L.A. Boneyard by P.A. Brown

Author:P.A. Brown [Brown, P.A.]
Language: deu
Format: epub
Tags: MLR Press; ISBN# 978-1-60820-017-7
Published: 2011-04-04T16:56:46+00:00

170 P.A. Brown

The look Larson gave him said it clearly. “What’s that got to do with anything?” he muttered. “This is Hollywood, they’re all good looking.”

“We think the women were targeted because they were all very good looking. A certain type. Blonde, Slavic, that sort of thing. It’s just theory we’re looking at.”

“Oh, okay. Yeah, I remember her. She was built like Dolly Parton, if you know what I mean. And very blond, though I guess that coulda come out of a bottle, right?”

“Yes, it could have. Thank you, Mr. Larson.”

David and Jairo went back through the house, looking for signs that might point to a third girl in residence, no matter how short lived. There wasn’t anything.

“If we can get SID to genotype that blood maybe we’ll find more than two types.” David held Jairo’s eyes briefly. “You can follow up with them when we get back. I’m going to take a look at missing persons between Thanksgiving and Christmas. See if I can locate any dental records. Right now I want to check out the backyard again.”

He prowled the backyard, trying to imagine what it had been like. At least one person had died in the house. Had it been the same one who had left the forensics behind in the dirt under the house? And if so, which one?

There was an increased flurry of interest in the case when the morning Times had an above the fold, front page spread, when both victim identities were leaked, as well as their condition. It didn’t do any good for the Lieutenant in charge of handling the press to make it plain the IDs were tentative at best, the press ran with it. Pregnant women caught up in a prostitution ring. They spun a fine, sordid story, too bad very little of it was based on anything but the wildest speculation.

It also brought a rush of phone calls from ‘witnesses.’ And a few confessions.

Jairo took one call, listened for about two minutes then held his hand over the mouth piece. “Woman says she’s a psychic.

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