With Morgan driving and JJ navigating, the other team members managed to arrive at Carlos' apartment within minutes of the local police.
"FBI," Morgan showed his badge to the nearest officer. "Who is in charge of this investigation?"
"That would be Detective Freeman," the officer replied, pointing at the detective. "FBI?"
The agents walked over to Detective Freeman and Morgan again showed his credentials.
"FBI?" Detective Freeman asked. "What is going on here?"
"This may be linked to some other murders we are investigating," Rossi told him. "Do you mind if we take a look around?"
"We won't get in the way of your investigators," JJ assured him.
"Be my guest," the detective told them. "We don't get many murders around here and I can use the advice. I assume if you spot anything you'll let us know?"
"No problem," Morgan assured him. Then he pointed to a young man sitting on the front step of the building holding his head in his hands. "Is that Jimmy? The one who found the body?"
"Yeah, that's him," the detective said. "Doesn't seem to know anything, though."
"Just the same, I think I'll talk to him," Rossi said.
"Why don't you do that while JJ and I check the apartment?" Morgan suggested. "He looks like a scared kid and all of us going over there would probably overwhelm him."
"Sounds reasonable," Rossi agreed. "Although, if Detective Freeman is right, it's most likely a waste of my time. I'll probably be joining you shortly."
Rossi walked over and sat down next to Jimmy. "Tough morning," he commented. "Not everyday you find your boss dead."
"Yeah," Jimmy lifted his head and looked at the agent. "This is not what I expected when I got to work this morning."
"What did you expect?" Rossi asked kindly.
"Well, I got a chance to work inside for a while," Jimmy told him. "It was just helping in the kitchen and delivering breakfast for Miss Heather, but it was nice. And, Miss Heather is always nice – and nice to look at, if you know what I mean."
"I get the drift," Rossi agreed with him. "What next?"
"Then I got a message from Miss Heather asking me to check on Carlos. I came over here and found him. It looked like he suffered. That's not what I expected."
"You didn't expect suffering?" Rossi pursued the comment.
"I – um – I didn't expect him to be dead," Jimmy stared at the ground while attempting to clarify his comment. Rossi noticed his constantly tapping foot.
"Okay," Rossi seemed to accept that response. "Why don't you wait here? I'll be right back."
As he headed into the apartment building, Rossi stopped and spoke to one of the officers standing inside the front door. "Keep an eye on him, won't you," he requested. "If he tries to leave, stop him."
Inside Carlos' apartment, Rossi called Morgan and JJ over. "I can't put my finger on it," he told them. "But I think we need to talk further with Jimmy. He's hiding something."
"Let me call Garcia and see what kind of information she can get us on him," JJ said as she pulled out her phone and started pushing buttons.
"Look at this," Morgan said, holding up an empty bubble from a pill. "This was in the wastepaper basket in the bedroom. It looks like Reid may be right."
He handed the pill bubble to one of the local officers searching the apartment. "Bag this," Morgan told him. "Call us when you get it back to the lab and we'll tell your lab tech what they need to look for."