Page 49 of Race to Save Her

Cindy Ware (boss/friend)

Unknown man outside the coffee house/hotel—could be same person.

Barista Mike at coffee house who gave information about man outside in leather jacket.

Katie hesitated, but she had to add him.

Luke Ames (arson investigator)

Katie stood back.

“Ames? Really?”

“It’s a working theory. We can’t overlook anyone.”

McGaven shrugged.

“We don’t have any camera footage from here or the coffee house,” she said.

“But we do have some reports and photos,” said McGaven. He pulled out images of the body parts from Rockview and from the two crime scenes in Pine Valley and started attaching them to the wall. “Here we go.”

Katie’s mind whirled with possibilities, but nothing she came up with seemed plausible. They were undoubtedly missing something.

The photos of the grisly evidence were some of the most morbid images Katie had seen. All together they were startling. She stepped closer to have a better look. “Has there been any identification on the parts found in the floor compartment?”

McGaven looked at the reports. “No, not yet. Some were too decomposed and there weren’t any fingers to retrieve prints.”

Katie decided to add more information to the board. They had to get as broad a picture as possible.

Places of Interest:

Katie’s Jeep

Yoga studio

Coffee house

Shelby’s residence

Tyler’s residence

Carriage House restaurant

Hotel adjacent to the restaurant

Rural crime scene where arm was found at Meridian Road near fire department

“Follow up with Detective Stern on the identifications,” she said.

“Copy that.”

“I’m going to have a chat with Ames.”

“Wait… I should go with you.”

“It’s okay. We need those backgrounds on Shelby and Tyler, and to see what I can dig up about the yoga studio. We need to divide and conquer.”

McGaven sighed. “Just no major conquering, okay?”