Chapter 4: Getting Closer
Megan was waiting in the conference room when the rest of the team arrived. Greg took a seat to Megan's left and Nick on her right. Sara sat beside Nick. Grissom, of course sat at the head of the table, Catherine was on his left on Greg on his right, and Warrick sat beside Catherine.
''I heard you had to leave the scene Megan'' Grissom looked over at her
Megan looked up from here notes, obviously nervous. She had forgotten to tell Grissom.
''Um, yes I did, there was um, an incident and um, I had to leave''
''Be sure to include it in your field notes and next time Megan, don't let me find out on my own''
''Yes Sir''
Grissom looked at her and cocked an eyebrow
''Sorry''
''Alright, back to the case. What do we know?''
Sara started ''Well, we got two dead Girard Twins or Triplets both shot in the back one at close range and the other not''
''Yeah, but one of those two is a teen idol and the other has never been heard of. How did that happen when his brothers are everywhere?'' Nick added
''It happened somehow. DNA and evidence confirms that there are three boys. Everything comes in three at that house'' Catherine pointed out
''Yeah including their rides. There are two other cars at the scene, locked, never been used. There was a car missing from the middle and a set of keys missing from the rack'' Warrick put in
''What else?''
Greg continued ''Well those boys really seem to be like two different people. I mean the house looks like as if adults live in there and not three 16 year olds. But they do have their own place down in the basement where they can be free I guess''
Brass chose this moment to enter
''we found Benjamin Girard's car in a supermarket parking lot. Car like that kinda stands out''
''he left the car?''
''Brass just shrugged
''It's in the garage''
''Alright'' Grissom started with assignments ''Sara, you and Warrick process the car. Nick, you and Greg take Brass to the studio where these guys worked. Catherine I want you to find out all you can about all three boys especially Brad Girard. We need to find out if they were on good terms or not''
''And what am I going to do?'' Megan asked
''We're going to be watching movies'' Grissom gave a little smile.
Megan just had a confused look on her face wondering what Grissom was planning.
About half an hour later, Nick, Greg and Brass were pulling into the parking lot of Studio 24, workplace of the triplets. They entered in line Brass leading the way and Greg heading up the rear. They walked up the receptionist, a young man with Brown hair and clear blue eyes greeted them.
''Welcome to Studio 24, how may I help you?''
Brass introduced them and explained the situation.
''We know that both Bryan and Benjamin Girard worked here, we need you to pull up their files for us''
The young man whose name tag identified him as Chris didn't argue and tapped on the keyboard and printed out the files.
''Thank you. One more thing was there a third Girard employed here?''
''Oh sure, Brad. He worked on some commercials and even the movie with his brothers''
''Did they get along?'' Greg asked
''For sure, they were always laughing together and always had a great time on set. You'd always hear about what a great trio they are''
''We're going to need his file as well''
Chris got back to work and handed them the file
''Thanks man''
''Anytime''
Nick drove back to the lab. Brass was in the passenger seat and Greg in the back.
''There's just some general information and job list. The receptionist was right, Brad Girard worked his brothers on several occasions'' Greg pointed out from the back
''What was he? A double in case one of them got hurt or tired even?''
''Well maybe it was all or nothing. You know maybe the studio just wanted two, but Bryan and Benjamin weren't about to leave their brother in the cold, so they said it's either the three of us or none of us''
''We'll will see what the others got back at the lab'' Nick said and the rest of the drive was quiet
All four doors and the trunk were open as Sara and Warrick used their flashlights to go over every bit of the car.
''We're not going to find anything in here this car is brand new'' Sara sighed
''Yeah there are only a few prints and I bet that they're all Benjamin's''
''No sign of a gun or any struggle. The only thing that has been touched is the stereo''
''And here I thought it would be such fun to process this car and what do I got…nothing''
''Just imagine that you're behind the wheel, maybe that will make it more fun''
Warrick looked at her with a smirk to find Sara with a grin on her face.
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Grissom and Megan were in the break room a bowl of popcorn between the two of them. Megan sipped at a cola and Grissom an ice tea.
''What are we looking for exactly?''
''Evidence I want to see whether or not all three of these boys are in here''
The DVD was playing in fast forward so far there was no sign that all three boys were in the movie, but with the fact that they were identical they could have switched at any time and either of them would have notice. Grissom seemed to have gotten bored and went straight to the end credits. Brad Girard's name didn't show up in the list of stars.
''wait a minute! You said that the victims body was covered in bruises and had breaks and fractures…'' Megan started
''Yes'' Grissom confirmed
''Give me the remote'' Megan grabbed it out of Grissom's hand and fast forwarded the end credits to the stunt doubles and stop right at the beginning of them.
''Look, see anything familiar''
Grissom moved closer and saw what Megan was talking about. There it was Brad Girard's name for Benjamin and brad's stunt double.
''This kid wasn't abused or anything he let it happen''
''I guess he didn't care just a be another pretty face and wanted more on the action''
''Good work Megan'' Grissom smiled a sincere smile '' you found where our missing piece goes''
Megan smiled back ''Thanks''
''Come on'' Grissom told her '' we have to meet the others''
Back in the conference room Grissom explained what they had found out. Nick and Greg put in what they had found. Sara and Warrick didn't have that much to report about the car, but Catherine found out that there were defiantly three boys as they all had their driver's license, different social insurance numbers etc. Everyone was glad that they had finally figured out where the third twin had come from when Brass came in and gave them another boost.
''You'll never guess who just wandered into the station''
Benjamin Girard sat in the interrogation room, he had obviously been crying and he played nervously with his hands. Grissom entered the room and Benjamin wiped the tears that were starting to fall again
''I didn't kill them''
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