The Kidnapping of the Dead Body — Margaret Papillon

[...] The Fenelon family members regained their composure but one question remained: Why would anybody want to kidnap the remains of Mama Ideniese? She was not a celebrity, nor a politician; she was just a wife and a mother. They will never figure it out. They were drinking vervain tea to calm and settle their nerves when the ring-ring-ring of the phone startled everybody. Tracas Fenelon, still shaky from the loss of the corpse of his wife, picked up the phone. Within seconds, he turned pale, deathly pale; he hang up after a brief conversation. Everyone else wanted to hear. â€" They're asking 20,000 American dollars for her return. This is a real kidnapping, he said turning to his children. [...]