Finally, he bypassed normal channels. He sent all the evidence—Liam’s statement, his own findings, and the suspicious discrepancies—to an outside oversight attorney who owed him a favor from an old case. “If they bury this,” he said, “they bury you with it.”
That move forced Internal Affairs to act. They called him back in, less guarded now, more tense. “You went outside,” one investigator said. “You left us no choice.” Vance almost laughed. “That’s right,” he replied. “No choice is how my son died.”