Crescent City Murder by Alec Peche

Author:Alec Peche [Peche, Alec]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780998776835
Publisher: GBSW Publishing
Published: 2018-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

When she arrived back at the hotel, Nathan hadn't returned yet, so she sat down and called the detectives explaining the shooting at the cemetery.

“Are you okay Jill? None of the bullets hit you right?” said Detective Briggs.

“No I'm fine. I had a friend with me and she got a little dust in her contact lenses. The shooter nailed the marble close by, but didn't hit us. I don't know if the shooter meant to hit us or scare us – he certainly succeeded in scaring us. I'd bet your crime scene guys have more information on that. They believe the shooter was on the roof of a home across the street that was unoccupied. I expect they'll be calling you as we mentioned that we were working with you on a case.”

“Yeah, while we've been talking, they reached Heyer on her cell and she's talking to them now.”

“Good, I wasn't sure they believed me when I said I was working with you guys on a case.”

“How did the shooter know you were going to be at the cemetery? I think we assumed that with the monster truck incident, that someone either heard your drone, or they have a camera on the field or the road. In this cemetery, they either had to have overheard you say you were going there or followed you from your hotel. How did you get there?”

“I took the St. Charles streetcar, then walked the final two to three blocks. I can't say I noticed anyone carrying a bag that would have held a rifle and wouldn't you need a rifle to hit at a distance of two hundred yards?”

“Heyer just finished her conversation, let me ask her.”

There was a pause as Briggs put his phone on speaker and then she heard Heyer say, “Actually, CSI picked up three 9mm bullets at the cemetery, and three shell casings on the roof and they're matching their striations to firearms as we speak, but the initial review points to a pistol.”

“So if it was a pistol, the shooter could have hid it in their clothing if they were on the streetcar with me, right?”

“Yes. It also means that the shooter is an excellent marksman and likely if he or she wanted to hit you, they could have done it,” Heyer noted. “The CSI techs tested the DNA on the bullet, but there is both male and female DNA on it which you would expect from the manufacture and sales process. They're searching the home security systems in that neighborhood to see if anyone caught something on camera.”

“Did you find out who owns the property that the field is on?” Jill asked completely changing the subject.

“Before we move on, I think we need to determine how someone located you at the cemetery. I can think of three ways; one - someone overheard you ask for directions to the cemetery, two – you are being followed, or three a GPS locator has been placed on you,” Heyer said.

“Maybe there's a fourth method; I think hackers can follow my phone's movement through its power use.

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