Earth in 2093 by Edna Curry

Author:Edna Curry
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: futuristic romantic suspense novel, Minnesota, Minnesota author, Murder Mystery, dystopian novel, Women Sleuths
Publisher: Edna Curry
Published: 2017-01-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

The next morning, Dave worked in his office. Laura’s autopsy report made him even more convinced their unknown assailant was the same man for both murders. The MO was similar in both instances. And, of course, they never released the details of a case to the public until it was closed, so a copycat killer was not likely.

Again, he went through each woman’s known contacts in the days before each had died. Nothing stood out as unusual or matched the people the other woman had talked to. Of course, there was no way to know if either of them had talked to others in person. He only had a record of those the women had used their phones or tablets to contact via the networks. Their technology could only help him in that regard, not for personal contacts or those made ‘off the grid’.

Techniques for disabling that GPS tracking ability in phones and tablets were passed around now as, in the past, ways of downloading and sharing free music and books had been.

Printed newspapers had all but disappeared since almost everyone got their news instantly on the internet via their phones or tablets. Reporters still bugged the various police departments for news. The rules had changed and most now had to be satisfied with department heads giving them digital updates instead of appearing in front of cameras.

Reporters still followed celebrities in hopes of getting interesting or scandalous pictures to post on various online media lists. Dave was happy that reporters didn’t regard him or the other detectives interesting enough to bug them. So far, at least.

Dave and Bob spent the day researching the various people they’d learned about from the previous interviews. He knew Nell would call him as soon as she found anything she thought important. But DNA searches were very complicated and detailed and thus took time.

In the meantime, they had to ascertain when each woman had last been seen or heard from, to better establish the likely time she’d been killed.

Once again, they went over the interviews other officers had done with everyone who lived near the boat accesses to both lakes. They’d found no one who recalled seeing anyone launch a boat large enough to contain a body on board.

Dave was quite sure that the killer must have put the body in the lake at night. And he’d most likely used a small fishing boat that could be silently taken out on the water using oars instead of a motor so people living nearby wouldn’t notice him.

He, Bob and Lola spent hours on a video conference call, consulting about various people the women had talked to and where they had been last seen.

Bob cautioned, “Since Lisa disappeared at least three weeks ago, people’s memories of when they’d last seen her are less reliable.”

Dave said, “Her internet service provider’s records are exact and they are more likely to be accurate. Unless, of course, the killer works for her service provider and tracked her that way. Ugh. There are too many possibilities.

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