I think I need to come up with a sleeping detective scene, dont 'ya think Jools
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**Chap42**- Solving mysteries..
When Stella walked in the child’s bedroom Danny had already finished taking the photos, ‘you took your time didn’t you Stel, what were you up to?’ Danny smirked.
Stella smiled, ‘Oh shut up Danny and let’s get this crime scene processed so we can catch this guy!’
‘Yes ma’am,’ they worked quickly gathering evidence that could help them to find Rebecca and double checking all their work. They had soon collected many items from the room along with swabs and fingerprints however their real find was a set of finger prints both on the otter and inner window sills. As they finished Rebecca’s room they split off and began to process other parts of the apartment. Stella took the living room trying to find prints of the officers that had been in there previously- she wanted names.
‘You done Danny?’ Stella called.
As she closed her kit Danny came down the hall towards her, ‘yep, let’s get this stuff back to the lab, I’ll ring Adam to make sure he’s ready for us.’ Stella nodded as they closed the apartment door and added crime scene tape to the door.
Danny had just finished his lunch break as Adam nearly knocked him off his feet as the lab tech ran out of his lab, ‘Woo watch where you’re going Adam!’
‘Sorry Danny but I was coming to get you and Stel…I’ll page her. Come on!’ Adam said pulling Danny in to the lab, ‘Ok I was looking at all these fingerprints that you gave me and started scanning them and getting either results from the parents or the officers that Stella shouted at- I found who them six were by the wa…’
‘Adam!’ Danny interrupted, ‘Can you just get to the point?’
Adam blushed and nodded, ‘Anyway you know the prints from the window in the child’s bedroom?’ Danny nodded, ‘Well I got a match!’
‘Come on Adam stop with the playing and just spill,’ Danny said getting agitated.
‘Spill what?’ Stella said as she walked in.
‘I found a match for the fingerprints on the window Stella, they matched one of the prints from the living room!’ Adam said proudly, ‘One of those officers that you shouted at for messing up the crime scene was in that bedroom-,’ Danny and Stella looked at him shocked, ‘Officer Mark Jackson’s fingerprints were on the inside and outside of that window.’
Stella looked away from Adam and grabbed her phone and pressed her speed dial, ‘Det. Flack?’
‘Don is Officer Jackson at the station?’
‘Erm,’ there was a pause as Flack looked around, ‘no I don’t think so Stel in fact I don’t think I’ve seen him since I left the crime scene this morning, why is there a problem?’
‘Adam’s just found evidence that connects him to the crime scene and more than likely to the kidnapping!’
‘Ok I’ll try and track him down on my way over to you, cya,’ they both hung up and Stella turned back to Adam.
‘Adam you finish processing the evidence, Danny let’s go see Mac,’ they turned to leave but Stella looked back at the lab tech when she reached the door, ‘oh and Adam?’
‘Yeh?’ Adam asked looking up.
‘Good work,’ Stella smiled as a now very happy Adam began to work faster.
They finished filling Mac in with all the details as Flack burst in, ‘No one knows where Jackson is according to his partner, Officer Brown, he just seemed to disappear after he left the crime scene. I sent two officers to see if he was at home but they had no luck although I’ve now stationed to unmarked cars outside.’
‘Good thinking Flack,’ Mac said, ‘Do you believe that Jackson could have done this or do you think he could have just made a mistake at the crime scene?’
‘Come on Mac you know as well as I do that an officer wouldn’t make
this sort of mistake at a scene but to be honest I don’t know Jackson that well and you know I’ve learnt to trust what the evidence says!’
Mac nodded, ‘Well first we’ve gotta find him. Danny you go and help Adam process the rest of the evidence,’ Danny nodded and hurried off in the direction of Adam’s lab, ‘Flack call Officer Brown and get him here, maybe we can get a few answers from him. Oh and can you work on getting a warrant for Jackson’s personal records? So that Stella can look for family or anything else that might give him reason for doing this and if we're lucky we may just get a lead.’ Mac finished and Stella and Flack hurried out. As Mac sat down he picked up the phone,
‘Hawkes?’
‘Sheldon, sorry to call you in on your day off but there’s been a kidnapping and we need all hands on deck!’ Mac said.
‘No problem Mac I’ll be at the lab in about 30 minutes,’
‘Thanks Hawkes,’ they both put the phone down and Mac jumped up and headed to the break room. This was going to be a long shift- he needed coffee!
