The Killing Vision by Overby Will

Author:Overby, Will [Overby, Will]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Black Cat Books
Published: 2013-04-20T18:30:00+00:00

Wednesday, July 11

8:05 AM

Wednesday morning, Edgar Castle and his wife, Wanda, had gone out on the river in their johnboat to get in some early fishing. It had cooled off considerably since the rain last week, and the fish were biting again. They had left a little before six, and Wanda had packed them a breakfast of sausage and biscuits, which they ate as they drifted downstream. The air was thick with swirling fog, and the golden sun was just peeking through the tree branches.

As they neared a slight bend close to Riverside Park, a cold breeze stirred over the water. It rushed past them up the valley, leaving them wondering if they’d really felt it at all. Later, Wanda Castle would remark to her friends that she felt “a goose walk over her grave.”

Edgar had just cast out his line when he noticed something white floating in the water close to the landing. He squinted to see it through the fog. This was where Sarah Jo McElvoy’s body had been found a week ago; the area was still roped off with yellow police tape. At first Edgar thought some kids had sneaked down to the river’s edge to play a cruel prank by discarding an old mannequin at the crime scene. Then, as the boat drifted closer and the fog lifted a bit, he could see that the pale arm reaching up out of the brambles was fleshy and real.

Wanda saw it, too. She screamed before she could stop herself.

Beside her, Edgar was already dialing 911 on his cell phone.

* * *

9:30 AM

Within thirty minutes of the first officers responding to the scene, Halloran and Chapman pulled up to the edge of the bluff overlooking the river and parked between two cruisers with flashing lights. A female officer was sitting at a picnic table with an older couple that looked shaken and sick. They must have been the ones that called in.

As they made their way down the dusty slope toward the landing, Halloran saw the response team barricading the area with new tape. Johnson, the most experienced, had just finished photographing the scene. The girl’s body bobbed close to the same spot where Sarah Jo had been found. Halloran shuddered uncontrollably.

Brooks, the first responding officer, met him on the landing. He was fresh-faced and eager and young; Halloran trusted him implicitly. There were very few of the younger guys that Halloran could stomach these days with all their strutting and loud mouths. Greg Brooks was different—soft-spoken yet confident. Halloran hoped one day to see him in the investigations unit. “What’ve you got for us?” Halloran said.

Brooks motioned up on the bluff. “The old couple found the body about an hour ago. They were fishing. Husband says he thought it was a prank at first, what with it being in the same place and all.”

“Any ID on the body?”

“No, sir.”

“Is it the Santos girl?”

Brooks nodded. “I believe so, Lieutenant.”

Stepping across the landing, Halloran made his way toward the edge of the water.

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