Before He Sees (A Mackenzie White Mystery—Book 2) by Blake Pierce

Author:Blake Pierce [Pierce, Blake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-09-13T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Mackenzie spent Saturday holed up in her apartment, looking over the case files. She spoke to Bryers only once in the time and that had merely been so he could update her on what was going on behind the scenes. A small team was still actively trying to locate Lonnie Smith but had come up with nothing so far. Also, they received information from the local PD that Trevor Simms’s work truck had been discovered in a Burger King parking lot and towed away by the city. It was currently sitting in an impound lot and had been looked over by a forensics team that had found not a single trace of evidence. The only thing of note was that Thursday’s log entries had been torn from Trevor’s planner.

It was the planner that Mackenzie was thinking about Saturday afternoon as she sat at her small table in the kitchen, drinking a beer and listening to music. She stared at the contents of the files, the pictures of the landfills and victims, as if they were works of fine art to be admired and studied.

She wondered if Bryers would be able to get the planner for her. Having the page torn out indicated that the killer was logical. She also assumed that it had been the killer that had dumped the truck off in the Burger King parking lot, having moved what would have otherwise been a beacon for the FBI from his neighborhood.

She tried to envision herself as a murderer that was moving such a damning piece of evidence. To have left no evidence meant that he was not only careful, but also calm. It suggested that he felt no real remorse for what he did. He showed no panic, no laziness in his approach. And to show no remorse for his actions yet also have the logical aptitude to move the truck and take a page from a planner, it was also clear that he was aware of what he was doing. Dumping the bodies in landfills (state landfills at that) also indicated that he knew keeping the bodies for any period of time could also come back to harm him. Awareness of the murders without any remorse indicated some sort of psychological issue. If that were the case, there was a very good chance that their killer was killing with no real motive other than he enjoyed it.

Looking at the crime scene photos with this kindling of realization made her feel more worried than ever. A cold-blooded killer with intellect like that was going to be tricky to catch and, over time, a lot more brutal and routine in his actions.

Maybe, she thought as she finished her beer, it will be the routine that leads us to him.

As she continued to pore over the files, her phone rang. She dashed to it right away, thinking it would be Bryers. But the number on the display was unfamiliar. She answered it cautiously, wondering if Zack was using another number to get in touch with her, hoping to fool her.

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