Web of Secrets by Susan Sleeman

Author:Susan Sleeman
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: BelleBooks, Inc.
Published: 2016-04-27T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

BECCA MEANDERED down the sidewalk to the tree-filled park across the street from Elise’s house where homeless teens were known to hang out. She was hoping to find a few of the street kids who were willing to talk about Allie, or the credit card fraud.

A sharp wind picked up and cut through her jacket. She huddled into the coat’s downy warmth. She’d be a whole lot warmer if Connor was by her side, but he’d headed back to the station with a smile on his face. He was picking up a new portable fingerprint scanner that had arrived this afternoon. He was also meeting with Sam and Lieutenant Vance to update them on today’s events. She hadn’t been invited.

Maybe that was for the best. She was getting used to having Connor around, and she honestly missed him. It would be good for her to be away from him for a while.

Her phone buzzed and she looked at the screen to see Taylor’s name.

“What’s up, Taylor?” Becca answered.

“I just left Elise’s house. It looks like her foster daughter, Roxanne, is inadvertently responsible for the hack. She gave their network password to a homeless girl named Willow and with all the network logins listed on the logs, it’s clear she passed it on to others.”

“Why on earth would Roxanne do that?” Becca asked.

“Willow and Roxanne used to be in a foster home together, but Willow took off. Now she hangs out in the park across the street. Roxanne felt bad for Willow and wanted her to have access to free Wi-Fi.” Taylor paused. “I also reviewed the hospital security footage for the day of Frankie’s supposed visit for bronchitis. It was Willow who impersonated Frankie.”

Becca pondered the information. “I guess if she was the one to hack Elise’s network, that makes sense.”

“That’s not all,” Taylor continued. “She’s also the girl Danny recognized when I visited him in jail. So it’s looking like the credit card investigation is related to Frankie’s death.”

Though there was no concrete proof at this point, Becca had to agree. “I’m already at the park by Elise’s house following up on another lead. If you’ll text Willow’s picture to me, I’ll look for her, too.”

“You got it. Oh, and I also got Danny’s DNA report and ran it through CODIS. Unfortunately, it didn’t turn up any results.”

Becca sighed. “We’re back to square one, then.”

“On the DNA, yes.” Taylor paused and Becca’s curiosity grew. “But I got to thinking about other ways to ID Danny. I remembered that Oregon DMV has a facial recognition program.”

Oregon had started taking digital photos for drivers’ licenses in 2008, so when a driver applied for a new license, the computer ran a biometric comparison in their database to be sure the person was indeed who they claimed to be.

“Connor ran Danny’s mug shot through the DMV database the day we arrested him,” Becca replied. “It was a bust.”

“Yeah, I know. But I followed up with the DMV and they said the mug shot and their photos weren’t on similar platforms, causing the computer to reject that picture.

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