“Heard you found Luna.”
“Yeah, she’s on the way to GW. We’re right behind them.”
“What’s your next move?”
“After I stop at the hospital, I’m going back to HQ to have a word with Asher Mayfield.”
“I’m there now. You want me to take it?”
“Wait for me, and we’ll talk to him together since Ruiz will be going home to get some sleep. I need someone to keep me from killing him.”
“I’ll be here, Cap.”
Chapter Twenty-One
While she waited for Malone to arrive, Sam read the reports on the murder of Dale Carver. Gonzo and Freddie had outlined what they’d learned during the canvass of the hotel guests and their discussions with hotel management.
Archie’s team was still reviewing the film, and Freddie had spent most of the previous day assisting with that laborious task. He and Walters had put together the sequence of events around Carver’s room, indicating two men had been involved and had slipped in and out of the sixth-floor area without showing their faces on camera.
Malone had requested warrants for Carver’s cell phone and the data, and they were awaiting that so they could sift through the data.
Freddie had made a note about wanting to request warrants for the wife’s phone, too. Working a hunch here, he’d noted. Understand we need more to request this one. Will work on that tomorrow.
Sam got on her computer and looked up the Carver family from Spokane, Washington. She searched for Dale and Trisha Carver and was led to a Facebook account for Trisha, who had posted photos of their young children, a boy and a girl who were adorable blonds with big blue eyes. Their mother had documented their activities and posted about being a busy mom. The most recent photos showed a newborn with Dale and Trisha, as well as a photo with the three siblings.
So pleased to announce the arrival of Zachery Paul, born on March 23, weighing in at seven pounds, eight ounces and twenty inches in length. Mom and baby are both doing great. Big sister, Reagan, and big brother, Cody, are thrilled to meet baby Zach. We are blessed.
Sam hurt for a woman she’d never met and might never know. To have three young children, including a newborn, and get the call that her husband had been murdered—it was an unimaginable tragedy. She wondered why Freddie wanted a look at Trisha’s phone and made a note to ask him.
Detectives Dani Carlucci and Gigi Dominguez came into the pit, stopping short outside her open door.
“What’re you doing here, Lieutenant?” Carlucci asked.
“Couldn’t sleep, so I figured I’d come in and make myself useful.”
“Did you hear that Luna Ahern has been located?” Dominguez asked.
“I did. I just talked to Captain Malone.”
“We heard she’s in bad shape,” Carlucci said, frowning. “They aren’t sure she’s going to make it. You’d have to be a fucking animal to leave a child locked in a storage unit, not to mention what else she may have endured.”
Dominguez shuddered.
Her taller partner put an arm around her. “Sorry.”
“I’m fine.”
Gigi had been attacked and sexually assaulted in her home by the ex-girlfriend of Detective Cameron Green, who was now involved with Gigi.
Understanding that Gigi didn’t want to be treated differently, Sam said, “Anything new on the Carver case?”
“The financials are interesting,” Gigi said. “Everything is in the wife’s name. Dale didn’t have so much as a bank account to call his own.”
“What did he do for work?”
“He was in sales with an agricultural company and was here for meetings with USDA.”
“The wife’s sister told Gonzo that he was a recovering addict, so that might be why everything is in her name.”
