Cold Heart Creek by Lisa Regan

Author:Lisa Regan [Regan, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781838880132
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2019-12-01T18:30:00+00:00

Thirty-One

“That guy’s a real dick,” Noah said when they were out of earshot.

“I agree,” Josie said.

“Why would he agree to let his client do the DNA test?” Noah said as if he hadn’t heard her.

“That’s what I’m wondering.”

“It’s a huge risk.”

They walked toward the stairwell so they could go back to their desks. Josie shrugged. “But what’s the alternative? We could probably get a warrant to get his DNA based on the evidence. By refusing, all he does is drag things out and clearly, his client doesn’t want to spend one more second than he has to behind bars.”

“How long has he been in the woods?” Noah asked. “Didn’t Moore say like twenty or thirty years? Does this guy even know what DNA is?”

Josie laughed. “Even if he doesn’t, Bowen does. It’s fine. When the results come back, Bowen will want to negotiate a plea deal. The district attorney can deal with that. Right now, we’ve got to help Gretchen find Emilia Gresham.”

Noah opened the door and motioned Josie to go ahead of him. Before she could step through the doorway, she saw Sergeant Dan Lamay lurching down the hallway toward them, face flushed. “Boss!” he called.

Dan had been with the department for over forty-five years. In spite of his age and a bad knee, Josie had kept him on as a desk sergeant during her tenure as chief because his wife was battling breast cancer, and his daughter had just started college. Since that time, he’d proven an invaluable asset to her when she needed him most. “What’s going on, Dan?”

He caught up to them, huffing out several breaths before he said, “We just got a call. Body in the woods in South Denton.”

It felt like every drop of blood had drained from her body. She put a hand on Noah’s shoulder to steady herself. Only one word made it out of her mouth. “No.”

Noah said, “Where in South Denton?”

“Cold Heart Creek,” Lamay answered. “A couple miles down from the South Denton bridge close to where it empties into the Susquehanna river. Pretty remote area. Some fishermen found her.”

“A woman,” Josie choked out. Of course it was a woman. They were too late. Emilia Gresham was dead.

Lamay continued, “We’ve got patrol units there. Hummel’s on his way. You want it or should I get Detective Mettner?”

Shaking her head briskly, Josie said, “We’ll take it. Call Dr. Feist, would you?”

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