Tucking away their guns, Gene scanned the room, and before he could say anything, Ethan went there.
“I told you. Not a religious killing. If it was, whoever did this would have scribbled on the walls, the furniture, and anything else they could.”
Now, Gene was calm.
Well, calmer.
There was no way he was going to get sloppy, but he could at least breathe. This wouldn’t be a repeat performance of when Ethan had been abducted.
The ghost of David Neives was not haunting him on this case.
Pulling out his phone, he made a call to the ME on duty, Ben Crowley.
As soon as he answered, Gene was off to the races.
“Hey, Doc, we’re at the latest victim’s home,” he said, surveying the space. “It’s been ransacked. Can I give you the address, and you send a team here to pull any trace?”
The man had bad news.
“Agent, I can, but it’s going to be a while. They were just called out to help Agent Gonzales. They pulled a body in a trunk, and there are only a few forensic scientists at this office.”
Well, shit.
“How long?” he asked.
Ben did the math.
“Maybe two hours?”
Gene never thought he’d say this, but he missedPhiladelphia.Well, mostly the full staff they had there when it came to forensics and techs.
“I don’t have a choice,” Gene said. “Here’s the address,” he said, rattling it off. “We made entry through the back door that was unlocked,” he stated.
Ethan rolled his eyes in amusement.
Unlocked his ass.
That had been fine work not leaving any marks to show it had been picked.
“Okay, Agent. I’ll have them get there as quickly as they can. You know the rules. Don’t touch anything.”
Yeah, well, he had bad news for the man.
They absolutely were going to search the place, but in gloves.
“Sure thing, Doc. Thanks,” he said, hanging up. When he faced his partner, he shared the news. “It’s going to take them hours. Do you want to wait or break the rules?” he asked, knowing they couldn’t really manhandle anything until after photos were taken.
Ethan knew they had a full day of things to do.
“I say we do it carefully, and if we do move something, we document it. What’s Doctor Crowley going to do? Ground us and not let us go to the beach?” he asked.
Gene laughed.
That was a good point.
Pulling on their gloves, Gene knew what they were looking for here.
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