Sentence Of Death IV: The Pink Socks by Gary McCloud

Author:Gary McCloud [McCloud, Gary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-21T23:00:00+00:00

FIFTEEN

Evan opened his locker and exchanged his off-duty pistol for his department issued one. “I wonder what will happen today,” he said to Dave Dalton. “Things have been very interesting lately.”

“I was just thinking the same thing myself,” Dave said as he closed his locker door.

“I’m going to go check my mailbox and then I’ll see you in the briefing room. Rich has to go to the state capital today. He’s at some state sheriff’s meeting; he’ll be back this afternoon. I’m the one who will be doing the briefing.”

“Lucky you.”

“At least I only have this part to worry about. Chief Deputy Barbie is in charge of all administrative decisions for the day.”

“Old Wes Barbie, another old timer just counting down his days until retirement, like me.”

Evan closed his locker door, “Yeah, and I’m way, way behind both of you. You lucky old bastard; you’ll be going fishing every day before too long.”

He’s under too much stress, Dave thought as Evan left the locker room. I hope he doesn't crack.

Just as Evan entered the hallway, Charlotte Reeve called out to him, “Evan, you’ll be interested in this. Darci brought in a girl last night who is Eastern European and she doesn’t speak English or Spanish. This girl is scared and confused. She was dressed like a hooker when they brought her in, but she’s no hooker”

“Where is she?”

“Darci kept her in the women’s locker room last night. They found her a cot and let her sleep in there instead of putting her in a cell. She has her down in interview room 2 now. She just had some breakfast. The poor kid is scared to death.”

“What condition was she in?”

“The nurse said she was malnourished and dehydrated. She also noticed several marks and bruises on her. She ran a rape test and was positive the girl had been sexually assaulted.”

“I want to see her.”

“Follow me.”

“Let me grab something first.” Evan went to his office and picked up a folder which contained a picture of the girl who was found behind the dumpster. “I’m ready.”

As Evan and Charlotte entered the interview room Darci turned her head toward them. The girl had just finished eating a small breakfast sandwich. “She was practically starved,” Darci said. “She’s been through hell.”

Evan sat down in front of the girl and placed the folder on the table. “Do you understand me?”

The girl just looked at him.

“I’m going to show you a picture and you tell me if you know her.” Evan opened the folder and exposed the dead girl’s picture that was taken in the morgue.

The girl’s eyes opened wide and her mouth fell open and then she cried out, “Marina! Marina!” Then, she broke into tears.

Evan closed the folder, “Now our Jane Doe has a name.”

Darci leaned against the wall, crossed her arms and shook her head. “This girl is not a hooker, she’s scared— that’s not typical of the ones I bring in. The ones I deal with are street wise girls, she’s not. She’s another victim of human trafficking.

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