This story takes place in the 6th season, after the episode 'Roller Girl'. For this story, Nick has never met Toni Halstead or her son, Andre.
This storyline came from watching an episode of 'In The Heat Of The Night' that first aired in the early '90's. The episode concerned Officer Wilson Sweet's grandfather, Louis Sweet, back in the '50's.
The characters Kimberly Nash, Jeremy Nash, Shawn Nash, Joanie Nash, Cathy Nash, Naomi Nash Mitchell, Roscoe Eckstein, Tracie Rush, Norv Marko, Lauren Doley, Charles Marko, Nancy Marko, Patrick Seau, Marsha Maglaham, Shirley Rivers, and Peter Gwynn, Frank Baker, Nathan Washington belong to me.
I do not own most of the songs. I do not own Cold Case.
The song, 'Bad Bad Woman', I created.
May 31st, 1973
Del Shannon—Little Town Flirt
[Here she comes (here she comes)
Little town flirt (here she comes)
You're fallin' for her
And you're gonna get hurt]
Kimberly Nash was a tall, skinny black woman with long, wavy black hair. She loved taking care of her son, Shawn, and was making dinner in the kitchen when Shawn came in from his room.
"Mom! What are we having for dinner?" the 10 year old boy asked. He had short hair and was a little chubby.
"Pork chops, mashed potatoes, and carrots."
"Sounds good!" Shawn said. His father, and Kimberly's husband, Jeremy, came home.
"Hi, Shawn. Hi, Honey," Jeremy said as he rubbed his son's head and kissed Kimberly.
Jeremy had a small afro, and was medium built and muscular. Shawn went to his room, leaving his parents in the kitchen alone as they talked about his work.
[Yeah, I know it's so hard to resist
The temptation of her tender red lips
But you can hurt, hur-hur-hur-hurt]
"How was work?"
"It was good. I like having two jobs," Jeremy said happily.
"Good but I want to have a job, too. Shawn is 10 years old and I'm starting to get bored at home."
"No!" Jeremy said sternly then continued, "I don't need the neighborhood to think I can't support my family when I can."
[Yeah, you can get hur-hur-hur-hur-hur-ur-urt
Foolin' around (foolin' around)
With that little town flirt]
"Come on, honey. What about Trish and Mark Jones? Trish works as does Mark and their kids are about Shawn's age," Kimberly said.
"So? They had to support their uncle who is in a home and has no other family to take care of him. We don't have that. End of discussion."
Unbeknownst to Kimberly and Jeremy, Shawn was listening in on their argument.
[Here she comes (here she comes)
With that look in her eye (here she comes)
She plays around
With every guy that goes by-y-y-y-y-y-y-y]
A detective put a Missing Persons' file in a folder that had the year 1973 on the handle of the file cabinet.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008—
At Shawn Nash's house 5:30pm-
Shawn was 45 years old, had short black hair, medium built. He and Nick sat the table, as Shawn's wife, Joanie, set the food on the table as they all ate. Joanie was 43 years old, had short, curly black hair, and was medium built. She worked at a bank. After dinner, she did the dishes then went in the living room to watch TV.
"How are you doing?" Nick asked concerned.
"I know we haven't talked in a while, but I had chemotherapy two weeks ago, biweekly. I had a rest last week and this week I am having the treatment since my leukemia has reoccurred," he said angrily then continued. "I want you to find out what happened to my mom, Nick. My dad didn't want to talk about my mom after she disappeared, and Nick, she didn't run out on me and my dad. She didn't! A few weeks ago I went to a club in Cobbs Creek and listened to this singer, Tracie Rush, who knows something about my mom's disappearance and she knows my mom is dead. Now that dad is gone, I want to know, Nick and I just hope I can be around when you find her."
"Okay. This singer, she knows your mom is dead? Where is this address and if she's there tonight, I'll check it out," Nick said.
"Okay. You may have to request it, the song is called, 'Bad, Bad Woman'. When I got there with some friends, she had begun to sing it, but if she sees you walk in during the song, she apologizes at the end." Shawn got a piece of paper, wrote down the address, and gave it to Nick when Joanie walked in.
