"You know the guy?" the officer asked as Ed walked up.
"He looks very familiar to me but I can't think of his name," Lennie said as he stood up and looked at the officer.
"Gary Silver and the woman is his wife, Meredith," the officer stated.
"Son of a bitch! He got married again! Does he have a kid?" Lennie said in annoyance.
"Lennie?"
"I wonder where his ex-wife is?" Lennie asked out loud.
Lennie?" Ed said as he shook his partner a bit.
"So how many times were he and Meredith stabbed?" Lennie asked.
"Detective, here is a picture of them, no child," another tech said.
"I hope not."
Ed looked at his partner confused then the assistant M.E. talked about both bodies.
"Looks like he and Meredith have some rope marks on their wrists. They struggled as they were tied up or tied down to something, they have stab wounds and there are skull fractures on both of them; Meredith was killed first. She was dead, maybe a few hours before Gary since decomp started on her and it appears they were killed here," the assistant M.E. said.
"Anything stolen?" Ed asked.
"Doesn't look like it even though the home was ransacked," the CSU tech said.
"Any fingerprints or evidence of forced entry?" Ed asked.
"We have fingerprints but will run them to forensics and the on scene officers had to break in," the CSU tech responded.
"Hmmm," Lennie said.
"What?" Ed asked.
"I need to get back to the precinct," Lennie said as he left for his car as Ed and the tech looked at each other confused. Lennie got off the phone just as Ed got in the car and they drove off; he noticed Lennie was a bit quiet during the drive.
After they got to the precinct Ed went to his desk as he was given the LUD's; Lennie went to get some files then came in and sat down. They found out Gary's credit cards were used the last three days and Gary was broke from having a lawyer for his court case 10 years ago.
"Here we go- files on Gary and Meredith Silver, ex wife Janet Silver, and Ramona Stark," Lennie said as he gave the files to Ed.
"Janet Silver, she's the ex-wife?"
"Yeah. There was a kidnapping case in 1993 where Gary and his ex-wife's daughter, Samantha, was kidnapped by a woman who helped her and her mother get away from Gary who is now the victim. Well, we found the woman, Ramona Stark, who ran a shelter for abused moms and kids then it turns out that Janet asked for her daughter to be kidnapped."
"I remember that. I think it was the nanny had the kid in a shopping mall and when the nanny turned away, the kid was gone. Wasn't the father tried and found not guilty, and jurors stated they didn't believe the father did anything wrong. They even felt the daughter was coached and then Samantha disappeared," Ed said.
"Ramona Stark and Janet Silver were both charged with kidnapping in the second degree. Both were convicted and sent to jail for 8 years, Ramona was let out on good behavior and only served 5 years and has been out for the last 3 years. Janet served for five and a half years and it appears she had skipped town since there is no record of her after she left prison, but there is a record of her in the last year and a half."
"Got the last known for Ramona Stark, why don't we pay her a visit?" Ed said then asked as Van Buren walked up to their desks with some papers.
"No," Lennie said as Van Buren gave them the last known on Janet Silver, Ramona Stark and the ME report on Gary and his wife.
"No?" Ed shouted as everyone looked at him momentarily, then looked back at his computer screen.
"No what, Lennie?" Anita asked.
"Look, she's not going to tell us where Janet or Samantha are—"Lennie started then was interrupted by Van Buren.
"Well, you got her address, go check it out. The work history of Janet Silver is being checked out so it will take awhile. Visit Ramona, maybe jail changed her."
"Alright but I think it's a waste of time," Lennie said as they both put their jackets on and went to Ramona Stark's home.
White Plains home of Ramona Stark—
"Did you ever come to her home?" Ed asked as they sat in the car for a few moments after arriving.
"No, we didn't know she was involved till we were told her name. Then Logan and I went to a place where we took a chance and broke in. Then that's where we found Janet, Samantha and Ramona."
They both went up to the house and knocked; a woman answered.
"Yes?" The woman asked as she looked at Lennie and Ed.
"Hi. I am Detective Green, this is my partner Detective Briscoe and we are looking for Ramona Stark."
"Do you work for Ms. Stark?" Lennie asked knowing the woman wasn't Ramona but knew where she was.
"Yes I do, but can I ask what this is about?" the woman inquired.
"We want to know if she knows something about a case, I don't want to give out any other information about it," Lennie said.
"Well, can you give me your card and I'll have her call you?" the woman asked.
"Sure," Ed said as he gave her his card.
"Thanks for the card," she said then closed the door.
"Yeah, sure she'll call," Lennie said as Ed looked at him while they walked back to the car.
"She'll call her and let's get Ana to monitor the line."
"If she doesn't use a cell phone, Ed," Lennie said annoyed as Ed walked towards the car and Lennie followed.
The courtroom on May 7th—
The jury had deliberated in the trial of the man who was accused of killing Julie Dodd and had come back with a verdict.
"Has the jury reached their verdict?" the judge asked.
"We have your honor," the jury forewoman said.
"How do you find the defendant?" the judge asked.
"We find the defendant, guilty."
Jack and Serena left the court room to the return to the DA's.
"Jack, I'm glad we got the win."
"So am I. Well, I am going home for the day," Jack said.
"Date?" Serena asked as she stood up as well as Jack.
"I'm going to a play with someone but it's not a date."
"Okay, have fun," Serena said with a smile.
May 7th in the evening at Jack's apartment—
The doorbell rang as Jack went to get it. He saw a woman through the peephole then opened the door.
"Hi, long time no see," he said with a smile.