R E A D IN G & T R A IN IN G G in a D. B. C le m e n Miami Police File: th e O’Neil Case Editor: Michela Bruzzo Design and art direction: Nadia Maestri Computer graphics: Simona Corniola Picture research: Laura Lagomarsino ©2007 Black Cat Publishing, an imprint of Cideb Editrice, Genoa, Canterbury First edition: January 2007 Picture credits: © Adam W oolfitt/CORBIS: 33; © Ariel Skelley/CORBIS: 34. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher. ascmw W e would be happy to receive your comments C/SQ and suggestions, and give you any other TEXTBOOKS AND information concerning our material. 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Contents Montego High School CHAPTER ONE 6 At the Port CHAPTER TWO 16 A Halloween Party CHAPTER THREE 24 The Wardrobe CHAPTER FOUR 37 • A Secret Closet CHAPTER FIVE 45 The ‘Blackbeard’ CHAPTER SIX 59 Sergeant Walters CHAPTER SEVEN 69 At the Museum CHAPTER EIGHT 77 The Case is Solved CHAPTER NINE 84 D o s s i e r s Halloween 32 American High School Sports 55 The Bermuda Triangle 90 IN T E R N E T PROJECTS 36, 54 A C T I V I T I E S 13, 21, 29, 36, 42, 52, 58, 66, 74, 82, 88, 93 E X I T T E S T 94 K E T K ET -style a c tiv itie s 13, 21, 22, 23, 29, 31, 42, 44, 52, 53, 67, 74, 75, 82, 83, 88, 93, 94 T r i ity- style a c tiv itie s (G rad es 3/4) 54,76 T: g r a d e s 3 / 4 n This story is recorded in full. B E T These symbols indicate the beginning and end of the extracts linked to the listening activities. I n t r o d u c t i o n This story takes place in Montego Bay near Miami, on the east coast of Florida. 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It is a * • big to u ris t a ttra c tio n w ith w a x s ta tu e s o f fa m o u s ex p lo rers, buccaneers, sea captains, slave m e rc h a n ts 2 and crim inals. O u r s t o r y s t a r t s o n e F r id a y m o rn in g in O c to b e r a t th e M a rtin s’ hom e. Bill and M ichelle M artin lived w ith th eir parents in a nice old house. Bill w as a tall boy of sixteen, w ith brow n hair and blue eyes. 1. W ax : candles are m ad e from this. 2. slave m e rc h a n ts : m en who bought and sold slaves betw een th e 16th and 19th centuries. Montego High School This w as his third y e a r at M ontego High School. Science w as his favo rite subject and he w an ted to becom e a biologist. Basketb all w as his sport and he w as one o f the best players on the school team . His sister M ichelle w as a p re tty girl o f fifte e n w ith short red hair and blue eyes. She loved all kinds of m odern m usic and had a big collection of CDs. This w as her second y e a r at M ontego High, and she w as a m em ber o f the Jo u rn alism Club, w hich published the m onthly school paper. “ H u rry up, M ich elle! It ’s la te !” sh o u ted Bill fro m th e livin g room. “ I’m com ing!" shouted M ichelle from the top o f the stairs. She ran d o w n and to o k h e r b a c k p a c k . “ B y e , M o m ! S e e y o u th is aftern o o n .” "Bye, M om !” said Bill. “T h e re ’s basketball p ractice today. See you at dinner.” “ E n jo y y o u r v is it to th e n e w m u s e u m !” said th e ir m o th e r. Their fa th e r w orked at the airp o rt and he w as alread y at w ork. Bill and M ichelle m et th e ir good friend Nick Chan in fro n t of the park. He w as a tall C hinese-A m erican o f sixteen; he w as a m em ber of the basketball team too. “ Hi, guys!” said Nick sm iling. “ L e t’s hope this visit to the new w ax m u seu m 'w on ’t be boring.” “ I kno w ,” said Bill, “ and w e have to w rite a rep ort about it fo r M rs Je n k in s.” The stud ents o f the second and th ird y e a r w ere visitin g the new m useum th a t m o rn in g . It w a s p a rt o f th e ir local h is to ry c o u rse w ith th e n e w h is to r y te a c h e r , M rs Je n k in s . T h e old t e a c h e r , M r O ’ N e il, d is a p p e a r e d m y s t e r io u s ly b e fo r e th e Miami Police File: The O’Neil Case sum m er. He w as one o f the fa v o rite teach ers at M ontego High, because he w as frien d ly and his classes w ere interesting. O ne d ay in Ju n e M r O ’Neil w e n t out on his boat, th e North S ta r. H e s a ile d e a s t to th e B a h a m a s an d in to th e B e rm u d a Triangle. No one knew w h y he w as going there. The Coast Guard found his boat a few days later, but he w as m issing 1 — only his dog w a s on th e b o a t. T h e y to o k th e N orth S t a r b ack to th e M ontego B a y Po rt and left it there. The M iam i police said P e te r O ’Neil w as m issing, because his body w a s n e ve r found. T h e y opened a police file and gave it a n u m b e r: File N um ber 113: The O ’N eil Case. W h e re w a s P e te r O ’N eil? No one knew — it w as a m ystery. The local n ew sp ap er The M iam i Times w ro te a lot of articles about the "O ’Neil C ase.” The last one said: Peter O’ Neil, another victim of the Triangle? July 10 - A month after the Police S ergeant R obert disappearance of Peter O’Neil, Walters says, “ People, boats the police are still trying to and airplanes often disappear solve the case. The 45-year - in the Triangle and no one old history teacher and expert k n o w s w hy. Could Peter scu ba d i v e r 2 d isa p p e a re d O’ Neil be another victim of d u r in g a boat ride in the the Triangle? However, the w a te rs of the B e rm u d a case is still open. We hope to Triangle. have an answer one day.” 1. m issing : c a n n o t be found anyw here. 2. scu b a diver : 8 Bill, M ichelle and N ick m et th eir friends and teachers outside the m useum . There w ere a lot o f room s and exhibits w ith w ax statues. There w ere also m odels of old Spanish sailing ships and m aps o f the Caribbean Islands on the w alls. “ These statu e s scare m e,” said M ichelle. “T h ey look like real people.” 1 0