Thanks.
And there's Carly again! I knew you couldn't stay away.
Katie, I can actually picture you making that face. :lol:
Anni, it's sad that the one time they need to listen to Eric, they don't, lol. The world is going to implode one of these days.
And no, RT Anni can't find anything to do but to dis and love the shows on CBA, CSB and NCB.
I'm sure she could be doing something more productive with her time, but this is the RT after all. :lol:
Thanks for the reviews!
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Snapper Creek Park, next morning
Delko: She have an ID, Alexx?
Alexx: *grabs wallet* Cindy Wallace 25 years old. *looks at body* Not how you pictured your first date, is it honey?
Delko: Clothes are bunched up just like the other victims. Tape around her mouth though.
Alexx: *nods* And from what I can tell, both her arms and legs have been broken.
Delko: Brutal.
Alexx: Sick.
Delko: *snaps pictures*
Speed: *walks over* No witnesses.
Delko: In an area like this, there wouldn't be. Anyone call Katie yet? She was supposed to be on a date last night.
Speed: I haven't called her.
Delko: Why?
Speed: What, just because I was married to her, I have to call her?
Delko: *laughs*
Alexx: When you boys finish, I have something.
Delko: What do you have?
Alexx: *lifts object*
Speed: Bloody knife.
Delko: Murder weapon?
Alexx: The victim sustained multiple stab wounds, indicative of a violent and angry attack.
Speed: *grabs cellphone*
Delko: He's escalating.
Alexx: You boys have a suspect?
Delko: We've got one that we think had something to do with this.
Alexx: *nods*
Delko: Time of death?
Alexx: Between 7 and 7:30 pm. However, the ground is wet around her body but underneath it's perfectly dry.
Delko: Okay it rained yesterday around 2.
Alexx: So I'd say she was here from then until she died.
Delko: He broke her bones and kept her for later.
Alexx: No one around for miles, he was counting on that.
Speed: *closes cellphone* She's not answering.
Delko: Let's go check out her house.
Speed: No, send a radio car.. We have to process this evidence.
Delko: You think he might try this again?
Speed: You stay here, I'll go to the bank.
Delko: Sure.
Speed leaves
Delko: Any idea of the cause of death?
Alexx: Stab wound to the heart. The most blood loss was located here, so she probably bled out. I'll be able to get more information when I get her back with me.
Delko: *snaps pictures*
Bank, one hour later
Speed: *walks in*
Teller: *smiles* May I help you sir?
Speed: Yeah I need to speak with the manager, is he in?
Teller: He's in his office. Do you have an appointment?
Speed: *lifts badge*
Teller: Down the hall to your right.
Jason's office
Speed: *walks in*
Jason: *sitting at desk*
Speed: Hey.
Jason: *lifts head, smiles* You're...Katie's friend right? From the other day?
Speed: Yeah.
Jason: *stands* What can I help you with?
Speed: I'm investigating a case.
Jason: Good for you.
Speed: Do you know where Katie is? I'd like to speak with her as well.
Jason: Is she a suspect in a case?
Speed: No.
Jason: I'm sure she's around the city somewhere.
Speed: Where were you last night, around 7?
Jason: That...Was my date with Katie. *laughs* She said you'd do this. You're checking up on her, making sure I'm not some kind of murderer, right?
Speed: Are you?
Jason: *laughs* That's ridiculous. I'm a bank manager.
Speed: Ted Bundy was a bag boy at the local Safeway.
Jason: ...You're comparing me to a serial killer?
Speed: No.
Jason: Look, whatever you
think you have on me, you're wrong.
Speed: Alright. Where did you two go on the date?
Jason: Coral Bay Park.
Speed: Not Snapper Creek.
Jason: *shakes head* Did something happen in the other park?
Speed: I'm not at liberty to divulge any information regarding that case.
Jason: Oh. Well, is there anything I can do to help?
Speed: You can tell me where Katie is.
Jason: I don't know where she is.
Speed: Where did she go after the date?
Jason: I drove her home.
Speed: What time was that?
Jason: Maybe around 9.
Speed: Maybe?
Jason: It was 9:15.
Speed: Can anyone verify that?
Jason: Yes! Yes, I went to the local convenience store just after that. I bought a can of windshield wiper fluid.
Speed: *nods*
Jason: Is she in any kind of trouble?
Speed: That depends.
Jason: Well, I hope you're able to get a break in your investigation.
Speed: Is that your coat?
Jason: *turns around* Yeah, it is my office. *turns back around*
Speed: It looks like you were out in the rain.
Jason: How would you know?
Speed: Dried water droplets.
Jason: *shrugs* So?
Speed: You mind if I borrow the coat? It might help.
Jason: Go ahead.
Speed: *grabs latex gloves out of pocket*
Jason: What kind of cop carries around rubber gloves?
Speed: *picks up coat* ...
Jason: What is it?
