For other uses of Billy, see Billy (disambiguation).
Crocker, Billy
Appeared in Salvation in Death (c. May 2060)
Personal Information[]
- Description: A thin man with hair as dark as Jimmy Jay’s was white.[1]
- Hair: Dark
- Address: Mississippi
- Relationships: Unnamed son and daughter; at least two unnamed grandchildren
- Occupation: Manager employed by the Church of Eternal Light
History[]
- He had two grown children and was a widower; his wife died in a vehicular accident six years ago.[2]
- His daughter was a professional mother, living in Alabama with her husband and two minor daughters.[2]
- His son was on the EL payroll, and was married to a woman employed as a publicist for EL.[2]
- His and the Jenkins family sometimes vacationed together when his wife was alive. According to Sam Wright, she made the best potato salad in Mississippi.[3]
- He also fished with Jimmy Jay.[3]
Homicide Information[]
- Victim:
- Jimmy Jay Jenkins
- Billy said Jimmy Jay had strayed, and was straying farther and farther off the path; he often wrote his sermons and preached under the influence of alcohol.[4]
- He said it was only a matter of time before his sins were discovered. Sins that could have irreparably damaged all the work that came before. The church was bigger than any of them and must be protected.[5]
- Billy obtained the cyanide from a dealer of illegals, in the underground of Times Square; he added it to the third bottle of water that was onstage.[6]
- Billy said he believed he was doing God’s work but now feels he was misled.[7]
Interesting Facts[]
- He worked for Jimmy Jay for twenty-three years (since c. 2037) and said they were friends; Jimmy Jay was his spiritual adviser[8] and Billy said that he loved him.[9]
- After Jimmy Jay’s death, Crocker stood to inherit some of his personal effects, one million dollars, and the responsibility of managing the church in the manner Jimmy Jay wished.[10]
- He was in charge of booking appearances, clearing the venues, scheduling all of Jenkins’s appointments, and securing his transportation.[2]
- He was doing well financially even while pumping a full twenty percent of his income back into EL coffers annually. His home in Mississippi was virtually next door to Jenkins, while he maintained a smaller second home near his married daughter (in Alabama).[2]
- Billy confirmed that Jimmy Jay was having an affair - he said that he believed Jimmy Jay had affairs with six women over the years.[11] Billy has feelings for Jolene Jenkins but she was totally oblivious to it.[12]
- When he went to Cop Central to confess, Luke Goodwin and Samuel Wright accompanied him; Luke as his spiritual adviser, Sam as his representative.[13]
- After his arrest, Peabody put him on suicide watch.[14]
References[]
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 107
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 151
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 166
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 187
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 188
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), pp. 189-190
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 190
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 121
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 189
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 122
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 168
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 169
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 184
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 191