Chapter 16 (Tuesday)

The avid Colt Crawford fans out there (both of you) probably noticed that there was no post yesterday. That was due to the Junior Novel Blogger turning 8 and a round of crepes early in the morning during my writing time. Never fear, the story continues...

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The interview room at the police station was a lonely place for a twenty something girl who with a checkered past. Given the resources of her family, however, a lawyer soon joined her and advised her against speaking. For the first time in her life, Destiny took the advice of someone older and wiser and kept her mouth shut. Regardless, the police had enough evidence and the testimony of Steven Mathis to tie her to the gambling ring. What they didn’t have yet, was conclusive proof she had ordered the hit on Samantha or Kevin’s murder.

The two other detectives who had been helping, Holt and Sanchez, returned to the police station with some helpful news. “A couple of Kevin’s buddies showed us e-mails that Jailene, or Destiny, had sent him. Check this one out.” Sanchez dropped a one page print out in front of Krissy. She glanced down and began reading.

“Is that the address where Samantha works?” Krissy asked.

“The very same building,” Holt replied. “And it is dated December 31, the day before the attack.”

“That’s not all,” Sanchez added. “These guys were eager to see Jailene burn for dragging Kevin into the mess.” He produced another e-mail that had been sent from Kevin’s BlackBerry. It was dated 9:30 PM on January 1.

Krissy read it aloud. “Mission accomplished.”

Sanchez dropped the final bomb. “We had the tech guys pinpoint the GPS coordinates for the phone at the time that message was sent. He was within 50 feet of the where Samantha was found.”

“What about bank records for Kevin. Can we find evidence of a large deposit?”

“Not in the bank, but his next semester at the university was paid in full on Monday morning.”

“Trading violent crime for a free education. That’s a new one.” It was Colt this time joining the conversation. “This gives us motive to pin Kevin’s murder on Destiny, but no actual evidence.”

“We’ll follow up with the CSI team and see what they found in his car,” Krissy said. “Maybe that will give us the link we need.”

“Even if they find evidence of her in the car, that’s not a surprise. They were dating, you know,” Colt added.

“True, but you never know what will turn up.”