The Reporter Series: Books 1-5 (A Police Procedural Mystery Series of Crime and Suspense, Hyder Ali Novels) by Thomas Fincham

Author:Thomas Fincham [Fincham, Thomas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-11-20T00:00:00+00:00

SEVENTY-EIGHT

Lopez was at the courier company. She had already informed the person behind the counter that she was a detective. Lopez wanted to know who had tampered with the seal. The person looked baffled and denied any wrongdoing by the company. He scanned the package and gave the name of the driver to her. Maybe Lopez could ask him instead, the person insisted.

Lopez waited for the driver to return from a delivery.

She wasn’t sure what she would find, but it was worth a try. She was now certain there was a link between Rudy Jr. and Nolan. Both had received packages that were tampered with and both had attacked others with a knife. It was too much to be a coincidence.

After she was done here, she would go and confirm something else.

An hour later, a man walked through the door. He was medium height, medium built, with curly hair that stuck out from a cap that had the company’s logo on it. He was also wearing the company’s uniform.

He spoke to the person behind the counter and came over.

“You wanted to speak to me?” he asked.

“My name is Detective Marina Lopez,” she said. “Do you mind if I asked you a few questions?”

“No, go ahead,” Francisco Luiz said.

“How long have you been working at the company, Mr. Luiz?”

He looked up as if counting the days. “About two and a half years.”

“Did you deliver these packages?” Lopez held them up for him.

He looked at them and shrugged. “Probably. I deliver a lot of packages each day. In fact, I’m already late by talking to you now.”

“Who else would have access to the packages before they come to you?” she asked.

“If it’s individual customers, then they would take it to one of our drop-off locations, and from there it goes to a distribution center, which sends it to us to deliver to the designated address.”

“So, what you are saying is that a lot of people would have touched it before you?”

“Yeah, I guess.”

“What about businesses, do they drop it off at your locations too?”

“No, if it’s a big client then we’ll pick it up out of courtesy.”

“Did you pick up these packages from Devon Pharma?”

“Sometimes, but not always,” he said. “We have many drivers here, you know.”

She knew she was fishing for information. Right now, she didn’t have any proof that he was guilty of anything.

She couldn’t keep him away from his job for too long.

“Alright, you can go,” she said. “Thanks for your time.”

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