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Manhattan SVU, Manhattan, New York
Monday, April 3rd 2009
1.36 pm
Olivia stood facing the crime board now covered in pictures and details of what they had learned.
"So you think Samantha Troy and Carrie Lloyd are covering for each other?" Cragen asked her.
"Yeah, Jed Roper said that he saw both Samantha and Carrie leave with Hannah, Carrie was apparently quite forceful." Olivia explained.
"Ok pick them up and bring them in." Cragen replied.
"But isn't what we have circumstantial? We need more witnesses who saw Carrie and Samantha drag Hannah out." Olivia explained knowing they needed a tight case.
"Ok, visit Carrie Lloyd and get a list of the people who were at that party, someone had to see this altercation." Cragen replied knowing his detective was right.
"Ok." Olivia nodded and he watched as she hurried off.
West 79th Street, Manhattan, New York
Monday, April 3rd 2009
2.09 pm
Olivia and Elliot knocked on the door and waited patiently for an answer. When none came Olivia radioed Cragen to the precinct knowing that they either needed to bust the door down or send out a search party for the missing teenager.
"Captain she's not here." Olivia said into the radio as Elliot began snooping around.
"Uh Liv!" He called from the front window.
"What?" She asked.
"We need a bus and CSU." He replied rushing over and kicking the door down.
"This is SVU Portable to central we need a bus and CSU at West seventy ninth street." Olivia spoke into the radio as she followed Elliot inside, his gun out as they walked.
Once in the living room Olivia rushed to Carrie's side kneeling beside her she checked her pulse as Elliot checked the other rooms.
"Cancel the bus we need the ME." She said into her radio as Elliot walked into the room.
Olivia looked at Elliot, their eyes connected and they realised that this case had just got a heck of a lot more complicated.
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Olivia and Elliot didn't move until Warner and CSU arrived. Once they knew Warner was with the body they both made their way out to meet Cragen who had sped down to them.
"What happened?" He asked as Munch and Fin pulled up.
"No idea, we arrived to ask her for the party list and there was no answer, I radioed you and Elliot looked through the window and saw her lying face down." Olivia explained her voice shaking, it never became easier seeing dead bodies.
"Ok Elliot, Liv go pick up Samantha Troy and bring her down to the station for questioning as she's the most likely suspect right now. Munch and Fin help CSU and then meet us back at the precinct." Cragen sighed and the four detectives went straight to work.
West 81st Street, Manhattan, New York
Monday, April 3rd 2009
2.34 pm
"Hi Mrs Troy we're looking for Samantha." Olivia explained as the mother stood in the doorway.
"She's gone to the grocery store." Mrs Troy replied. "Why?"
"We have a few more questions we need to ask her, this is an emergency which store did she go to?" Olivia asked as Elliot's cell began to ring and he walked off to answer it.
"Just the bodega on the corner ... she left nearly an hour ago she should have been back by now." Mrs Troy replied nervously as she checked her watch.
"Liv!" Elliot called and she looked at him as he signalled her over.
Olivia excused herself and walked down to him knowing he had something important to tell her to interrupt her.
"What?" She asked arriving by his side.
He dipped his head so he could whisper and avoid the chance of being lip read.
"They've just found Samantha Troy's body." Elliot whispered.
"Oh no." Olivia sighed. "What on earth is going on here Elliot?"
"I don't know but we should tell her mother. She'll need to ID the body." Elliot sighed.
"Get a uniform down here, we'll need to go back to the precinct and find out what on earth is going on, three sixteen year olds dead in less than forty eight hours." Elliot sighed.
"Yeah, but come with me to tell the Mother?" Olivia asked, telling the family never got any easier.
"Obviously." He replied, he'd never let her do something like this on her own.
Slowly they went back up to where Mrs Troy was waiting at the door.
"Can we come in Mrs Troy?" Olivia asked.
"Of course but why what's going on?" She asked her voice shaking with her suspicion.
"Let's go inside." Olivia said knowing that on the door step was no place to do this.
"No? No! It can't ... please don't?" She broke down into Olivia's arms in wracked sobs already knowing what Olivia was going to say by her demeanour.
"I'm sorry Mrs Troy." Olivia whispered as she held the grieving mother. "I'm so sorry." Olivia whispered and she couldn't help but think of her own two, what she would do if anything ever happened to them was beyond her.
"My baby!" She sobbed harder.
