I was up early Jan. 1, 2017. I wanted to start the New Year
off right, that is, writing. Also, I had trouble sleeping. I blamed the
champagne.
As such, I was the first person in Upstate New York to see
the press release from Doug Brenner, the Oneonta Police Lieutenant who was set
to be named Interim Chief that Thursday, stating that Joshua Underwood had been
arrested for bludgeoning his boyfriend, Mark Morrison, to death with a 25 pound
weight after a fight just after the dawn of the New Year.
It was 8 a.m. “Doug,” I groaned when I called him for details. “You
have got to be kidding me.”
“Tell me about it,” he said in a voice I would soon get very familiar with.
