JS10 Let's Play by John C Dalglish

Author:John C Dalglish [Dalglish, John C]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, Religion & Spirituality
ISBN: 9781508489467
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2015-04-11T05:00:00+00:00

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Chapter 7

When Vanessa returned to the station, she went directly to the third floor conference room. Jason and Eli sat in the dark watching the grainy black-and-white images move across the screen. Jason paused the video when she entered. “What did you find out?”

“She identified him immediately.”

“And Jennifer previously told us she talked to Purdom before closing, when she left RainTree to look for Tammy-Jo, correct?”

“Yes.”

Jason rewound the video, figures moving in fast backward motion until Jason stopped it again.

“Look what we found. We have Tammy-Jo coming out for a cigarette, followed by Denny Purdom, who joined her.”

The tape moved forward and Vanessa watched it play out. After a few minutes, Tammy-Jo throws away her cigarette and returns to the bar. Denny leaves and heads toward the parking lot. The cameras lose him as he goes by the cab stand.

Jason stopped the tape on the last image of Denny. “Purdom is lying about not seeing Tammy-Jo and his time is unaccounted for from this point until Jennifer talked to him around closing.

Vanessa grabbed a chair and sat down. “What about Tammy-Jo? Do you have her leaving the bar?”

“No, at least not yet. She appears earlier, again having a smoke, where she’s seen talking to a guy emptying the trash cans. He shows up on the Melinda Gomez tapes, but we haven’t found him on the other two.”

“Do we know his name?”

“Anthony Martinez. He’s worked at the River Walk for almost a year.”

“Is there another way to place him at work on the River Walk when the other two girls went missing?”

Eli stood. “I can handle that. I’ll go to the offices of the River Walk and request his time cards.”

“Good.”

When Eli left, Jason restarted the video. Vanessa was bothered by the lack of further video on Tammy-Jo.

“How would our girl get out of the bar and not be seen?”

“It’s possible she went along the back walkway, which doesn’t have video. It’s used mainly by employees and delivery people, and there’s no city closed circuit.”

“Well, if she did leave that way, she either had a lift from someone or took a cab, right?”

“Probably.”

“Have we checked with all the drivers from that night?”

“Eli said he had not received the driver logs yet.”

“Then perhaps we should go see what the delay is.”

Jason shut off the video player, and stood. “Perhaps we should. I’ve got the driver logs from the nights the other three girls went missing. If we can match a fourth, it might narrow things some more.”

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The main garage and headquarters for San Antonio Blue Cab was located near downtown on Lone Star Boulevard. They parked on the street and entered through the open garage door. Cabs were parked in long rows with their lights dark, except for a couple cars getting ready to start their shifts.

A bald man nearly as wide as he was tall shouted at them as they approached. “No civilians inside the garage!”

Jason took out his badge, flashing it for the man, then tucked it away. “Official police business.

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