Reporters flocked to Harry Putnam for comments. Two of them asked for Will’s card while dashing toward the prosecutor for a quote. In the back of the room, Crystal Banes and Spike, her cameraman, hung back. Banes quickly approached Will and introduced herself. “Mr. Chambers, I’m Crystal Banes, host of Inside Source. I’m letting these local reporters have a crack at the prosecution. Frankly, Mr. Putnam does not interest me. I know where the real news is, and that’s why I’m talking to you.” “And what news is that?” Will asked. “You are in touch with Mary Sue Fellows on a continual basis, I would imagine,” Banes said. Will did not respond. He studied Banes intently. “Mary Sue Fellows has got to be in a really tough situation. This poor mother and her sick child, scared to death, on the run—what a tragedy,” Banes pointed out. But Will did not take the bait. The TV host tried another approach. “You mentioned in court the possibility of Harry Putnam dismissing the charges or…what was the phrase you used?”
