Chapter 1
IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, SEXUALLY BASED OFFENSES ARE CONSIDERED ESPECIALLY HEINOUS. IN NEW YORK CITY, THE DEDICATED DETECTIVES WHO INVESTIGATE THESE VICIOUS FELONIES ARE MEMBERS OF AN ELITE SQUAD KNOWN AS THE SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT, THESE ARE THEIR STORIES...
A young couple was waking through Central Park late, around eleven at night. The woman was obviously drunk, much to her boyfriend's pleasure.
"Babe you all right?" He asked her, knowing the answer anyway.
"Yeah... I'm fi.." She slurred as she fell over into the bush.
"Babe!" He ran over and pulled her out, but there was blood on her head. "Honey, you're bleeding!" She reached up to touch her forehead.
"Jerk. You scared me, there ain't any cuts on me."
"Where did the blood come from?" He said as he looked over into the bush, and backed up with shock. "Oh My God." There was a little girl's body in the bush...
Detective Benson and Detective Amaro got out of their squad car. They walked over to Warner, who was examining the body.
"What do we got?" Nick asked as they walked up, but he knew what she was going to say.
Warner replied,"Little girl, five years old, beaten, strangled."
"Time of death?" Olivia asked bending over the body. The injuries
looked the same as the other four vics'.
" Somewhere between 10-12 hours ago. I won't know the actual cause if death until I get her back to the lab." Warner said as the girl was zipped into a body bag and wheeled away.
"That's the fifth one this month, this guy is sick," Nick said disgusted to Olivia. Olivia felt the same way. The whole squad just wanted to catch this guy.
"We won't know anything until CSU gets back to us, let's go back to the precinct" This case was dragging them down. Four other girls around five years old were attacked he same way. Just as they were approaching the car, one of the CSU guys yelled out," Hey detectives I got something you should see!"
Olivia and Nick walked over to where he was standing. Olivia was really hoping this would give them a new lead.
"Please tell me you found something useful" Olivia said to the man.
"You bet," the man said as he picked up a baseball bat covered in blood. "I believe this what the perp used to beat her with."
Nick was pleased that this was found." You better get this to the lab" All of a sudden his phone started ringing.
He picked it up and answered. "Captain?"
Olivia looked at him when he said that. She felt they were close to catching this guy, and who knows what Cragen had for them.
"Thanks, we'll get down there right away." He hung up the phone.
"Liv we got to go."
"Why?"
"Cragen said there was another attack, but the vic lived, she's at Mercy. Same MO, and she is up to talking."
"Let's get down there before she changes her mind"
They walked to the squad car and drove to Mercy.
