A/N: Chapter 2 of my story is now up!. I don't own CSI:NY or any of the characters. Remember to read and review. Thanks. And big props to those who left reviews of Chapter 1.
Chapter 2- Another Body is Found
Once Danny had dropped off Lindsay at her apartment, he drove back to the lab. He kept thinking about how she felt in his arms and that was a feeling he liked. Danny parked the car in the parking lot and took his evidence kit and Lindsay's evidence kit back up to the lab. He went in one of the rooms and took out all the evidence they had gathered from the scene. Danny also grabbed a map of New York and used a Sharpie to mark the locations where the bodies had been found. While looking at the map, Danny tried to figure out why those locations were picked. Mac entered the room, saw Danny looking at the map, and spoke.
"What's so important about the map?" Mac asked.
"Nothing, it's just I figured out something about all the victims," Danny said.
"Really, what would that be?" Mac asked.
"Mac, all of the victims are graduate students at Greenberg University. All the victims had stab and cut wounds on their bodies. They were also dumped in neighborhoods where the majority of the people living there share the same nationality with the victim," Danny said.
"So you're saying our serial killer targets graduate students at Greenberg University," Mac said.
"Yeah, and we found a note at the latest crime scene," Danny said.
"Really, what did it say?" Mac asked.
"The killer gave us a clue. The note said the killer applied to Greenberg University as a graduate student ten years ago," Danny said.
"Danny, go with Flack to Greenberg University. Go talk to the head of admissions or whoever's in charge of graduate student admissions and get a list of everyone who applied there as a graduate student ten years ago," Mac said.
"Oh yeah Mac, Lindsay was tired so I took her back to her place," Danny said.
Mac nodded and Danny went to find Flack, who was drinking coffee in the break room. "Hey Flack, you're going with me," Danny said.
"What the hell do you mean?" Flack asked.
"The killer left us a clue at the crime scene in East New York this morning. Said he or she applied to Greenberg University as a graduate student ten years ago. Mac wants us to go there and get a list of everyone who applied ten years ago," Danny said.
"Alright let's go Danny," Flack said.
Danny and Flack walked down to the garage downstairs and got into a car. Flack went in the driver's seat and Danny got into the passenger seat. As Flack started the car, Danny began thinking about Lindsay. 'You know what, I'm not even going to pretend anymore. Something about her makes me want her. This isn't like my past relationships, when I was dating these girls who only cared about my physique. She cares about more than that,' he thought, staring out the window. 'I guess I have to act on my feelings now otherwise I'm going to lose her forever,' he thought. Danny was so busy thinking about Lindsay that he didn't even notice Flack trying to get his attention.
"Yo Danny, what you thinking about?" Flack asked, waving a hand in Danny's face.
"Nah, I was just thinking about Lindsay," Danny said.
"Let me guess, you like her," Flack said.
"How the hell did you know that Flack?" Danny asked.
"Danny, I'm going to be a married man in April. I learned some things," Flack said.
"Whoa Flack, who the heck are you marrying?" Danny asked.
"I'm going to marry that new prosecutor Julia Barnes," Flack said.
"Damn, when the hell did that happen," Danny said.
"You know Danny, I just started to talk to her and we found out we got along really good. I asked her out, we dated for several months and I finally decided to propose," Flack said.
"Hey Flack, if I'm thinking of the right person, won't a lot of guys be disappointed in you because she's that blonde who everyone likes," Danny said.
"I got that covered already," Flack said, pulling into the parking lot at Greenberg University.
"Hey Flack, don't lose your temper with these guys," Danny said.
"Danny, man if they wanna interfere with our investigation, I could care less. I'll just make sure the media knows about them hindering our investigation," Flack said, walking into the building that was labeled as 'Admissions'.
"Good morning, how can I help you?" a young female secretary asked, when they walked in.
"Good morning, ma'am, we're here to speak with the dean of graduate admissions," Flack said.
"The dean of graduate admissions is a busy person. Who are you guys?" she asked.
Flack showed the secretary his badge. "We're here to speak with the dean of graduate admissions and this is urgent."
The secretary stared at Flack's badge. "I'll go see what I can do for you," she said, walking away to some office behind her desk. She came back a few minutes later. "The dean of graduate admissions is willing to see you now," she said, leading them to his office.
"Gentlemen, how can I help you today?" the dean of graduate admissions, Dr. John Hill asked.
"Dr. Hill, we need to know the names of everyone who applied here as a graduate student ten years ago," Flack said.
"I'm afraid that's confidential information," Dr. Hill said.
"Dr. Hill, you can either give us the information now and help us find a killer or you can wait until we get a court order, which will take at least a month and let more people die. It's your choice. Seven graduate students from your school have already died and their blood is on your hands. You can now let more die or help us," Danny said.
Dr. Hill sat down at his chair and sighed. "I'm afraid it's going to take me at least fifteen minutes to get the information you want."
