And there it was.
He knew that there was no way that would be a coincidence. All of their cases were ass-backward, and full of nuttery. He’d bet big money that this was tied together.
“Well, this just got weird, and it’s not even Halloween yet. We’ve got a whole lot of cuckoo on this one.”
Yes.
Yes, they did.
Elizabeth was curious.
“What was taken?” she asked, wanting more on the cases that Tora was talking about.
Mac pulled out his phone, and found the reports that had been filed by another detective.
“One was missing his watch, and one was missing his gold fillings. This was about two years ago.”
Tora was honest.
“It was before I came here, so I only know about the information from listening to the detectives bring it up in the bullpen.”
Elizabeth was curious.
“Tell me more.”
Mac kept reading, and found another report.
“Actually, it was three graves. Apparently, the first had nothing missing from the man’s body, the second was the watch, and the third were gold fillings.”
Wait.
What?
Who had gold fillings?
Oh, never mind.
She lived in a gold baron’s haunted hellhole. Back in the day, he likely had gold fillings. What was she thinking? Apparently, that was a thing around here back then.
“And then nothing?”
Mac nodded.
“The grave robberies ended, but the media made a spectacle,” he admitted. “I remember that part of it.”
Ethan spoke up.
“He, again, only to make it easier to discuss, likely was practicing. If the first one was to see if they could do it, and the next two took longer to see if he could take a prize, that meant our killer was learning. They’re probably going to be tied to this, or that’s my opinion if I was taking a stab at it.”
Jesus.
A collector perfecting his or her skill?
That was always bad.
Once they were learning, they were doing some crazy shit.
Mac continued.
