That’s what he would do if someone he worked with died, and he’d been told he couldn’t work the case.
“What was he working on before he died?” Ethan asked. “Since he caught the homicides, what was he handling?”
They all looked at each other.
“Uh, we don’t know. You’d have to have his laptop and go in. I know he caught something,” Miguel offered. “There was a note on my desk the day after he picked up a homicide. He told me he was going to keep chasing this one, and would tag me in later when he had some substantial information. Something bothered him, and with Jarod, if there was one thing about him, he was like a dog to a bone. He didn’t let go easily.”
That was a description of all good agents, and Gene knew it.
Now, he was curious.
“Can you get us his laptop and that note?” he asked. “And when did he catch the case, Agent Gonzalez?”
The man stood and considered it, trying to remember when that note showed up on his desk.
“I think it was around Wednesday last week-ish. He met with someone, and said he had to follow up. Other than that, we don’t really keep track. There’s no management here. We’re all on our own, and we handle our own caseload without a director here.”
Yeah, Greyson could see that.
And he didn’t like it.
That’s how shit fell through the cracks.
Someone needed to be tracking cases, creating files, and a spreadsheet that went to Gabe. Now, he understood why he wanted him here.
It was a mess.
“I’ll grab his laptop for you,” Miguel offered, and then headed out to the other room.
When he was gone, Ethan had more questions.
“What are you guys working on?” he asked. “And what is Agent Mayfield working on?”
The men rattled off their cases.
They ranged from guns coming in at the port to drugs being sent from the mainland of the States. There were some car theft rings, and even some money laundering.
So…
The standard.
As for the nighttime agent, that was an easy one.
“There was a suspicion of an illegal fighting ring that’s bringing in big money. He was saying how people are being flown in from the mainland to almost fight to the death, but that’s all he mentioned,” Del offered. “Lucas caught that one, and he is working with the local cops to see if they can figure out who’s running it.”
Okay, that helped them.
Miguel and Jarod were handling homicides, and the rest had all the other Vice issues.
They might need to pick Miguel’s brain at some point, since he and Jarod tag-teamed homicides. It was all going to come down to the laptop, and what Jarod was working on.
Hopefully, he’d be willing to answer any questions they might have.
“What about his family?” Del asked. “Have they been notified?”
Greyson nodded.
“I spoke to Gabe last night, and he said he would contact them as soon as the ME got positive ID.”
