon enough, there would be quite literally no place to hide.
An Ordinary Woman
Heather Tallchief was an ordinary woman who loved nothing more than helping others. She worked as a caregiver at a hospice in her home city of San Francisco, but despite being a well-loved employee, her exposure to old age and death left her jaded.
As each working day went by, she found herself with increasingly negative thoughts. And then one night, everything changed for Heather.
A Perfect Stranger
It was a dark cold night in 1992 when Heather was approached by a man at a bar. He went by many pseudonyms, but his true name was Roberto Solis. Despite being 27 years her senior, the attraction was instant and they went back to his apartment.
Heather thought she knew how their night would pan it. But she was so wrong.
He Can See Her Future
Roberto insisted he would read Heather’s tarot cards and she agreed. As Roberto shuffled the cards, Heather noticed the skulls and candles that were cluttering up his apartment. There was also a poignant smell.
Despite the red flags, Heather had fallen under his spell. According to her Prince Charming’s reading, Heather had a future in Las Vegas. But not by herself. It was a future with Roberto.
Moving To Vegas
In an unlikely move, Heather left San Francisco for Vegas and moved in with who she thought was the man of her dreams. The young woman trusted this man completely. He gave her the kind of affection she’d never received before.
He complimented her, bought her expensive gifts, and made her laugh like no one else. But all this was a plan. A plan that Roberto had been cooking up for five years.