TheStephenseshad not heard abreak-in and there was no evidence of one.
How the intruder got in was a mystery.
Unless he was let in.
“She wiped herself down before going for the rape kit,” Hankshared.“So there was no point in doing a rape kit, and as such, none wasdone.”
Dutch’s eyes leapt to Hank.
“Say what?”he asked.
“She contends she was not thinking clearly,” Hank told him.“Even though the rape was interrupted, material can still be gathered.A rapekit is performed in a hospital and not only did she wipe herself down, wash herhands and brush her hair before she showed, she changed clothes and thenightgown she was wearing mysteriously disappeared.To this day, it has notturned up.”
“That’s prettyfreakin’ thoroughgrooming before heading out to have your rape kit done,” Dutch notedsarcastically.
“It’s not unheard of that happens,” Eddie noted.“Victims ofviolent crimes are rarely in an emotional state to think straight.”
“But wasn’t she warned not to do that?”Dutch asked.
“She was,” Eddie answered.
Before Dutch could respond, Georgie spoke.
“By process of elimination, since three people were there,one’s missing, one’s dead, and she’s the last, she’s the only one reportingthere was an attempted rape.”
“Yeah,” Hank affirmed.
“And there were officers at the scene, was she not offeredan escort to the hospital?”Georgie went on.
“She wasn’t only offered that, it was pressed, but she wasadamant that she would make her way there herself,” Hank told her.
“And they let her, in her home, which was the scene of acrime that resulted in a death, wash up and then go to the hospital?”Georgiesounded shocked.
“She did not wash up or change clothes at home.She foundsomewhere along the way from home to the hospital to do it,” Hank shared.
“So the woman went out of her way to clean up,” Dutch asked,also shocked, and pissed.
“Yeah,” Hank said.
“It unheard ofthathappens?”Dutch put to Eddie.
Eddie grunted unhappily.
Fishy was damned right.
“You havegotto be kidding,” Georgie snapped,beyond disbelieving, or irate.
She was furious.
There was a lot of emotion behind that, some deserved, butthis was past that, and Dutch wanted to know about it.
“Where’s that come from, darlin’?”he asked.
“She said she was being raped,” she replied.
He drew out his, “Yeah.”
“And from what we’ve heard, there is a distinct possibilitythat’s not the case.”
