Haunted by Sin (Touch of Evil Book 11) by Kennedy Layne

Author:Kennedy Layne [Layne, Kennedy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kennedy Layne Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2024-06-03T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Theo Neville

May 2024

Friday — 1:49 am

The stillness inside Janice Morris’ residence was heavy. Almost suffocating, though neither Theo nor Special Agent Rick Tirelli made a move to turn on the ceiling fan. The faint odor of blood and decomposition still hung in the air, and the fan would only further spread the smell around the lower level of the house. The medical examiner and two forensic techs had processed the scene and removed the body after dusk through the back sliding glass door.

“I’m surprised that Sloane isn’t here,” Rick said, his silhouette framed by the doorway leading into the kitchen. He shifted his weight to lean against the archway, causing the material of his pants to rustle. The slight sound was amplified by the deep quiet. “Is she planning on joining us at some point?”

“No.” Theo had moved a kitchen chair to the corner of the living room. His eyesight had adjusted to the dim illumination, though the moonlight streaming through the sheer curtains had aided such effort. The victim had opted for heavier drapes in the kitchen, but her choice of living room décor had been beneficial to the unsub. “Brook drove back to the rental house to work on the profile.”

A dog could be heard barking in the distance, but neither radio that had been supplied by Tirelli to the other agents and officers had come to life. Their immediate surroundings were under surveillance by both local law enforcement and federal agents. Theo and Rick would be notified instantly should anyone attempt to approach Janice Morris’ home.

“No offense, but I don’t get the whole profiling thing. The odds are in every profiler’s favor when they point to a Caucasian male with mommy issues.”

Theo rested the back of his head against the wall. He had been a skeptic himself until he had the privilege of working with Brook in the field. His view on the topic had quickly changed upon witnessing the way she could gather evidence and transform what she discovered into a single personality trait of a killer. With each discovery, she was able to describe everything about the unsub but his name.

“Would you label our killer as charming and sociable?”

“Nothing surprises me anymore with these sick fucks,” Rick muttered before smothering a yawn. “I deal mostly with counterterrorism cases. The shit we see on a daily basis makes me have little faith in humanity. I get what you’re saying, but that’s a fifty-fifty shot, isn’t it?”

“We’re searching for someone who has been able to take time off work without suspicion, which indicates the unsub has a white-collar job with the ability to work remotely. He observes his victims for weeks if not months. He spends time getting to know either the victims themselves or their friends and family members. The video that Mary Jane Reynolds posted brought the attention of the police, the FBI, and the press. The unsub looks at Janice Morris as nothing but collateral, but he was successful in monitoring the neighborhood for a couple of days.

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