It was late and Elliot Stabler couldn't sleep, but that made it much easier to hear his cell phone ring.
"Stabler."
It was Olivia. "Elliot, we have a problem up at Central Park."
"Okay, Liv, I'll be there in a few,"he replied.
Looking at the clock that read 3:00, Elliot got out of bed to get dressed.Knowing that he probably wouldn't be home for a long while, he decided to quickly shower.
Fifteen minutes later he was on his way to Central Park, wondering how no one would notice if a woman was being raped at such a major spot.Not to mention what type of person would rape at such a big tourist attraction.But after seeing some of the things he had, Elliot wouldn't put it past anyone.
The flashing red and blue lights directed him over the to crime scene.Seeing Olivia, he got out of his car and asked, "What have we got?"
"Marie Stanton," began Olivia. "She's a horrible sight - not that all of them aren't. She was beaten badly.On her right side, her eye is swollen closed, cheek looks like it's been punch hard a bit, most likely to shut her up.Her skirt is at her waist and her shirt was ripped up."
"Any witness?"
Olivia sighed."We have a few, but they aren't talking."
"What was she doing out this late anyway?"
"Looks like she came back from a party; we've got forensics working on her."
"Good. Now let's talk to some witnesses,"he commented as he walked off to look at the body.
"You Ellen Ryans?" Elliot inquired of a woman standing near the scene.
"Yes, that's me,"Ellen replied.
"I'm Detective Stabler, and this is my partner Detective Benson," introduced Elliot, pointing to himself, and then to Olivia.
"Ms. Ryans, we just have a few questions to ask you,"Olivia said reassuringly.
"What did you see around midnight tonight?" asked Elliot.
She blinked her large, round, brown eyes, then looked at both detectives and began.
"I was walking around the park when I came across this couple.They looked like they had been walking around just like me. It looked like they came from a party.They were laughing and it seemed like they were having a good time.Then the man kissed her, and she pushed on his shoulder.He looked at her and she must have said something to him that he didn't like, because then he slapped her.She screamed and tried to run.He wrestled her to the ground and hit her again harder.After that I got really scared and ran to find a pay phone to call the cops."
"Did you get a good look at him, like his hair color or his height?Was he white, black, Asian, Hispanic?"
"He had short hair, but I'm not sure of the color.Um…he looked to be about 5'8, 5'9 maybe.Oh - and he was a white male. "
"Thank you, Ms. Ryans.We will call you if we need to go over anything else," Elliot said after she was finished.
After Ellen walked away, Olivia turned to Elliot and said, "Looks like we better go talk to the parents of Marie Stanton now."
