ONE LAST STEP by Sarah Sutton

Author:Sarah Sutton [Sutton, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-14T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Tara and Warren stood in a room of the Bridgewater police station with ten eager officers standing around them. It didn’t take Warren long to find some volunteers. The first station he called, the chief got on the phone and volunteered ten of his guys, including a lieutenant. Now they all stood in front of them like soldiers.

Tara looked down at the map, rolled out on a large table. It was the same map they had stared at earlier that day—that marked each crime scene and the direction of the compasses.

She and Warren had already contemplated that the killer was moving south and they had agreed that it was the best lead they had right now, but with a trail that spanned across fourteen states, and with crime scenes randomly spaced apart, determining where he would strike next would be difficult. They knew they didn’t have much time. They had already lost almost a full day, and it was likely the killer could strike again that very night.

Warren spoke to the room. “We’ll pick some checkpoints and split up into teams.”

They all nodded.

“Just let us know where you need us. We know these trails well,” the lieutenant replied for all of them.

His last name was Daniels and he stood about six feet, with a five o’clock shadow that made his jaw look even more defined than it already was. It was nice to have someone on their side for a change, and Tara felt a new optimism in his presence.

She peered at the map again and placed one finger on the dot where the second crime scene was, right outside of Hanover, New Hampshire, and another finger over the dot that marked the third crime scene in Vermont.

“Well, he traveled fifteen miles in about twenty-four hours, so potentially that means in five hours…” She used the map’s scale and mapped out another fifteen from where that murder occurred. “He would be about here, in Vermont, where the trail intersects with Route Four.” She placed her finger down on the map to mark the spot. “I think one checkpoint should be there.”

Warren agreed. Lieutenant Daniels stepped forward, peering down at the map as well.

“What about Gifford Woods State Park?” he asked as he placed his finger down on the map, where the trail intersected with Route 100. “There’s a campground there. It’s closed right now with everything going on, but I know for a fact that people have still been trying to camp there.”

It was the same thing Sheriff Brady had said, that people were still not fully abiding to the portion of the trail being closed.

“All right, we got another checkpoint then,” Warren said.

They continued to pick out four more spots on the trail, based on access points, close proximity to campgrounds, and the estimated speed at which the killer was moving.

Warren then partnered them up, assigning each group a checkpoint until none remained. Tara was assigned the Route Four intersection and partnered with the lieutenant. Warren would take Gifford Woods State Park with another officer.

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