Murderous Vacation Chapter 4

"Hey guys," said Calleigh, walking into the first crime scene.

"Hey Calleigh, what is going on outside," said Eric.

"Another attempt at a tourist's life," said Calleigh.

"What?" Ryan asked, surprised.

"Yeah, Horatio heard a scream and there was a girl who was locked in a closet that appeared to be smoking," said Calleigh. "She was taken to the hospital. What happened in here?"

"A women was found strung up by a rope in this room," said Ryan. "But it doesn't seem to make sense for it to be a suicide."

"Why is that?" she asked.

"The women gets here with her daughter for vacation and just decides to hang herself, that doesn't make sense," said Eric. "I also don't think that this women could have tied the rope up where it was. Whoever did it, didn't think it all the way through to make it look like a real suicide."

"This all seemed to happen close together," said Calleigh. "It makes me uncomfortable."

"Yeah, two people were attacked within an hour," said Eric. "That can't be a coincidence."

"Hey Calleigh," came Natalia's voice from the door. She turned around. "Horatio wants us to process the closet. He said the brother of the girl who was attacked heard a bang before it started to smoke."

"Alright," said Calleigh waving goodbye to Ryan and Eric.

"I don't think this is going to be an ordinary case," said Ryan.

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Back at the lab, Troy and Gabriella were waiting in separate rooms for someone to come talk to them. Horatio was about to enter Gabriella's room when Alexx came up behind him.

"Horatio, Ive got the cause of death of our mother," said Alexx. "The hanging didn't kill this women. She had blunt trauma to her head, and her neck was broken, but not in a way that is commonly seen with hangings. I think someone snapped this womans neck."

"Really?" said Horatio. "This confirms my suspicions that this is a murder. Thank you, Alexx."

Horatio walked into Gabriella's room and she looked up at him.

"Do you have someplace you can go Ms. Montez?" Horatio asked.

"I can stay with my friend, Taylor and her parents," said Gabriella. "They were staying in the same hotel."

"Alright," said Horatio. "We believe that someone did this to your mother, and if there is anything that you can tell us that may help us find who killed her, it would be helpful."

"I wish there was," she said. "But I don't know. Everyone seemed to get along with my mom. She was so friendly do everyone. She loved all of my friends and Troy. I don't know why anyone would want to do this to her."

"Did you know the girl that we found in the closet?" Horatio asked.

"Yeah, Sharpay goes to our school," said Gabriella. "Is she going to be ok?"

"She is in the hospital right now, but we don't know," said Horatio sincerely. "Do you know anyone who might want to hurt Ms. Evans?"

"Not many people get along with her, but I don't know anyone who would actually do this to her," said Gabriella.

"What do you mean, no one gets along with her?" Horatio asked.

"Well, she really isn't friendly," said Gabriella. "She only thinks of herself, and she would do anything to get what she wants. She uses people any chance she gets and doesn't care about other peoples feelings. But she isn't a bad person. It's just how she is."

"But you feel that nobody would do this to her," said Horatio.

"I don't really think anyone hates her that much," said Gabriella.

"Alright, Ms. Montez," said Horatio. "You may go."

"Is Troy going to be able to leave soon?" she asked.

"We still have to talk to him," said Horatio. "But you may wait for him if you would like."

"Ok," she replied leaving the room.

Horatio walked into the next room where Troy was waiting quietly.

"Mr. Bolton," Horatio said walking in. "You were with your girlfriend when you found her mothers body were you not?"

"Yeah, we had just come up from the lobby," said Troy. "We were going to help her unpack."

"Did you notice anything suspicious in the lobby before you headed upstairs?" Horatio asked.

Troy thought for a second before replying. "Well, I don't think anybody else noticed but there was a man who didn't seem to belong."

"How do you mean?" Horatio asked listening intently.

"He was wearing a bright red sweater and sweat pants," said Troy. "I noticed him going to the pool area, I just thought with the weather here, it seemed strange for him to be wearing warm clothes."

"It is strange for Miami," said Horatio. "You said he was heading to the pool area?"

"Yeah," said Troy.

"Isn't that near the spa area?" said Horatio.

"I think so," said Troy. "Why?"

"Thats where Ms. Evans was supposed to be before she was attacked," said Horatio, exiting the room.

Authors Note: Well, I feel this is a pretty good place to end. I hope you are still enjoying the story. I will get the next chapter as soon as I can.