Next story in the Littlest CSI series. Crossover with Numb3rs. When the murder of a Miami FBI Agent seems to connect with the murder of two other agents in LA, Horatio sends Emily out to help Don Eppes and his team find the killer.
Don Eppes, FBI Agent, leaned back in his chair, crossing his arms in front of him.
"So, let's go over what we have again." He said, looking over at Agent Megan Reeves.
"Well," Megan started. "We have two FBI agents murdered in their homes. The killer used the same weapons both times and the DNA we found at both Crime Scenes match."
"Is that the only way these two cases are connected?" Don asked.
"As far as we know, yes," Agent Colby Granger stated. "There are no other connections that we can find between the victims so far. They were in different departments, one was male, the other female. The only main connection is the weapons, the foreign DNA, and the fact that they are both FBI Agents."
Don ran a hand through his messy hair and gave vent to a frustrated sigh.
"I'm going to have to bring in Charlie."
Hours later Megan, Don, Colby, and Agent David Sinclair, sat in Don's office, watching math professor and genius, Charlie Eppes, try to work out an algorithm that would determine any points where the agent's paths might have crossed in the past.
He shook his head, his curly hair falling everywhere, and turned to face his brother. "I just don't have enough data."
"Well, what more data would you need?" Don said, approaching the board.
"I'll need every bit of information that you could dig up about any past cases these victims worked on, but I don't know if even that will be enough."
"What will be enough then, Charlie?" Don asked, frustrated.
"Another murder."
Later that night Don sat alone in his office, poring over photographs from the case, trying to find something he had missed. He rubbed his forehead with the palm of his hand, frustrated. He couldn't find anything.
His phone rang.
Emily Taylor, the youngest CSI on the Miami Dade Police force, was puzzled.
Two days ago, she had been assigned to a homicide. The victim had turned out to be an FBI agent. Emily had known immediately when she came to the scene that this was not the first time this killer had struck, and it wouldn't be the last. The position of the body, the careful precision in the fatal wounds, and the way things had been shifted in the room all screamed serial killer.
She could not, however, find any similar cases in any of the databases from surrounding districts and states. Also, and equally frustrating, this killer was careful, and had cleaned up well. He had not left anything at the scene that would give Emily any sort of lead. Even the DNA evidence had failed to turn up anything.
Emily now had only one option. She would have to start cross-referencing the particulars of her case with national databases. She started with the FBI database, looking for any ongoing investigations that had any sort of similarities with her case.
She found one rather more quickly than she expected. An FBI team in LA was currently investigating the murder of two FBI agents. She pulled up photos from local newspaper articles. She looked at her own photos. The similarities were striking. All the photos matched each other almost perfectly, besides the differences in the victims.
She paged Horatio, eager to tell him about her discovery.
Horatio showed up less than five minutes later.
"Yes?" He said as he walked into the layout room.
"I need some advice. Take a look at this." Emily showed him the two photos from the cases in LA and handed him her picture from her most recent Crime Scene.
"They are very similar aren't they?" Horatio said, looking from the picture to the computer screen.
"What should I do?" Emily asked.
"Hold that thought. I'll be right back." Horatio replied, taking the picture and walking out of the lab.
He went to his office and made some calls. An FBI official in LA put him through to Don Eppes, the agent in charge of the investigation of the serial killings in LA.
"Hello?" A tired, gruff voice answered the phone.
"Hello, Agent Eppes, this is Lieutenant Horatio Caine, Miami-Dade PD."
"How can I help you, Lieutenant?"
"I have a crime scene out here that shows some striking similarities to the case I am told you are in charge of out there. It may relate to the murder of the two FBI Agents."
"Really?"
"Yes. I just faxed some information to your office actually."
"Hold on one minute."
Horatio waited.
"Lieutenant?"
"Yes."
"You were right. The similarities are too close to ignore."
"I know. What do you propose we do Agent Eppes?"
The line was silent for a moment.
"Why don't you send your CSI out here. She can bring all the notes pertaining to the case and help with our investigation." Don replied.
"Good." Said Horatio. "I'll send my CSI on the next flight to LA."
Horatio hung up the phone after saying goodbye to the FBI agent. He walked back down to the Layout Room.
"Pack your things." He said as he walked in to the room, where Emily was pouring over the LA photos.
"Why?" She asked, startled.
"You're going to LA."