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A/N: Here's the next chapter...
Be my escape
1. The call
New York, at the present :
They had just found another body – the fifth one. Luckily the guy had kept up his MO, so it was easy to link the cases to each other. Mac approached Stella and Danny, who were checking the DNA they found at all the crime scenes.
"Hey Mac, I'm checking the DNA traces right now…" Stella and Danny looked at their supervisor.
They smiled when the signal was heard which announced that the computer had found a match.
"So who is it?" Mac looked expectantly at Stella. A moment later their smiles were fading when they read the name of the man who just turned into their main suspect…
Meanwhile at Central Park :
Eric had decided to continue his sight seeing tour. He had already visited the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building and one of the many museums…His mind traveled back to a conversation he had once had with Marisol….
Flashback :
"You know, in case I could visit New York City someday during the summer time I would spend a whole day in Central Park, then I would visit some museums and go to Coney Island…"
"Really?" Eric smiled at his sister and softly shook his head. He just realized for another time that Marisol was somehow still like a little kid…
End flashback
Suddenly an idea came to his mind. He left the park and got himself a taxi. When the cabbie asked for his destination he smiled and told him :
"Coney Island, please."
He had decided to do at least one thing his beloved sis had never been able to do.
Back at the crime lab :
Mac was unable to believe what name showed up on the screen : Eric Delko…
"That is totally impossible – he's a cop…Not to mention that he lives in Miami." Danny commented.
"Danny, I can't believe it myself but DNA doesn't lie. I'm going to check where Delko is right now, Stella please check the DNA test to make sure…"
"Got it."
Mac nodded and left for his office to find out if Eric Delko from the Miami Dade crime lab was anywhere near New York right now.
Ten minutes later :
Mac ended the conversation and sighed in frustration. A soft knock was heard and Stella entered the room, a sad expression on her face.
"Like you asked me to do I repeated the test – the result was the same as the first time…What's the matter?"
Before he was able to answer, Danny entered and let them know that the fingerprints they had found at all the crime scenes were also Eric's.
Mac slowly shook his head, sighed once again and finally answered Stella's question :
"I just got off the phone with JFK airport. Delko arrived here in New York the same day as the murders started…"
For a moment the three of them were quiet before Stella suggested :
"Let's start checking the hotels to figure out where Eric Delko stays."
Later that day :
It hadn't taken them long to find out the name of the hotel where Eric was staying, now they were waiting for him. When he arrived, Flack and Danny along with two other cops approached him.
"Eric Delko?" He nodded and Flack continued,
"I'm Detective Flack from the New York Police Department and this is Detective Messer from the crime lab. We are here to arrest you…"
"What? Why?" Eric interrupted.
"You are the main suspect in a case involving the brutal killing of five young women. You have the right to…"
"I know my rights!" Eric glared at them but realized it would be stupid to argue so he kept quiet when they handcuffed him.
At the lab :
Danny and Flack were sitting with Eric in an interrogation room and were questioning him. Up to now he just denied everything so they decided to confront him with all the evidence against him.
"We found your prints all over the crime scenes as well as your DNA – plus we have in all five cases witnesses who saw the victims with a guy whose description fits you perfectly! What are you gonna say about that one, huh?" Danny started to become impatient.
"I'm a cop, I work for the crime lab, I deal with stuff like this everyday! – Do you really think I would be so stupid to leave that much evidence at a crime scene?! Hell, I don't even know these women! " Eric looked at them.
"Well, you know as well as we do that evidence doesn't lie! Fingerprints and most of all DNA are unique – if you aren't the killer how is it that all traces and evidence leads to you?" Danny almost yelled at him.
Outside the interrogation room :
"He is right…Why would he leave all the evidence at the scenes – I mean, he knows better than that, right Mac?"
Mac looked at Stella and nodded.
"Well, we don't know yet…Maybe he is doing it on purpose – to prove how good and clever he is, I don't know. However, I'm going to call Lieutenant Horatio Caine and ask him to help us solve the case…"
Meanwhile in Miami :
Calleigh was sitting in the living-room lost in thought. She somehow missed Eric...Since he had been shot their friendship had gotten even tighter than before. She just hoped that his trip to NYC would help him to complete his recovery...
After a moment she was interrupted in her train of thought by Jake who was carrying two plates with Chinese takeout.
"Hope you enjoy it..." He stated and handed her one of the plates, then he reached for the wine bottle and filled two glasses with the dark red liquid.
At different place in Miami :
Horatio had just gotten home when his cell started ringing. It took him only a few seconds to answer the call.
While he listened to the caller he went pale. After he hung up he dialled a number and waited for his call to be answered.
Tbc
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