I do not own Cold Case or any of the characters on the show. This is set during the 6th season in February.

Lilly Rush walked into the squad room to work on a case with her partners. She noticed John Stillman was not in his office when she sat down.

"Hey Scotty, anything more you find out about Carline?" she asked.

"Not much, other than having run-ins with the law and her parents are dead."

Carline Branson was killed in 1972 when she went to meet her friends at the movies but never made it. She was 17 years old and had an on and off again relationship with a 20 year old man named Tom. Tom's brother Richard killed himself after Carline's death. The detectives did re-interviews that yielded leads that didn't happen back in '72.

"Looks like we need to talk to Tom Moskanlo and Brenda Dravers again," Scotty said as he gave Lilly the paper that had the list of interviews as Stillman walked in and they noticed he seemed annoyed.

"Yeah, they sure forgot to tell us some things."

"Know what's going on with the boss?" Nick Vera asked.

"No, but we should give him time till we tell him what we are doing," Will Jefferies said.

Jefferies and Vera went to Brenda's home and brought her back to the station, Scotty Valens and Rush went to get Tom. Tom and Brenda were placed in adjoining rooms.

"Well Tom, we found out from Janet Conroy that you and Carline were dating, and she suggested you were in love with her." Valens asked as they both looked at him.

"I was in love with Carline but since her parents have since passed, it was my brother, Richard who did it," Tom said as he stifled tears.

"What happened?" Rush asked.

"Well, you see Richard didn't like that I was going out with her."

"Why?" Scotty asked.

"He was with me the day I went to see Carline and her dad was home. Boy, her father was upset that I was there with Richard and told us to get out while pointing a gun at us."

"What kind of gun did he have?" Valens followed up.

".38," Tom said as Kat Miller who was in the viewing room, left to go find out about the .38 that was registered.

"Are you sure that he had a gun?" Rush asked.

"Yes, then the next day she was dead."

"Now wait a minute, you just said Richard killed her and her father had the gun. Are you suggesting her father gave him the gun?" Valens asked.

"So, where is the gun now that both parents of hers are dead?" Scotty asked him.

"I don't know."

"How about Brenda, would she know?" Lilly asked him.

"I don't know. I don't think so."

Miller opened the door and motioned for the two to come out then after they left the room, she closed the door.

"Her parents did have a .38 but Tom and Richard didn't have one, neither did their parents," she told them as Jefferies and Vera walked out of the other interview room.

"Brenda said Carline's father did it and buried the gun in the front yard."

"Brenda see this?" Valens asked confused.

"Yes and he told her that he was hiding the gun to keep his wife or him from using it again." Will said.

"I'm going to get a search warrant," Nick said as he walked away to make the call to the D.A..

"I think the father did it and the only one who had motive is conveniently dead."

"I don't know Scotty, I mean he was protecting his daughter from Tom."

"But why? Tom has a clean record and Richard had been in and out of jail since a few months before she was killed. Richard was a bad boy who didn't need to be around girls!" Scotty replied as they started to raise their voices and everyone looked on but Stillman hadn't noticed the yelling.

"Richard was 17 at the time of Carline's death. And like Carline's parents, Richard is conveniently dead because he killed himself," Lilly said in a loud voice then Stillman happened to look up and saw his detectives arguing and walked out of his office.

"Yeah and maybe William knew that Richard was bad news and wanted to protect her," Scotty shouted as everyone who was of earshot stopped and looked at them.

"Why would a father want his kid dead?" Lilly asked as John walked up.

"What's going on?" Stillman asked them as they both quieted down and everyone in the room went back to work.

"Well, the doer in the Branson case could be the father or the brother, Richard. We know where the gun is."

"Well, what were you guys arguing about?"

"Difference of an opinion, Boss. He thinks Carline's father is the doer and I think it's Richard who did it."

"Didn't she have some run ins with the law?"

"Yes, even though she was arrested by herself," Lilly replied.

"Boss, if your daughter was going out with a guy who was bad news, what would you do?" Valens asked.

"Have him arrested." Scotty, Lilly, and John gave a quiet laugh.

"Boss!" Lilly said as Will and Nick walked up.

"Got the search warrant," Will said.

At the former home of Carline's parents on Cobbs Creek Parkway—

Stillman went to the door to let the homeowner know they had a search warrant for the yard. The homeowner told them he would call his lawyer, even though Stillman told him it had nothing to do with him, but rather an occupant of the home in 1972.

A metal detector was used to find the gun. When it beeped rapidly, the area was marked with a stick so CSU could start digging. Just then the man's lawyer showed up.

They pulled a metal box from the ground, then the agent walked over to a table that was a few yards from the hole, and faced Stillman. After he put it on the table, he looked on the side then realized it was upside down; he picked it up then flipped it over. Ashot suddenly rang out and everyone ducked.

"Boss!" Valens and Rush yelled as they ran to him when they saw him lying on his back.