“Last year, he inherited everything post-daddy’s death. When we hit him with this, and what we found, he was horrified. He offered to pay for anything tied to the deaths because he felt horrible about Jonathan Miller and the victims. He’s cooperating.”
Elizabeth agreed.
“He replied appropriately. There was anger at the council dragging its feet, so he couldn’t put plywood up to keep people out, and horrified by the eyeball situation. His attorney was a completely different story.”
That had their attention.
Gene continued.
“Yeah, the attorney was a piece of work. His name is Larry Springer, and he was being incredibly difficult. He didn’t want us talking to the man he worked for either.”
They all lifted brows.
“That’s suspicious,” Mac said.
They were aware.
Elizabeth needed someone working on that, and she knew it wouldn’t be Corbin and likely not Alex when she finished speaking to him.
“Yeah, it is. That’s why I want the two of you to start researching Larry Springer, and also Bill Farmington’s company next. I want to know who works for him, and what their pastsentail because it’s convenient that they found the body in an abandoned building that they only have to drive past.”
She had a point.
It was odd.
“We’ll handle that for you,” Mac admitted. “I’ll make sure we do a deep dive.”
That worked for Elizabeth.
“Partner?” she said, cueing hers in.
Gene continued.
“After dealing with the attorney, we then went to the cemetery, and in case you’re wondering why Ivan looks uglier than usual, we had issues there. Jeffrey Von Gunter wasNOTamused by us.”
Ivan stared at him.
“You too, Gene?” he asked. “Really?”
It made him laugh.
Then, he explained, since the two cops were looking perplexed as to what he was saying.
“Jeffrey Von Gunter is the caretaker, and when he thought we were going to violate the graves and flowers, he kicked the hell out of four of us. Ethan got hit, Elizabeth went flying, Raphael took a shot to the balls, and Ivan…he didn’t move fast enough and got punched in the face.”
Alex whistled.
“All four of you? One guy took out two Feds and your security?”
Elizabeth was well aware.
Only, they were missing an important fact.
“In our defense, he was like six eight, three hundred eighty pounds, and had hands the size of dinner plates. He went from zero to crazy in two point two seconds. It escalated fast, but he was put down once he started his shit.”
That didn’t sound good.
For anyone.