Speed: Must have been windy. There's some vegetation in the collar of the coat.
Jason: Miami's a vegetative city. So are you going to call me when you're finished with the coat?
Speed: We'll get back to you.
Jason: Good.
Speed: *leaves*
Layout room
Delko: *walks in* What do you got?
Speed: A windbreaker.
Delko: ...Who's?
Speed: Jason's.
Delko: You went to his office and got his coat?
Speed: Yeah.
Delko: You didn't have to throw a warrant in his face?
Speed: He was cooperative.
Delko: Confident guy.
Speed: Yeah.
Delko: So you find anything that can help?
Speed: Vegetation in the collar. It's running right now, but take a look at this. *turns coat over*
Delko: It looks dusty.
Speed: Dried rain drops.
Delko: So?
Speed: So it's not on the front of his coat.
Delko: He wasn't standing upright.
Speed: For the front to remain dry, he would have had to have been leaning forward.
Delko: Poised to kill?
Lab tech: *walks in* Your results.
Speed: *grabs paper* Thanks.
Lab tech: *leaves*
Delko: What is it?
Speed: Mangrove leaves.
Delko: What does that tell us?
Speed: It tells us he was at Snapper Creek Park.
Delko: Why not the other one?
Speed: Mangrove trees are found near Biscayne Bay.
Delko: Both parks are near Biscayne Bay.
Speed: The crime scene had Mangrove trees.
Delko: That still doesn't prove he was there. Just proves he was at one of the two parks.
Speed: *angry sigh*
Delko: You talk to Katie yet?
Speed: She's not at home.
Delko: You worried?
Speed: Are you?
Delko: No.
Speed: Me neither.
Delko: ...We know he saves his victims for later. We might want to at least hurry.
Speed: Yeah.
Halls
Ryan: *walks over* Lilly.
Lilly: *turns around* Yeah?
Ryan: Word around the lab is you're involved in a murder.
Lilly: What?
Ryan: You didn't hear?
Lilly: No one here talks to me.
Ryan: Colton and Calleigh just left for California.
Lilly: Well I didn't murder anyone.
Ryan: *lifts picture* I swiped this from the A/V lab.
Lilly: ...
Ryan: Do you know him?
Lilly: It's James.
Ryan: Who's he?
Lilly: My boyfriend.
Ryan: You have a boyfriend?
Lilly: I haven't spoken to him in two years. I have nothing to do with him so none of this is any of your damn business.
Ryan: I'm just trying to filter our rumor from fact.
Lilly: Why? If I didn't kill him, it shouldn't matter what people around the lab are saying.
Ryan: Is there a point at all during this conversation where you're going to stop being hostile?
Lilly: You're interrogating me!
Ryan: I was just asking a question.
Lilly: Don't. *walks away*
Ryan: *rolls eyes*
Fingerprint lab, one hour later
Speed: *walks in* Hey.
Delko: Hey I just got finished with the knife.
Speed: Any prints?
Delko: Two. I'm running them right now.
Speed: If it matches Jason, we have him.
Delko: *sigh*
Speed: *rubs chin*
Computer beeps
Speed: *looks at computer*
Delko: No matches.
Speed: *frowns*
Delko: Whoever touched this knife doesn't have a criminal record.
Speed: Yeah it was probably the guy who sold it to him. The bastard wore gloves.
Delko: This is just like the first murder. It turned up nothing.
Speed: Well I checked with the convenience store owner and got the tapes if you want to check them out.
Delko: Sure.
A/V Lab
Delko: *sits* These are the tapes from last night.
Speed: Yeah. *typing* I'm going to go forward to the time Jason gave.
Delko: *leans back on chair*
One minute later
Delko: Is that him?
Speed: *clicks mouse* Yeah.
Delko: Time stamp says 9:19 pm.
Speed: Matches his story.
Delko: Yeah but time of death was around 7:30 so he would have had two hours. What was he doing between then?
Speed: I don't know, breaking Katie's limbs?
Delko: *looks at Speed*
Speed: *rubs forehead* Okay, if we can't find out what he was doing, we should be able to find out what Katie was doing between 7:30 and 9 pm. Jason said he drove her home at 9.
Delko: So when he was at the convenience store, she would have still been in his truck.
Speed: Yeah. *typing*
Delko: You have an angle on the vehicle?
Speed: Just the front end and the liscence plate.
Delko: ...Well we can't see inside.
Speed: *tilts head*
Delko: What?
Speed: The headlights are flashing.
Delko: So?
Speed: They don't do that on their own.
Delko: So Katie might have been flashing them. Well...If she could do that, she could have driven away. They keys would have still been inside the truck for the headlights to be on.
Speed: Maybe she was tied or she could only reach the steering wheel from where she was.
Delko: We have to find out where that truck was going which means we need a warrant for the truck.
Speed: This should get us the warrant.
TBC...............
