White Thunder by Thurlo Aimee

Author:Thurlo, Aimee
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-03-17T16:00:00+00:00

Ella looked through her notes to make sure she had Jack Krause’s address, then called Sheriff Taylor to see if he’d found out any information they could use as leverage against the funeral director.

“I’ve got nothing. He was brought up on charges way back in 1972 for writing some bad checks. He got off by making restitution and apparently has been clean since. He has a black SUV registered to him, there are a couple of parking tickets on it. And that missing gold Ford Excursion was transferred to his wife’s name, so he’s not legally connected to it anymore. Apparently the two live apart.”

Ella remembered the big vehicle tracks by the irrigation gate. They might have been made by an SUV. If a social security check scam was going on, Krause could turn out to be her direct route to Agent Thomas.

Ella thanked Sheriff Taylor, then, after hanging up, turned her attention back to Justine. “I have no leverage and I’ll need it before I question Krause, Justine. We can’t wait around for a paper trail of circumstantial evidence that may eventually point to him for forging documents and scamming social security. We need to dig up something now that’ll force him into a corner.”

“How about getting a sneak-and-peek warrant? This is a federal crime we’re checking into,” Justine said.

“Our probable cause is pretty shaky, but maybe Simmons has the juice to make it happen,” Ella said. “The problem is that I can’t get hold of him. He’s flying back as we speak and cell phones have to be turned off during a flight. But let me give him a call anyway and see what happens.”

Ella brought out her cell phone, but after three minutes of trying, all she could get was a message that the number was unavailable. Ella closed the phone in disgust. “Forget it. For now, he’s out of touch.”

“So what do we do? Wait or try to get a warrant from someone else?” Justine asked.

Ella looked at her watch. “See if you can get your grandfather.” Justine’s grandfather was a judge and could issue a warrant, Ella knew.

Five minutes later, Justine hung up her phone in frustration. “He’ll have to call back. He’s in court.”

“We can’t wait any longer, cuz,” Ella said flatly.

“I agree. What do you want to do?”

“What I have to—and I’d rather do it alone.”

Justine looked at Ella and held her gaze. “I think I know what you’ve got in mind, Ella, but think carefully about this. If you’re planning to break into his home and check through his stuff without a warrant, you won’t be able to use anything you find as evidence. Is that really worth your career?”

“I’m going to be looking for leads, not evidence—anything that’ll tell me where to look for Agent Thomas. A secondary goal is to find evidence that will hold up in court so I can go back later and grab it legally.” Ella took a deep, steadying breath. “I’ve thought this out. If going

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