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murder. Can you think of anything else that could help us find him?” asked Lynette.
“I don’t think so.” Carolina reached into her coat pocket. “Wait, I found this on his nightstand. It’s probably nothing.” It was the business card. She handed it to Lynette.
“This is simply a name and phone number. It’s impossible to tell what relevance this has, but I’ll take this back to the station and look into it,” said Lynette. “We should be getting the complete coroner’s report any time now also. The holidays have really delayed things. To top it off, the medical examiner went to Minnesota to visit his family and the airports are still not open. They’re calling it the blizzard of the century. I’ll keep you in the loop.” Lynette headed back to the station.
Chapter 17
“Hey, Jackson, let’s see if we can figure out who Dr. Robert Manning is. Vicky’s daughter found this business card but there isn’t any other info on it. Also, Javier, the husband, seems to have skipped town. He took his things and left his apartment without a word to his daughter.” Lynette poured herself a cup of coffee. “Did we get the report back from the medical examiner yet? It sure is taking a while.”
“Nope, still waiting,” answered Jackson.
“Did you ask Theresa Rizzo out on a date yet?”
“No. I can’t imagine her wanting to go out with me. She’s so beautiful; I bet she can get anyone she wants.” Jackson got on the computer and started googling Dr. Robert Manning. Meanwhile, Lynette tried to trace Javier’s cell phone. A well-dressed blonde woman who looked to be in her mid thirties walked into the station. She wore dark wash jeans and a leather jacket.
“I’m looking for one of the detectives working on the Victoria Rogers case,” said the blonde woman.
Lynnette and Jackson stopped working and came to the counter. “I’m detective Lynette Sanders and this is my partner Jackson Simpson. We’re both working on the Rogers case. How can we help you?”
She unlatched the door in the counter and showed the woman into her office. Jackson followed.
“I have some information relevant to the case. It’s about Blaze Conrad. I understand he’s a person of interest in this case.”
“Yes, go on,” said Lynette.
“He’s definitely not guilty. He didn’t murder that principal.”
“And what makes you so certain?” said Jackson.
“Because he was with me that night at my apartment. My next door neighbor can verify that. She was walking her toy poodle. I’m his girlfriend.”
“Why didn’t he tell us if he had an alibi?” said Jackson.
“Because he and his wife are having custody issues over Ryan. He was so afraid that it would hurt him if his wife knew he was already seeing someone. They aren’t even legally divorced yet. I told him I’d keep his secret but when he said he was a suspect in a murder case I figured it was in Ryan’s best interest not to have his dad in jail.”
“Can you give us your name and address? We’ll go check out Mr. Conrad’s new alibi. If we can verify that he was indeed with you that night perhaps we can eliminate him as a suspect. Thank you for coming in.” Lynette walked her out. She then turned her attention to Jackson.
“Let’s go. If this checks out, it looks like Javier Rogers is our number one suspect,” said Lynette.
Chapter 18
Jody grabbed her mail and newspapers then turned on the light to her apartment. The apartment looked like a freshly-cleaned hotel room. Everything was immaculate, the sheets changed, the floor vacuumed. Jody would have had a plastic wrapped cup in the bathroom had it been possible. She turned up the heat. Home sweet home , she thought. She had gotten through this visit with her mom more smoothly than usual, maybe because they’d spent half of the time at her mom’s church. Her mom had dragged her to bible study and even a choir rehearsal while she was visiting. The church had become the center of her mom’s life
“I don’t think so.” Carolina reached into her coat pocket. “Wait, I found this on his nightstand. It’s probably nothing.” It was the business card. She handed it to Lynette.
“This is simply a name and phone number. It’s impossible to tell what relevance this has, but I’ll take this back to the station and look into it,” said Lynette. “We should be getting the complete coroner’s report any time now also. The holidays have really delayed things. To top it off, the medical examiner went to Minnesota to visit his family and the airports are still not open. They’re calling it the blizzard of the century. I’ll keep you in the loop.” Lynette headed back to the station.
Chapter 17
“Hey, Jackson, let’s see if we can figure out who Dr. Robert Manning is. Vicky’s daughter found this business card but there isn’t any other info on it. Also, Javier, the husband, seems to have skipped town. He took his things and left his apartment without a word to his daughter.” Lynette poured herself a cup of coffee. “Did we get the report back from the medical examiner yet? It sure is taking a while.”
“Nope, still waiting,” answered Jackson.
“Did you ask Theresa Rizzo out on a date yet?”
“No. I can’t imagine her wanting to go out with me. She’s so beautiful; I bet she can get anyone she wants.” Jackson got on the computer and started googling Dr. Robert Manning. Meanwhile, Lynette tried to trace Javier’s cell phone. A well-dressed blonde woman who looked to be in her mid thirties walked into the station. She wore dark wash jeans and a leather jacket.
“I’m looking for one of the detectives working on the Victoria Rogers case,” said the blonde woman.
Lynnette and Jackson stopped working and came to the counter. “I’m detective Lynette Sanders and this is my partner Jackson Simpson. We’re both working on the Rogers case. How can we help you?”
She unlatched the door in the counter and showed the woman into her office. Jackson followed.
“I have some information relevant to the case. It’s about Blaze Conrad. I understand he’s a person of interest in this case.”
“Yes, go on,” said Lynette.
“He’s definitely not guilty. He didn’t murder that principal.”
“And what makes you so certain?” said Jackson.
“Because he was with me that night at my apartment. My next door neighbor can verify that. She was walking her toy poodle. I’m his girlfriend.”
“Why didn’t he tell us if he had an alibi?” said Jackson.
“Because he and his wife are having custody issues over Ryan. He was so afraid that it would hurt him if his wife knew he was already seeing someone. They aren’t even legally divorced yet. I told him I’d keep his secret but when he said he was a suspect in a murder case I figured it was in Ryan’s best interest not to have his dad in jail.”
“Can you give us your name and address? We’ll go check out Mr. Conrad’s new alibi. If we can verify that he was indeed with you that night perhaps we can eliminate him as a suspect. Thank you for coming in.” Lynette walked her out. She then turned her attention to Jackson.
“Let’s go. If this checks out, it looks like Javier Rogers is our number one suspect,” said Lynette.
Chapter 18
Jody grabbed her mail and newspapers then turned on the light to her apartment. The apartment looked like a freshly-cleaned hotel room. Everything was immaculate, the sheets changed, the floor vacuumed. Jody would have had a plastic wrapped cup in the bathroom had it been possible. She turned up the heat. Home sweet home , she thought. She had gotten through this visit with her mom more smoothly than usual, maybe because they’d spent half of the time at her mom’s church. Her mom had dragged her to bible study and even a choir rehearsal while she was visiting. The church had become the center of her mom’s life
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