Little Ballerina by Jane Blythe

Author:Jane Blythe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jane Blythe
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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8:08 A.M.

“The third scene is just as devoid of forensics as the first two,” Kane informed them.

“Nothing at all?” Heidi asked.

“No fingerprints, fibers, DNA, nothing, nada, zero, zilch . . .”

“We get it,” Heidi snapped. “You don’t have anything to contribute. He left another photo, correct?”

“Correct,” Jonathon nodded.

“And you showed it to Naomi?” Heidi fired off her next question.

“Of course,” he replied. His boss was not in a good mood this morning.

“And …?”

“And she said the photo was taken the Christmas after the fire,” he answered what he assumed would be his boss’ next question.

“Two photos from before the fire, then he recreates a fire in her home, then a photo from after the original fire. What does all of that mean?” Heidi looked at a loss to make sense of the situation.

Jonathon didn’t care about the details. He knew it meant that this guy had known Naomi as a child. That he had probably switched out the heater in her family’s home the day of the fire.

He needed this over.

He needed to know that his family was safe.

“We have a potential lead,” Allina spoke up.

“Well, why didn’t you start with that?” Heidi demanded.

“Because you were busy throwing question after question at us.” Allina smirked.

Heidi just glared. “So what do you know? Who is it?”

“Since we think the original fire may have been deliberately lit, we went back to the people in her life at that time,” Allina explained.

“And you found someone?” Heidi interrupted.

“Maybe,” Jonathon answered. “We’re not sure yet, but we found someone worth looking into.”

“Who is it?” Heidi interrupted again.

“If you’d stop interrupting, I would have told you already,” Allina snapped irritably. This case was getting to her, too, only for different reasons. While Jonathon feared for the safety of his fiancée and his family, she was reminded of the crime that had ruined hers. He knew his partner and her family worked every lead tirelessly in the hope that they would find Grace and bring her home. Jonathon also knew that every single case reminded her of her family’s situation, he didn’t know how she stomached turning up to work each day. His personal brush with crime had at least had closure, but what Allina and her family went through was one big question mark.

“Sorry,” Heidi muttered. “Now put us all out of our misery, please, and tell me that you know something that’s going to wrap up this case.”

“The family that lived across the street from Naomi’s family back then had three kids, aged thirteen, fifteen, and seventeen, two boys and a girl. The girl was the middle child, she used to babysit Naomi and her siblings quite frequently,” Jonathon told their boss.

“The older boy, Harry Caucchi, had some troubles, he had been expelled from two different high schools, so he spent most of his time just hanging around his parents’ house,” Allina added.

“So why do we like him as a possible arsonist?” Heidi asked. “Sorry, just curious, not interrupting.” She gave Allina a small smile.

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