Dead Wrong by Jance J. A

Author:Jance, J. A. [Jance, J. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, Crime, Suspense, thriller, Contemporary
ISBN: 9780060540906
Amazon: 0060540907
Goodreads: 27582
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 2006-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

Back at the Justice Center, Joanna was disappointed not to hear anything from Debbie Howell and Jaime Carbajal. While waiting for word, she returned to the drudgery of paperwork. She was lost in concentration when Ted Chapman showed up an hour later.

“Any progress?” he asked.

He was asking for progress in the Bradley Evans case. Joanna was reluctant to tell him that the Jeannine Phillips assault case had knocked his friend’s down a notch as far as priority was concerned.

“Not much,” she answered.

“What does that mean?”

“It means we’ve located the person he was stalking,” Joanna said. “That is, we know who she is, but no one’s had a chance to interview her yet.”

“Why not?”

“Because we’re shorthanded, Ted,” Joanna returned. “Ernie’s off for the next several days. We’ve got another important case that we’re working on up near San Simon. But believe me, she will be interviewed.”

“Oh,” Ted said. “All right. I just wanted to let you know that Brad’s funeral is tomorrow at one o’clock in the afternoon. It’ll be held at the Papago Unit at the prison down in Douglas. People who want to attend need to be on the guest list for security reasons. Do you think any of the detectives on the case will want to go?”

Joanna knew Ernie was out and Debbie and Jaime would be busy with the Phillips case. Frank would have his hands full all morning with the board of supervisors meeting. That left only one person available.

“Put me on the list,” she said. “I’ll be there.”

“Thanks,” Ted said. He started to leave. As he turned, Joanna noticed the name badge clipped to his shirt pocket—a name badge that came complete with a photo ID.

“Do the jail ministry guys down in Douglas wear the same kind of name badge?” she asked.

Ted looked down at his. “Sure,” he said. “Why?”

“Do you think you could get someone from there to fax me a copy of Bradley Evans’s ID photo?”

“Probably,” he said. “I’ll see what I can do.”

He left. Joanna went back to work, but her mind wandered. She kept going back to what she had said to Ted. Yes, Debbie had located Leslie Markham, the woman who had been Bradley Evans’s stalking target. That had happened day before yesterday. More than twenty-four hours had passed without anyone interviewing the woman. Regardless of what else was going on in Joanna’s department, it was inexcusable to allow an important lead to lie fallow for that long this early in an investigation.

A few minutes later, when Kristin came into her office carrying a faxed copy of Bradley Evans’s ID photo, Joanna made up her mind. She rummaged through the mess on her desk until she located an interoffice envelope containing her copies of the prints from the camera found in Bradley Evans’s vehicle. The same envelope also contained a mug shot of Bradley Evans that dated from his original arrest back in 1978. There was some resemblance between the young man in the mug shot and the guy in the ID photo, but clearly the years spent in prison hadn’t been kind to him.

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