"Do you have any stuff from your mom or dad that are in boxes, so I can look through them?"
"I don't think my dad saved stuff that belonged to my mom, but I know there are lots of boxes in the attic."
"Maybe tomorrow you can come by and look through them since no one will be home," Joanie suggested as Shawn shook his head.
"I can do that. You won't be home?"
"No. I'm going to the hospital in the morning, a friend is going to pick me up at 7:30 and drop me off. I stay the whole day since I have been having symptoms."
"I'm sorry this is happening. Joanie, this was a very good dinner. Thank you."
"You are welcome, Nick. Here is the key for tomorrow," Joanie said as Nick got up and left for his car.
6:45pm—
Nick arrived at the club where Tracie sang. He walked in, saw a bartender he knew, asked a few questions then after he got his information, he left to go back to the squad room. He found a very small file on Kimberly Nash.
"Let's see, the detective who did the case died in '97, those who knew Kimberly didn't want to talk to police. Jeremy told the detective that his wife ran away and her runaway should not be investigated. Great, that will make Shawn happy," Nick said sarcastically.
Nick put the files on his desk, while the rest of the team was already home, and Nick went to the club to talk to Tracie.
At a club in Cobbs Creek 8pm—
Nick went back to the club where he found a place to talk to the singer privately. Tracie was 12 years old when she heard about a black woman being buried in 1973. When she was little, she had long blonde hair, blue eyes, was skinny, and had a birthmark on her elbow. Now, she had short blonde hair, still had the birthmark, and retained her figure.
She put a piece of paper in Nick's shirt pocket, then he went to sit down and listen to the song. After the song, they both went to the parking lot and went in their cars and went to her home in Walnut Hill. At her home, she and Nick went in; he sat in the chair, while she turned on the lights in her home, then sat next to Nick in the kitchen.
"So, how did you know about the name of the victim and what happened to her?" Nick asked as he took out his pad and pen.
[Flashback June 5, 1973]
In the neighborhood of Germantown-
While 12 year old Tracie Rush walked past a fenced- in home, she heard two guys talking about a black woman being missing.
"That woman is still missing but I don't understand why the husband hasn't been arrested," the first man said.
"I don't know but let me tell you, that Kimberly Nash, who is missing, is dead and she will never come home," the second man said as he held a missing person poster.
"That jerk deserved it, she liked to flirt with guys, that's for sure. I bet her husband had something to do with it or there should be some signals to the cops that he did it," the first man said.
"I heard somewhere that the husband doesn't care but worst off the cop doesn't even care. Did you hear any of the news on her? Nothin'! The husband should be arrested for her murder, because usually it's the husband who does these things," the first man said.
They both laughed.
[End Flashback]
"Interesting," Nick said then continued. "I take it you didn't tell anyone about what you heard."
"No. At the time, I started to distrust adults since it seemed they would tell my mom or dad something I did. I figured no one would believe me if I told."
"Can I record your song next time I come into the club? Here is my card and if there is anything else you can think of, call me."
"Sure you can. Just come in the club anytime after 4pm. Thank you for your card," she said as they both stood and Nick left for the squad room.
October 23nd 2008 7:30am—
Detectives Scotty Valens, Lilly Rush, and Will Jefferies walked to a coffee shop when they met up with Kat Miller.
"So, what do y'all want?" Kat asked since she offered to buy them coffee.
They made their orders and Kat paid then they walked back to the squad room since it was a block from the coffee shop.
"Where is Nick?" Scotty asked.
"I don't know," Will said.
"I would have thought he'd want free coffee but he will not get a rain check," Kat said with a smile.
They laughed as they got in the elevator into the squad room.
8:00am—
Nick arrived at Shawn's house, locked the door behind him, then went in the attic to see if there were any possessions left from Shawn's parents. After an hour and a half, he found a box full of items that Jeremy had put in a box concerning Kimberly. Then he found quite a few more things then put the items in a box and took the boxes downstairs, then went to the car, and put them in the back seat. He went back in to clean up in the attic, and then came downstairs when he heard a voice shout.
"Hold it right there!"