[Lady Justice 04] - Lady Justice And The Avenging Angels by Robert Thornhill

Author:Robert Thornhill [Thornhill, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781625631404
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Published: 2011-12-05T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 15

I was anxious to talk to Captain Short after our Osceola visit. After squad meeting on Monday morning, Ox and I knocked on the captain’s door.

“Come in. How was your trip to Osceola?”

“Well, there’s good news, and there’s bad news. The bad news is that there are nine computer terminals in the St. Clair County Library, six of which are open to the public. They have a list of people who use the computers, but not everyone signs in. It’s a pretty loose system. I have the sign-up sheets for the two days that the messages were sent, but I’d be willing to bet the guy never signed in. I wouldn’t. I’m afraid that’s a dead end.”

It was obvious that the captain was disappointed. “So what’s the good news?”

“While I was at the library, I saw a photo of the graduating class at the Osceola High School for 2008. I would swear that I recognized the kid that got blown up on Garfield. The librarian told me his name was Will Tucker Jr. I got directions to his family’s farm and talked to Will Tucker Sr. He said his son was spending the summer in Montana with relatives, but something just didn’t sound right. So I got this.” I held up a plastic baggie with the spit-covered lilac leaf.

“What in the world is that?”

“It’s spit. The dad spit tobacco juice on a bush while I was standing there. After he went back in the house, I tore off the leaf with the spit. I figured that with this, our lab guys could compare the dad’s DNA with that of the dead kid. If they match, we know the boy’s identity.”

Captain Short smiled. “So now my sixty-seven-year-old rookie is a forensics expert.”

“I just thought—”

“Good work, Walt! This may be the first solid lead we have to these terrorists! Unfortunately, DNA testing isn’t as simple as they portray it on TV, so it may take awhile to get the results back. I’ll send it off right away.”

I was feeling pretty smug as I left the captain’s office.

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