No Kill Station: Murder at Rehoboth Beach by Diane Meier

Author:Diane Meier [Meier, Diane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-06-21T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

When they got back to the apartment, Henry immediately fell asleep on the couch. Matt doubted that much actual sleeping occurred during the sleepover. He went into the kitchen and called Aidan.

“What’s up? Hey, I’m sorry you’re off the case. I warned you that stuff with the dogs wasn’t our problem”

“I’m back on the case.”

“Seriously? How did that happen?”

Matt gave Aidan a quick summary of what the Mayor had told him.

“Damn, that’s great,” said Aidan. “I’m very glad to hear it. When I heard from your boss that you’d been suspended I thought about calling you but I’ve been backed up here.”

“Did Jay tell you that I found out the blogger passed away?”

“Yeah, he did. So that’s another dead end, unless we can somehow get a warrant. Anyway, I’m glad you’re back on the job.”

“Thanks,” said Matt.

“So we’ll start back with the interviews on Monday. I’ll meet you at the SPCA. I think we need to talk to Sasso again.”

“Definitely,” said Matt, “I have a few things to say to him about those kennels.”

“We have to stay clear of those issues related to treatment of the dogs, Matt.”

“I think we can use the information to push Sasso harder on the case. It’s possible that he killed Randolph to get all the money coming from sale of the dogs.”

“You’re right. That’s actually a plausible motive that we need to investigate.”

Matt didn’t really think that Sasso killed Randolph. But treating Sasso like a suspect might scare him enough to make him stop selling dogs.

“Okay, see you tomorrow,” said Aidan and hung up.

Matt went back to the living room and tried to relax. It was a relief to know that the Kent Council would inspect Buddy’s kennel regularly. But he was really torn up about the fact that the Governor wouldn’t take any action about the sale of dogs as bait. Matt would try to intimidate Sasso, but the man probably would just nod his head and go on selling dogs.

It had to have been Randolph who started selling animals. Sasso didn’t have the initiative to even do his assigned duties. Once Randolph was killed, Sasso would be happy to keep the sales going and take the money. Matt thought about Snowflake and Smokey being at the mercy of dog fighters. It made his blood boil.

What Matt couldn’t understand was why the state troopers didn’t try to find the dog fights. Since their undercover drug operations had taken them to dog fighters in the past they must understand that the reverse was true. They could find a lot of drug dealers if they had undercover operations searching for dog fights.

Matt wondered about the FBI. Didn’t they go after dog fighters? He opened his laptop and started to search. He learned that federal law banned dog fighting in 2007 and that it’s a felony in all 50 states. Matt found the Animal Legal Defense Fund fact sheet about dog fighting. It confirmed that arrests had to be made when the fight was in progress just as Aidan said.

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