The Wrong Woman by Leanne Kale Sparks

Author:Leanne Kale Sparks
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: CROOKED LANE BOOKS

CHAPTER

31

Monday,

March 2,

8:32 AM

ADAM SWIVELED HIS chair and faced the murder board for Jenna Rose. Leaning back, he steepled his fingers and tapped them against his lips. His gaze traveled over the crime scene photos first, then the autopsy pics. Jenna had been raped. Sodomized with a pistol. The .22 caliber hollow point lodged in her spinal column. The shot had paralyzed her first and then, eventually, killed her. But that wasn’t the photo that stumped him. Something about Jenna Rose’s back seemed off.

The autopsy report had concluded the marks on her back were due to scratches, possibly from being dragged over the rough landscape around the trees on the tenth tee. But the determination wasn’t ringing true to Adam.

He pulled up the video from the golf course. The killer removed Jenna from the trunk. Carried her across the parking lot, over the closely cut grass, and dumped her under the tree. Then he stood there, looking at Jenna, before turning and walking back to his car.

He dumped her.

Adam jumped up, grabbed his coat and keys, and headed out the door. With any luck, Fran was not armpit deep in a dead body, and he could get her take on the marks. Fran hadn’t performed Jenna Rose’s autopsy—Jenna had been murdered while Fran was still on maternity leave. And it wasn’t that Adam didn’t trust her replacement; it was more he didn’t really know the man. Nestor Watson had been on loan from Grand Junction while Fran was gone. He was an odd sort of guy, not personable at all. One of those doctors who instantly believes anyone who didn’t attend medical school is an idiot, and therefore needed to slow his speech for simpletons. Complete with inane hand gestures.

Adam was not a fan of Dr. Watson.

Fran was in her office, staring at her computer, eyebrows squished together, her fingers racing over the keyboard. Adam tapped on the doorframe. She glanced up but said nothing. Adam had been here before. Best to just let her finish whatever she was doing. Interrupting her while in the middle of a thought would likely bring wrath down on him. And he needed her help.

The tapping ceased, and her gaze swung to him, a broad smile on her face. She exhaled and said, “Hey, Adam, what can I do for you?”

“I’m stumped on the Jenna Rose case and could use a second look at something, if you have the time.”

“What kind of second look?”

He handed the autopsy pic over to her. “Dr. Watson said these were scratches, most likely caused by being dragged along the ground.”

She picked up the picture and glanced at it, then typed on the computer. “Rose is the victim’s last name?”

“Yes.”

“And why don’t you believe those are scratches?”

“According to video surveillance at the scene, her body was dumped, not dragged.”

“Could’ve been an animal who dragged her after the killer left.”

“But wouldn’t there have been some type of bite mark or something? Besides, her body was found where it was dumped.”

Fran was ignoring him, her attention on the computer screen.

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