01 Payback by R. C. Bridgestock

Author:R. C. Bridgestock [Bridgestock, R. C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Canelo Crime
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

‘DRUGS NOT AN ISSUE According to murder squad detective investigating recent killings …’ was the headline in the local paper.

‘Have you spoken to anyone without my knowledge?’ asked Connie.

Charley frowned. ‘No. The last time I spoke to Danny Ray I told him to liaise with you.’ Charley raised her eyes to the ceiling as she slumped back in her chair. ‘That article must have been after he spoke to me…’

Connie nodded her head. ‘He’s persistent, you’ve got to give him that.’

Charley put her hand to her forehead and covered her eyes. ‘Hold on,’ she said. ‘If my memory serves me right, he said at the time that, if I didn’t give him something, he’d write the piece anyway and insinuated he wouldn’t do me any favours. I guess this article is payback.’

‘Well, he didn’t get anything from me,’ said Connie. ‘But he has got pictures of the inner scenes somehow and, surprisingly enough, he’s managed to come up with a fair yarn.’

‘What can I say? I’ve not spoken to him and if he’s hoping for a response, he’s going to be very disappointed.’

‘You don’t think anyone else on the team has spoken to him?’

Charley shook her head. ‘No, they wouldn’t, not without my approval.’ Would they, she wondered? ‘Look, once I have something I can share with the media, I’ll do so via the correct channels. I’m calling a meeting now. You might want to be there.’ There was a smile in her voice.

‘Why is that?’ Connie said, coyly.

Charley put the phone down…

A whoop went up in the incident room when Charley announced the information the forensic officer had imparted earlier.

‘It appears that we are looking for just one killer lurking in our community,’ she told them.

A few moments later Annie Glover burst into the incident room, a slip of paper in her hand. ‘Solomon Myers’ DNA sample is an exact match for the sample found in the condom at the side of the body of Stewart Johnson.’

Charley gestured to those assembled to be silent. All eyes were upon the SIO. ‘OK. So, we’ve linked him to the murder scene, but remember, that doesn’t make him a killer.’

A strategy meeting to discuss the arrest of Solomon Myers and the availability of adequate POLSA search teams was called, and as she talked to those involved she counted off the actions that needed to be a priority on her fingers. ‘Number one, his home address. Number two, the buildings at Gibson’s Horticultural and the vehicles he has use of, will all need searching. We will be working outwards, which will also include the area we all know as Peggy-in-the-Woods. This is going to require a number of officers, but it’s necessary for us to do this thoroughly and as quickly as possible. Think response, arrest and detention; vulnerability, potential for violence, fitness for detention, fitness for interview, custody record.’

‘I wonder if he’ll come quietly,’ said Wilkie.

‘Who knows, but we need to look at the possibility that he may be violent, the

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