Dire Traces by Keur D. L

Author:Keur, D. L.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: D. L. Keur
Published: 2022-10-20T00:00:00+00:00

24 – Pizza

FINALLY BEING CARTED home after a rough session trying out the SIG Saur pistols, weapons that he didn’t like at all, Landon pondered the day. The deaths of the two children weighed on him. His deputies had done everything they could. The SAR team had done everything it could.

The children hadn’t died because of his deputies’ lack. They’d died because of a suspected—strongly suspected—hallucinogen, namely PCP. Where they’d gotten it was the standing question. Neither his deputies nor officers from the Northridge P.D. had found anything in the home. That meant the kids had gotten it somewhere else. But intense interviews with the mother indicated that the kids had been home all week, this corroborated by neighbors. It also was corroborated by the children’s online activities. Further, the only travels the family had undertaken, according to the car’s GPS, showed one trip to the grocery store and one trip to their pediatrician, both verified. That brought it back to the house, especially because Martin was immediately suspicious of the mom, a naturalized Latinx.

Landon didn’t quite know how to deal with Martin’s suspicions, all based on ethnicity and surname, but the man had a valid point, considering the woman’s maiden name—Hernandez. It was the same name and heritage as the nineteen-year-old in custody in the Blackthorne case where PCP was also implicated in the two brothers’ blood panels and urinalyses.

“Oli?” Landon asked.

“Go ahead,” said the smiling voice.

“Do you have a drug dog?”

The man cast a glance his way, the face turning serious. “No. We don’t train drug dogs. Bomb dogs, yes, but not drug dogs. Completely different permits needed, and it’s not something I’ve ever been exposed to. I’d have to take a lot of training to even get the necessary permits to keep the drugs on premises. In Idaho, that’s dicey even then.”

Landon had hoped. Those hopes now vanished.

“I think Jessie’s Sumi used to be certified as a drug dog,” the man said after a long silence. “They don’t forget, you know.”

Of course Jessie would have a drug dog. Why not?!

He shut his eyes. Pulled his hat off and rubbed at his fatigue. Put his hat back on. Another ‘ask’ of a woman he was pretty sure wouldn’t want to cooperate. Not now. Not with two of her dogs almost having been killed.

Abruptly, Oli pulled into the left lane, his dogs rising and coming up close behind. Then he turned into the cross-median emergency vehicle turn-around.

“What are you doing?”

“Don’t let your guys arrest me,” Oli said, and Landon chuckled. “You’re safe. I’m in the car.”

“That’s what I figured.”

Oli turned onto the southbound side, and the dogs lay back down.

“Where are we going?”

“Back to town.”

“Did we forget something?”

“You need a drug dog. Jessie’s got a drug dog. Now, we need to convince her to let you use that drug dog.”

“Ah …I don’t think it’s quite fair to hit her with this when she almost lost two of her dogs to a possible drug-related incident.”

Oli laughed out loud. “Now’s the best time exactly because of that.

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