Blood Trail by C.M. Sutter

Author:C.M. Sutter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: C.M. Sutter
Published: 2021-04-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25

We’d just sat down to a continental breakfast in the hotel’s dining room. After talking briefly with Jacquie’s parents, they headed out to meet with the medical examiner. He would sit down with them, explain his findings, and allow them to ID their daughter. I wouldn’t want to be in their position, and my heart broke for them. Many times, for emotional support, I would join family members as they identified their loved ones, and it was never an easy process.

Our appointment with the medical examiner was set for ten o’clock. We would view Jacquie’s body while he explained her injuries to us. We would get a copy of the autopsy report and be on our way. Her body wouldn’t be released to her parents for several weeks—it was standard procedure in suspicious cases. After our meeting with the medical examiner, we would head to the scene where Jacquie was found. We couldn’t call it a crime scene yet. That information would be revealed on the autopsy report and be listed as an accident, a homicide, or undetermined. The plans were in place to meet with the two bow hunters after lunch to get their statements.

The police and EMT reports had already been emailed to me. I’d printed them out, and we’d reviewed them last night in the hotel’s business center.

I checked the time. We needed to finish breakfast and be on our way. Our appointment with the medical examiner was in a half hour.

“Time to chow down, guys. We’ve got to check out and be on the road in fifteen minutes.”

We went to our individual rooms, packed up our belongings, and agreed to meet at the registration counter at nine forty-five. The medical examiner’s office was only eight blocks away.

Once we were checked out, we crossed the lot to the SUV. Fay and I climbed into the back seat and buckled up. Tommy was behind the wheel, and Renz sat shotgun.

“I need directions,” Tommy said.

I passed my phone to Renz since I already had the map of the building’s location on the screen. I leaned forward and pointed. “Just press Start, and the phone will guide you to the medical examiner’s office.”

“Got it.”

We arrived on time, and after clicking the right-hand blinker, Tommy turned into their parking lot. Just as Tommy pulled into a parking spot, we saw Mr. and Mrs. Carver exit the building and head to their car.

“Should we say something?” I asked. “They look devastated.”

Renz shook his head. “We spoke with them last night and this morning. They have our contact cards too. If we approach them now, as heartbroken as they probably are, we’ll be late for our meeting. We’re going to find out the same information they just did, so I think it’s better if we go inside.”

I had to agree, but it felt like we lacked sympathy, which was the farthest thing from the truth. I would reach out to the Carvers again later in the day, after they’d had time to process whatever it was we were about to find out.

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