His patients.
Or should I say Teddy Bear, as he’s signed off.The sick fuck.
My stomach turns and by the look of the faces around me, I’m not alone.
“He’s our guy.”Josh curses, and we all murmur our disgusted agreement.“Aside from this footage, which we can’t provide to the feds as evidence, have we been able to trace his IP?”
Thomas shakes his head.
“No, it keeps bouncing from one offshore address to another.He knows what he’s doing.”
I simply nod, unsurprised.
None of these perpetrators go into a business like this unprepared.These organizations are sophisticated and have a huge amount of investment to protect them.
That we connected the dots via Caylee is a complete coincidence and a fuck ton of luck.
Thomas shares more about what he and the team have been able to learn after watching hours of footage, and Liam and I do the same.We split the data and sat for hours in front of screens.
My neck is not happy.
But this is half the job.
“Any mention of Louisa?”Ryder asks.
“No.We haven’t been able to get into his system, only view what the cameras show us.”Thomas sighs.“Poor kid.”
The room goes silent for a moment, the responsibility of finding her heavy on all of us.Even though we know the changes are extremely low.
Every day I have to let Caylee walk into that building with that monster and pretend it's fine.She might not be a target, but that doesn’t mean she’s completely safe.
If things progress as they are, she’s going to be shocked when she learns who Brad really is.As will his wife, his kids and everyone else in his life.
I’ve seen it before.
People defending someone they’ve known for years, or all their life, unable to accept the truth despite an abundance of facts.
The truth is, monsters live among us.Most of the time, law enforcement and military protect everyday people from being exposed to it.
But that’s getting harder.
Why?Social media is part of it, but I think these monsters are getting greedier.There is a growing population of broken people doing terrible things.
Walking amongst us.
I mean, a fucking dentist.
They’re one of the most trusted professions, along with vets, nurses and schoolteachers.Way above politicians...if that even needed to be said.
“Jesus, this guy is literally lining up kids to be snatched off the sidewalk after he’s finished getting thousands off their parents for braces.”I rub my forehead.“How long has he been doing it?”
“My guess, since the kids in the area started going missing.Around a year.”Josh walks closer to the screen.“He may have committed other crimes, but he has a clean record.”
These sorts of criminals can go unchecked for decades.They grow up with narcissistic (or worse) parents who damage them in multiple ways, creating major traumas.
Then they go out into the world and either get help, heal and hopefully thrive.
Or they become sociopaths.