"That's fine Dr. Hill. We would also like a copy of the names of all graduate students currently in school and their addresses," Danny said.
"Give me twenty minutes," Dr. Hill said, going out of his office.
"Danny, you think he's hiding something from us?" Flack asked.
"Nah, I think he's just not used to the publicity," Danny said.
Twenty minutes later, Dr. Hill came back with two folders stuffed full of information. He gave one folder to Flack and the other folder to Danny. "That folder contains all the names and addresses of people who applied here as graduate students ten years ago," he said, pointing to the folder he gave Flack. "The other folder contains the information on the current students here."
"Thank you for your time Dr. Hill," Flack said.
"Let me give you a business card in case you need to call me," Dr. Hill said, giving Flack a business card with his name, address and phone number.
Danny and Flack left the building and went back to where Flack parked the car. Flack used a pen to label both folders and stuffed them in the back seat. "Looks like we gotta look through all this shit later," Flack said.
Danny was about to respond when he heard his cell phone ring. He took out his phone and saw it was from Mac. "Messer," he said, picking up his phone. Mac told him there was another body found at 48th Street and 13th Avenue in Brooklyn. "I'll take the case with Flack," Danny said.
"What was that all about?" Flack asked, once Danny hung up.
"Flack, there was another dead body found at 13th Avenue and 48th Street in Brooklyn," Danny said, getting into the car.
"Isn't that in Borough Park?" Flack asked.
"Yeah, so that means our victim is Jewish and attended Greenberg University as a graduate student, assuming this is the same killer," Danny said.
"I'm assuming this is the same bastard," Flack said, turning on the sirens. "I'm gonna try to get there as fast as possible," he said, driving extremely fast.
"Hey Flack, does this car have another evidence kit in the trunk?" Danny asked.
"Yeah, I think it does," Flack said.
"Alright, cause I left mine in the lab since I was doing a scene earlier today," Danny said.
"Yeah, don't worry about it man. I was in Breezy Point this morning investigating the death of an Irish graduate student from Greenberg University," Flack said.
"So we definitely have a serial killer on the loose," Danny said.
"Who knows? Maybe the bastard's going to get cocky and mess up, giving us the slightest evidence so we can catch him," Flack said.
"I sure hope so Flack or else this may never end," Danny said.
Thirty minutes later, Flack pulled to the side of the road in Borough Park, where a young woman was lying dead on the street. While Danny went to process the scene, Flack spoke with a detective who was the first person to the scene. Flack found out the victim was Elaine Heber, 22 years old and a grad student at Greenberg University. As Flack spoke with detectives and other officers, Danny continued to process the scene. While looking at the victim's clothes, Danny found another note stuck in the victim's pocket. He took out the note and read it to himself. The note didn't say much, it just said "The Butcher did it."
"Danny, victim is Elaine Heber, 22 years old and you were right, she's a graduate student at Greenberg University," Flack said, squatting next to Danny.
"Hey Flack, check this out," Danny said, giving him the note.
Flack took the note from Danny and read it to himself. "Great, now you got some fucking idiot calling himself the butcher going around killing grad students from Greenberg University."
"The victim has multiple stab and cut wounds on her. This indicates she was either stabbed to death or cut so many times that she bled to death," Danny said.
"Isn't that how the other victims died?" Flack asked.
"Yeah, which means this killer is using a knife of some sort," Danny said.
"So what else can you do here?" Flack asked.
"I can't really do much Flack. I need the coroner to tell me what happened," Danny said.
"Alright, I got the coroner's office coming for the body. We should head back to the lab and go through all the information," Flack said.
"Yeah, maybe that'll help us out with this case," Danny said.
"Fine then, let's go back to the lab," Flack said.
Danny nodded and got into the car with Flack. After starting the car, Flack began to drive at a leisurely pace and got back to the lab in forty minutes. Danny immediately went into one of the rooms with all the information given to him and Flack by Dr. Hill at Greenberg University. Danny took out the information for the current students and he used his pen to mark the ones who were killed. There was now a total of ten bodies dead in six days, which scared Danny. Something had to be done about the victim, and it had to be done soon. Danny looked closely at the information about the students who were killed. There didn't seem to be any connection between them.
"Hey Danny, need a hand?" Stella asked, going into the room he was in.
"Oh hey Stella," Danny said, taking out the map he had been looking at before.
"What's going on in here?" she asked.
"Nothing much, I'm just looking at the locations the bodies were dumped and looking at their personal info, such as address and previous education," he said.
"I assume you're not finding any connection," she said.
"Yeah, the attacks seem to be random yet at the same time, there must be a reason our killer is choosing the people he/she is going after," he said.
"This is definitely one of the hardest cases we've had in a long time," she said.
"Yeah, but I know the killer is going to mess up somewhere," he said.
"Mac said you found a note at your scene this morning. Did you get it analyzed?" she asked.
"Oh I didn't yet," Danny said, realizing something important.
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