Dawn broke over the Hudson Valley in a glorious splendor of pale rose, gold, and crystalline azure. The blizzard had completely died down, leaving the snowdrifts around Blackwood Manor glistening under the morning sun like fields of crushed pearls. In the lower courtyard, the flashing strobes of twelve federal vehicles and state police cruisers illuminated the snowy stone walls. Federal prosecutors, crime scene investigators, and tactical marshals moved through the…
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