Clint Wolf Mystery Trilogy: Boxed Set by BJ Bourg

Author:BJ Bourg [Bourg, BJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-12-09T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 27

“What is it?” I wanted to know.

Susan turned her laptop around and shoved it across my desk so I could see. “Look at this picture.”

I leaned close, squinting to see. It was a picture of Melvin holding something in his hand. He was at the crime scene at Isaac’s house. “It’s a piece of paper. So?”

“It’s the jury duty subpoena.”

My expression must’ve been blank as I stared at Susan, because she pounded her fist on my desk. “They served on a jury together! That’s how you get three people from completely different backgrounds to be connected to one killer.”

I suddenly thought back to the diverse group that served on the grand jury and my mouth dropped open in awe. “Damn, you’re right!”

“Maybe, and if we are, nine more people are going to die—unless we can figure out who they convicted.”

I snatched up my phone, called Chloe. When she answered, I asked if her grandfather ever served on a jury.

“As a matter of fact, he did,” she said. “But it was a long time ago. I was, like, in third or fourth grade at the time. I remember asking Mrs. Sadler what jury duty was and she explained all about the court system. She told me a story about her serving on a jury once and I found it fascinating.”

“Do you remember anything at all about the case? The defendant’s name? The offense?”

“Wait, do you think the killings and his grave desecration are related to that case?”

“Maybe. Do you remember anything at all?”

“Of course not…I was a kid. I just remember someone saying something about him having jury duty and I thought he was in trouble and I was afraid.”

“Ask your parents if they remember anything.” Before she could respond, I hung up. “Susan, can you get with Peter and see if he remembers anything?”

“I’m on it.” She grabbed her stuff and walked out of my office, waving as she disappeared through the doorway.

Next, I called Isabel. She answered on the first ring. “Hey, Clint, what can I do for you?”

“This case we’re working—all of these arrow killings—we think the victims might’ve served together on a jury at some point. Is there any way you can research their names and find out who the defendant was?”

There was a long pause on the other end of the phone.

“Isabel, you still there?”

“Yeah, I’m here. I’m thinking.” She was quiet for another long moment. When she spoke, it didn’t sound promising. “We’d still have juror questionnaires from all of the major cases we’ve tried over the years, but everything’s filed in the defendant’s name, so there’s no way of looking them up by jurors.”

“Can you go through all of them by hand and search for the names of our victims?”

“I’m sorry, Clint, but we’ve had hundreds of jury trials just since I’ve been here, and maybe thousands all total. There’s no way we could go through all of them. We could maybe try by year, if you knew that, but it would be next to impossible to just start searching through random cases from random years.

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