Chocolate Diamonds (Jill Quint, MD, Forensic Pathologist Series Book 2) by Peche Alec

Author:Peche, Alec [Peche, Alec]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: GBSW Publishing
Published: 2014-06-05T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Jo broke the brief silence. “I spent time earlier in the pub analyzing the financial records of Laura’s charity and what we could learn of her finances. I would like to spend some time with Ms. Bernard and see if we can find any new financial records on Laura, Chloe, or the consortium. I’m not much help otherwise for this portion of the conversation.”

Ms. Barnard stood up and they moved to another room to chat and review financial records. They were two accountants looking for the cause of a murder, and an understanding of the world through numbers.

After they exited the room, the conversation returned to the relationship of the two women and the consortium.

“I think we have to assume from what Chloe said that they did not have the best relationship with the consortium, which is strange given the money and diamonds flowing back and forth,” Jill pointed out.

“Let me see if I can describe the history between these parties. Let’s all start from the same page. Laura Peeters’ first theft was some fifteen years ago and her younger cousin, Chloe Martin, was involved beginning around ten years ago. Laura started by stealing from her employer in one large heist and then managed independently for several years. I’ve put a timeline on the wall that describes the jewelry thefts we think are her work.”

Everyone stared at the wall examining Dubois’s timeline of diamond thefts.

“Which thefts are also attributed to Chloe?” asked Marie.

“She doesn’t have a signature style that we are aware of; we are tracking back again to jewelry store owners to see if Chloe is caught on camera for any of those thefts. As to the private residences, I don’t think we will ever know unless Chloe confesses to those thefts as there is no evidence that she was involved. There may also be additional thefts, but the owner is still not aware that cubic zirconia has been substituted. We don’t even know if all of the private residences with the chocolate calling card have been discovered. Just because you discover a piece of chocolate in your home, doesn’t mean you immediately notice the CZ sparkling in your chandelier instead of your diamonds.”

“True enough,” affirmed Angela. “How about the relationship with the consortium? Did she sell the diamonds she stole from private residences to the consortium or did she sell them through her own network?”

“Interesting question,” Dubois considered. “I’ll ask Mademoiselles Pringle and Bernard to trace that for us since you discovered that financial arrangement.”

The conference room door opened, and an officer stepped in and passed a note to Willems. After reading it, he muttered, “Damn”.

“Bad news, Inspector Willems?” asked Angela.

“Unfortunately I have received word that Chloe Martin was found dead thirty minutes ago. She had ligature marks around her neck. Her body was leaning against a trash container in a small alley close to the Church of Notre Dame. Whoever killed her wanted her body found quickly since she was placed in such a public area. Our investigators are on the scene and gathering evidence.

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