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Chapter 3
Olivia Benson was one to put all her attention on her job, her attention never straying from it, but today she seemed a bit distracted, her eyes straying to a certain blonde, who sat at her desk as they went over new information. She was distracted and now she needed to keep her attention on this case; there we're no repeats of the murder, so they didn't have a serial killer on their hands. The DNA found on the victim's body had no hit in the system and none of the other residents saw or heard anything, witnesses only seeing the body fall, the security tape showed a man in a dark coat running away a few minutes after the body had fallen, and Warner had ruled his death a murder after seeing the bruises that scattered his ribs. This case had so little to go on, it was difficult.
"Who is this guy?" Olivia whispered in frustration. She cradled her head in her hands as she looked down at the case file that sat on her desk. This was frustrating her to no end and no one from their team had been able to glue all the pieces of the puzzle together. With a sigh of frustration she stood, grabbed her coffee mug, and went towards the station's kitchen, filling her mug to the top. She gulped down the coffee, wincing on the burning sensation down her throat.
"Okay, is there anything new? Any fibers? A match in the system? Anything?" Wondered Finn out loud as he got up and looked at the board, where all the facts were put up. Everyone just shook their head in answer, no one saying anything, their eyes glued to either the board or the case file.
"Okay let's go over what we have again," said Olivia getting up and walking to where Finn was.
"Well he fell from the top floor, and Warner ruled out a suicide, so we're looking for a killer," responded Amaro.
"If he was raped or not, we don't know, but we do know that there was some type of sexual act." Said Finn.
"Family said they hadn't seen him in a while; family had disowned he after he had come out, friends hadn't noticed anything different." Said Olivia, flipping through the file.
"He wasn't in any relationship that we know, all past boyfriends saying that they hadn't been in contact with the vic since their break up." Responded Amaro, scratching his head in frustration.
"The DNA led us no where, fibers only point to the killer wearing a dark black coat." Finn said, his eyes searching the white board, his arms crossed, body tense.
"Security tape show that a few minutes afterward, a man in a black coat running out of the building. No one saw him run out though, all their attention set on the dead body outside." Informed Olivia, a hand cupping her chin in thought. All eyes were narrowed at the board or the file that sat in their hands.
"What about witnesses? Any of them saw anything different?" Asked Amaro, looking up at the rest of the team.
"Benson, can I see your notes on the witnesses that you interviewed?" Asked Amanda as she stood with a few small pieces of paper. As Olivia walked over to her desk to get the notes Amanda put up the witness statements up on the board.
"What about the tapes, they couldn't see the perps face?" Asked Amaro, scratching his head again.
"No, even with the street camera couldn't get his face, and then he disappeared in thin air." Said Finn, as Olivia handed the pieces of paper to Amanda, their hands brushing and for a split second, they both felt a shiver run down their spine. They all cocked their heads in question as Amanda put up the pieces of paper. It was only another minute after, when Amanda perked up.
"Why didn't I notice it at first!?" Shouted Amanda in frustration, "You know how I did the witness statements?" Asked Amanda as she looked at Finn. who nodded his head in conformation. "Well there was this one guy, real tall, weird lookin', he seemed really nervous and shaky." Informed the blonde, but went on in her explanation, "at the time I thought it was weird, but just thought it was 'cause he was shaken up a bit. He wore a dark black coat - well he was dressed in all black - and said he didn't see anything. He said something that no other witness said, he said he saw a guy running, but that it was some guy in exercise clothe."
"But there wasn't anyone on the video tapes like that, only the guy in the black coat." Responded Finn.
"That's what I was thinking, so I looked again at all the notes, and all other witnesses said that they hadn't seen anything because they were all distracted. I think this guy is our guy, he looks like the guy from the video and he's the only with the statement that doesn't match anything." Responded Amanda, shaking her head, "said his name was Nat Winters."
"Wait is it that guy that was flirting with you?" Asked Olivia, her eyes widening as she too remembered the guy; she remembered him well because he had made her jealous, not liking how he was trying to get close to Amanda, all Olivia kept thinking was that Amanda was hers and that she would hurt the man if he thought about going anywhere near her.
"You had a perp hit on you?" Teased Finn as he chuckled at the thought.
"I guess you're a real catch Rollins," chuckled Amaro while Amanda glared at him.
"Ha ha ha, laugh it up," glared Amanda, her glare falling directly to Olivia for bringing it up. Olivia just winked and chuckled, and Amanda had to fight to keep her straight face. Amanda went towards her computer and typed in the suspects name, his drivers license showing on the screen. "While you three laugh it up, I'm gonna go catch this guy," she said with a shake of her head, picked up her coat, grabbed her gun, and made sure that her badge was set in place.
"You aren't going to go by yourself," Olivia said quickly, making sure to make eye contact with the blonde, she wanted to let Amanda know how serious she was. Olivia would be damned if she let anything happen to her now or ever.
"I'll go with you, make sure this guy doesn't get the wrong idea." Said Amaro, he too grabbing his coat and followed behind Amanda as she walked to the elevator.
"You think it's this guy?" Asked Finn, still looking at the board, his back turned to Olivia, who was still staring at the spot where Amanda had stood a few seconds ago.
"Well it's the only lead we got," said Olivia, she shook her head at the difficulty of the case. There was barely anything to go after and the longer the case took to solve, the more complicated it began; she just hoped that she could solve this case, even if the victim wasn't the best person in the world, everyone deserved justice.
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