Death Has No Appeal

Just before midnight on Christmas Eve, December 24 in Lafouchfeye County, Mississippi, distinguished Judge Joseph Patrick Winslow was found murdered.
At the scene of the crime, Mrs. Julia McKenna, a long-time adversary was discovered standing over the deceased with the gun still in her hand, by Sheriff Jim Travis.
A jury of her peers have found her guilty of murder. Did she do it? December 23, the day before, Bea Winslow, Private Investigator boarded All Nippon Airways, flight 1073 for Luizhou, China. She didn't know the plane had been sabotaged.
That same afternoon, Judge Joseph Patrick Winslow intently watched Bea's Aunt, Mrs. Julia McKenna, while she stood on the lower deck of the Coral Princess waiting to get underway for a Christmas in the Bahamas. Slowly he withdrew his cell phone from inside his overcoat and dialed the Captain's number. He smiled as the Captain handed Julia the phone. "Hello Julia," he softly spoke, "I have some tragic news..."