answers his phone.
"Todd here," Todd covers the receiver. "You're on." Brad starts to walk to his office and hears Todd say. "You're kidding me." Todd sits down and says. "Jesus Christ."
Brad turns around and takes a seat on the edge of Todd's desk awaiting the obvious not so good news while Todd closes his eyes and listens. Brad exhales noisily feeling that he’s done it again by the conversation and Todd’s facial expressions.
"Ok, ok, I'll be right there." Todd hangs up the phone.
"What's up?" Brad asks with an increasing anxiousness in his voice sure the news is bad.
Todd looks up and says with an almost ghostly expression. "It looks like our boy's not done, Victim number five was just found, a young lady in Canton, Illinois. Same MO and well," he hesitates and explains. "And remember victim number one?" Brad shakes his head. "Well her husband has just found dead parked in his car in the driveway at their house."
"How?" Brad asks quickly.
"Two shots too the back of the head." Explains Todd as he swallows hard finding all of this almost unreal.
Brad looks down. "Execution style."
Todd takes a deep breath. "That's not all Brad. Mr. Hill of Springfield was found dead not to long ago. He was shot and killed in his house while he was apparently getting dressed…” Brad looks away fearing the results from his expression. “As if I needed to tell you he was also shot twice in the back of the head.” Todd stands there with no expression almost as if he’s in shock.
"What about the time frame? Were the wives home?" Brad asks hoping that the wives are ok feeling numb by these new developments.
Todd starts toward the door and says. "The wives are ok. They’re the ones that found the bodies. And as far as the time frame, Mr. Hills, time of death was about 6 pm, and Mr. Caruthers was at noon although his body was just found an hour ago."
"How far are we from Springfield?" Brad asks.
"About 4 to 5 hours. It was definitely our boy. He had plenty of time." Todd explains gritting his teeth.
Brad makes the comment. "You better tell Chamfers to put a rush on the husbands cuz there's no doubt now that we have our link. What's the Canton time frame?"
Todd explains shaking his head as he recalls the conversation. "The young lady in Canton happened last night. It just got to us, but it was last night. She was discovered this morning. But our boy had the time. He made the time."
Brad makes the comment. "Our guy killed Caruthers at noon here in Chicago, made the drive all the way to Springfield, killed Mr. Hill, and then it turns out that he was in Canton last night. He's good at getting around. That's a lot of miles to cover. Do you think he‘s working alone? Or do you think our boy has help?" Brad starts to think about the huge amount of miles this guy is traveling.
Todd explains. "I think it's only one, this all seems to be personal. I mean extremely fucking personal. I think someone is pissed about something, and they don't mind killing to pay someone back. We better warn the other husbands before there are more funerals.”
CHAPTER 5
NEXT MORNING IN THE OFFICE OF CHIEF CARLIN: 7:04 a.m.
The media circus is in full effect outside of the fifth precinct. Reporters try desperately to get comments from anyone on the new attack as well as the two homicides. The media attention is overwhelming. Brad is doing everything in his power to not allow too many details of the attacks to get out. The headlines are big and bold. Most are blaming the
"Todd here," Todd covers the receiver. "You're on." Brad starts to walk to his office and hears Todd say. "You're kidding me." Todd sits down and says. "Jesus Christ."
Brad turns around and takes a seat on the edge of Todd's desk awaiting the obvious not so good news while Todd closes his eyes and listens. Brad exhales noisily feeling that he’s done it again by the conversation and Todd’s facial expressions.
"Ok, ok, I'll be right there." Todd hangs up the phone.
"What's up?" Brad asks with an increasing anxiousness in his voice sure the news is bad.
Todd looks up and says with an almost ghostly expression. "It looks like our boy's not done, Victim number five was just found, a young lady in Canton, Illinois. Same MO and well," he hesitates and explains. "And remember victim number one?" Brad shakes his head. "Well her husband has just found dead parked in his car in the driveway at their house."
"How?" Brad asks quickly.
"Two shots too the back of the head." Explains Todd as he swallows hard finding all of this almost unreal.
Brad looks down. "Execution style."
Todd takes a deep breath. "That's not all Brad. Mr. Hill of Springfield was found dead not to long ago. He was shot and killed in his house while he was apparently getting dressed…” Brad looks away fearing the results from his expression. “As if I needed to tell you he was also shot twice in the back of the head.” Todd stands there with no expression almost as if he’s in shock.
"What about the time frame? Were the wives home?" Brad asks hoping that the wives are ok feeling numb by these new developments.
Todd starts toward the door and says. "The wives are ok. They’re the ones that found the bodies. And as far as the time frame, Mr. Hills, time of death was about 6 pm, and Mr. Caruthers was at noon although his body was just found an hour ago."
"How far are we from Springfield?" Brad asks.
"About 4 to 5 hours. It was definitely our boy. He had plenty of time." Todd explains gritting his teeth.
Brad makes the comment. "You better tell Chamfers to put a rush on the husbands cuz there's no doubt now that we have our link. What's the Canton time frame?"
Todd explains shaking his head as he recalls the conversation. "The young lady in Canton happened last night. It just got to us, but it was last night. She was discovered this morning. But our boy had the time. He made the time."
Brad makes the comment. "Our guy killed Caruthers at noon here in Chicago, made the drive all the way to Springfield, killed Mr. Hill, and then it turns out that he was in Canton last night. He's good at getting around. That's a lot of miles to cover. Do you think he‘s working alone? Or do you think our boy has help?" Brad starts to think about the huge amount of miles this guy is traveling.
Todd explains. "I think it's only one, this all seems to be personal. I mean extremely fucking personal. I think someone is pissed about something, and they don't mind killing to pay someone back. We better warn the other husbands before there are more funerals.”
CHAPTER 5
NEXT MORNING IN THE OFFICE OF CHIEF CARLIN: 7:04 a.m.
The media circus is in full effect outside of the fifth precinct. Reporters try desperately to get comments from anyone on the new attack as well as the two homicides. The media attention is overwhelming. Brad is doing everything in his power to not allow too many details of the attacks to get out. The headlines are big and bold. Most are blaming the
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