Justin watched him scribble the woman’s name and number, wondering if she could have kidnapped Kelly out of jealousy.
Now they had two feasible suspects, Kelly’s ex-boyfriend and Raymond’s ex-girlfriend.
His cell phone buzzed, and he checked the number. The ME.
“Excuse me,” he told Fisher. “I have to take this. You can go now.”
Fisher looked wary as he rose. “You want one of the other guys sent in?”
Justin nodded. “Send Lance Stephens in.” He’d start with the guy who’d protested. Maybe he had a reason to avoid questions.
His phone buzzed again, and he hit Connect. “Sergeant Thorpe.”
“It’s Dr. Sagebrush. We have an ID on the body from the creek.”
Justin held his breath. “Her name?”
“Tina Grimes.”
“Cause of death?”
“As we first thought—strangulation,” Dr. Sagebrush said.
“Any sign of sexual assault?”
“No, she wasn’t raped,” Dr. Sagebrush said. “But there’s something else that I noticed, too. I don’t know if it’s important, but her high school class ring was clenched in her hand.”
Justin frowned. What did that mean? That she’d hung on to it as the perpetrator killed her?
Or had the perp put it in her hand as part of his signature?
* * *
THE YEARBOOK ANNUALS were all laid out in a row on the top of the dresser. All the high school students from Sunset Mesa, four years’ worth of girls who’d finished their high school degrees and gone on to plan their futures.
They were successful, married, had babies of their own. One had even become a reporter who covered human-interest stories.
Ironic since the little witch had no sense of humanity.
Flipping the pages brought a sea of females who had to be punished.
Amanda Blair’s photograph stood out. She wore her softball uniform and was grinning from ear to ear after Canyon High won a game. Amanda had been a star player.
She’d also abandoned one of her friends, someone who’d needed her.
And she would have to be punished for that.
But there were others that had to be dealt with first. So many others...
Who would receive their penance next?
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