"The Bracelet In Bay 12"

by Derek Fermin

A child’s bracelet. A sealed bay. A case they tried to erase.
A Legal Thriller
# Crime

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When a DOJ task force cracks open the files on Archway Logistics in Wichita, Bay 12 is supposed to be nothing—a quiet loading dock with “overflow” shipments and broken cameras. Instead, they find a pink children’s bracelet ground into the concrete. A single name on the tag: Ellie. As Senior Investigator Leah Novak reconstructs what really happened in Bay 12, a disturbing pattern emerges—redacted emails, missing manifests, a night supervisor who can’t keep his story straight, and a whistleblower note from someone who heard a child’s voice behind a half-opened truck door. Every trail points back to the same web of shell companies, secret routes, and sealed dockets… and to one man who tried to pull it all into the light: Attorney David Mercer. Told through memos, field reports, email chains, and interview excerpts, The Bracelet in Bay 12 reads like a classified case file you were never meant to see—and a chilling glimpse into the network behind the David Mercer legal thrillers. Perfect for fans of tense conspiracy-driven legal suspense, this story can be read as a standalone “case file” or as your entry point into the world of Inheritance of Lies.