Wounded Badge Vista by Kieran York

Author:Kieran York [York, Kieran]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781075600289
Amazon: B07TBVGQ4Q
Publisher: Scarlet Clover Publishers, LLC
Published: 2019-06-20T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

That morning, Sam drove Terry to Timber City so she could shadow Royce. Then Sam and Royce planned to drop by the Forensics Department. Terry had wanted to stay in the Sheriff’s Department, and get some computer time to search out potential suspects.

Before the meeting Royce received an urgent call from Mandy Connor. Mandy’s voice was hesitant. “Sheriff, Ron and I were talking and I mentioned that when I pulled back memories of the shooting, something didn’t fit. I’m not sure if it’s my imagination.”

“Anything you can tell me is important.”

“When the guy was shooting, the gun looked funny. It took my brain time to catch up to it. I wouldn’t allow myself to believe it was a gun. It was like it was the guy’s hand. Ron said it struck him something was wrong, too. Do gun’s come in colors.”

Royce was quickly seated and grabbed a note pad. “Maybe a tan gun?”

“Yes, tan. That would be more like what we saw.”

“There is a hand pistol that is called Coyote Tan. The complete handgun is Coyote Tan.” Royce pulled information from her memory. The gun she was thinking of was mainly sold through the Army. But was also sold to collectors and civilians as commemorative pieces. It’s a SIG Sauer P320-M17. It’s a 9mm Lugar and it’s called Coyote Tan.”

“Yes, that’s what we saw. We argued if it was tan or flesh color.”

“Thank you so much,” Royce said. “You didn’t imagine it; you solved a part of the puzzle.”

Dr. Ben Prichard, and one of his techs, Stella, invited the Sheriff and the Acting Undersheriff to sit in on his roundtable discussion of the Kirk Dillard homicide. His face was somber. “This case is a doozy,” he muttered. “Crime is getting so scurrilous.”

“Ben, your case file has grown.”

“Sure has. But as with all experienced killers, this one is excellent at covering his tracks. Killers are often schooled in prisons. A wealth of tips on how not be captured. Most people’s instincts are not immediately skilled enough to know things like this killer knew. Entomb a corpse in a body of water, and it will destruct the cells quickly. Very little case evidence can be taken from a decomposed body.” Doc Prichard shook his head vigorously. “The killer was aware of that fact.”

Stella spurted out, “This killer is great at his job.”

Doc Prichard agreed. “Yes. Although the vehicle would have had the weight to hold it down, there are nature’s mechanics at work. At the bottom of a lake is a wonderful place to hide a truck and a body. However, the car wasn’t there long enough to rust, but the young man’s body had significant decomposition. The killer knew exactly how to select a point in the lake where the overhang would dump it into the deep area. Although this murderer didn’t know that even a heavy object can move with the vast weight of the water. It sunk. But the area where it was located made all the difference. It allowed the truck to shift along on top of the silt at the lake’s bottom.

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