The trial concludes and later the principal returned to the city where he had left his heart many years before.  

The murder trial begins with Joyce, the principal and a detective testifying.  Attorneys are admonished to have their checkbooks kept handy when the judge meets them in chambers to revisit his housekeeping rules.

The custodian is arrested, the principal and Joyce catch Tony Bennet in San Francisco where he was raised.

The principal and Joyce, sister of June who had been murdered, continued their cooperation with the detectives and their support for one another in the mourning process. Then an arrest was made of the man charged with June's murder.

With his arrest and subsequent release the principal tends to business at the school that week, before the Saturday funeral.  He and Joyce continue the mourning process, comforting each other and helping detectives.

Following their TGIF together, the morning Saturday class he taught and their lunch together, the principal and  June would make plans for a movie the following day. They wouldn't see each other again.

The new principal at the school meets staff at a TGIF, follows one of his teachers to another bar and meets her sister. After seeing the teacher again in the Saturday class he taught and lunch later, he learned the next day she had been murdered.

Murder in Mexican Waters, Chapter 19 to 23

Detectives and agents prepare for the arrest of their suspects and life saving efforts of the latest mark, while the boat is in Mexican Waters.

Murder in Mexican Waters, Chapters 14-18

The local investigation by San Diego detectives Johnson and Hadda takes them to Pt Loma and the owner of a commercial fishing boat that is chartered by their suspect. The discovery of the reservation of a subsequent fishing trip leads to their plans for catching the murderers.

Murder in Mexican Waters chapters 9-13

FBI Agent Stone enlightens the two detectives on the high school money making scheme the bothers ran at Crawford High School when seniors.

The detectives and FBI agent meet at the Oceanside Harbor to enlighten each other on their parallel investigations.

Detectives Johnson and Hadda get help from FBI search as they widen the net then learn about their primary suspect's gambling brother who lives in Orange County and is under investigation by an Orange County District attorney.