Fact or Fiction by David Archer

Author:David Archer [Archer, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-10-23T06:00:00+00:00

12

“Dead? How…”

“Same way Millie Cameron died,” Moore said. “Her head was bashed in. All the way around, just like Millie Cameron. I need you to come down to my office and give me an official statement about her dealings with you today.”

“I’ll be right there,” Sam said, and then they ended the call. He put the phone back in his pocket and looked at Weimer.

“Crazy Daisy is dead,” he said coldly. “Someone just found her body, and she died the same exact way Millie Cameron did. You know what that tells me, Weimer? It tells me that if you had done your job, then maybe you would have caught the killer back then, and maybe Daisy Willis would still be alive.” Sam got up and threw a ten-dollar bill on the table. “The coffee is on me.”

He stomped out the door and called Indie while he headed directly to the Ridgeline. It took him only a couple of seconds to tell her what was going on, and then he was in the truck and headed east across town.

The woman at the front desk recognized Sam when he walked in and simply pointed down the hall toward Moore’s office. Sam gave her a wave of thanks and leaned on his cane as he limped toward it. The door was open, and Moore was on the phone. He looked up at Sam and beckoned him in with his fingers.

“What I’m telling you is that I need that crime scene gone over by professionals,” Moore said into the phone, “not by Barney Fife and Deputy Gomer. This woman may have been a witness in a cold case that I’m trying to reopen, and she was murdered in exactly the same way as the original victim eight years ago. That’s a little bit too much of a coincidence for me, and I don’t want our one lonely forensics tech to go out there and miss something that might be important.” He listened for a couple of moments, then nodded. “That’ll be great, and thank you.” He hung up the phone and looked at Sam.

“That was the crime lab up at Mt. Vernon,” he said. “They got some of the best CSI people around, and I just talked them into working this scene. Give me a minute to get set up, and I’ll take your statement. Then you can ride out with me if you want, and they should be getting close by then.”

“What about the hat? Are you turning that over to them?”

“No,” Moore replied. “There’s a private lab down in Carbondale that we send all that stuff to. Trust me, if there is anything there, they’ll find it. Ready to do your statement now?”

Sam nodded, and Moore set up a microphone on his desk and pointed it at Sam. He turned to his computer and tapped a couple of keys, then looked at Sam. “Statement of private investigator Samuel Prichard,” he said, adding the date and time. “Mr. Prichard appeared voluntarily to give his statement regarding interactions with murder victim Daisy Joanne Willis.

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