"Come on let's go inside." Olivia whispered just as a marked car came to a halt by the side walk and a liaison officer jumped out, someone Olivia knew had much more experience dealing with grieving parents than she ever would.
Olivia allowed the uniformed officer to take Mrs Troy from her arms and walk her inside. Olivia and Elliot both rushed off knowing that whoever killed Samantha Troy also killed Carrie Lloyd and who killed Hannah Coldwell too.
Manhattan SVU, Manhattan, New York
Monday, April 3rd 2009
3.16 pm
"Ok so our prime suspects are now victims." Olivia said moving the pictures of Samantha and Carrie from suspect to victims on the crime board.
"Well CSU are crawling over the Lloyd household and TARU have taken the computers so Liv and Elliot go down and wait until Morales finds a party invite list guaranteed that it was done via technology, no one sends party invites anymore. Munch and Fin go down to the morgue and see wait until Warner gives you what she's got." Cragen informed them and they all quickly hurried off.
"What do you think?" Olivia asked Elliot knowing he'd already have his own theory of the crime.
"I don't know, I really don't know." Elliot replied.
"Male or Female perp?" Olivia asked.
"I don't know, I'd go with female." Elliot replied.
"Why do you think female?" Olivia asked wanting to know what he thought.
"Well there was no rape, Jed Roper had consentual sex with Hannah and we'll have to wait and see with Carrie and Samantha but I really think it's a female because of the way Hannah was killed I mean she had her head bashed into a brick wall, don't ask me why but a bloke would more likely pummel her to death or strangle her not bash her head into a wall." Elliot replied.
"Hey after we see Morales if we can't get anything how about we ask Cragen if we can stop at the crime scene, see if we can try and picture what happened?" Olivia asked.
"We can take a detour on the way ... Cragen never need know." Elliot winked playfully.
"Well let's go then." Olivia smiled hitting him playfully on the shoulder.
West 81st Street, Manhattan, New York
Monday, April 3rd 2009
3.41 pm
Olivia and Elliot stood by the brick wall where hours ago Hannah Coldwell's skull had been smashed in. They'd seen photographs of it but being stood right where it happened was always different.
"Ok so Samantha Troy's house is just over there." Olivia started pointing to the house in the distance.
"Which way would they have come from Carrie Lloyd's house?" Elliot asked.
Olivia looked up and down both streets, the look on her face showing that her mind was working over time.
"I reckon that they walked up this way."
"Why do you think that?" Elliot asked shocked that she'd not only said it but visibly had a reason for saying it.
"I think she walked up this way ..." Olivia demonstrated as she talked. "... and whoever it was grabbed her, from behind and slammed her into the wall face first before using her hair to smash her head in." Olivia explained still demonstrating.
"How do you work that one out?" He asked surprised.
"Because the blunt force trauma was to the front and side of the head, that's consistent with someone pulling and pushing against the head but you couldn't do that with your bare hand unless you had something to grab onto, I would say that the killer wrapped their hand around her hair and then killed her." Olivia explained and Elliot nodded agreeing it was a plausible explanation.
"You still think female?" She asked.
"Yeah." Elliot nodded.
"Well let's see what TARU can give us then." Olivia sighed and they both headed back to the car.
Technical Assistance Response Unit, Manhattan, New York
Monday, April 3rd 2009
4.32 pm
"Ok Morales what have you got for us?" Olivia asked as soon as they walked into the office.
"You're going to love me!" He winked passing over a manila folder.
Olivia smiled as she opened the jacket to reveal the guest list for the party.
"You're right I do I love ya!" She joked.
"Yeah well you've not turned the page yet." He smirked because there was a lot more for her to read.
Olivia turned the page over and glanced up at Morales who had a satisfied grin on his face.
"That's the Skype chat log between your second and third victim SamT20 is Samantha Troy and CazLloyd112 is Carrie Lloyd." Morales explained. "That conversation happened at ten thirty six am and ended at eleven oh five am."
"Just after we spoke with Carrie Lloyd." Olivia commented as she and Elliot began to read the conversation.
SamT20 – We should tell the cops everything Caz we cant hide this 4eva.
CazLloyd112 – No Sammy u heard what she sed if we say anything to any1 we end up the same.
SamT20 – Yeah I know but if we tell the cops that they can protect us Caz, we shud do this 4 Han.
CazLloyd112 – I like my head in 1 piece thanks Sam u can tell the cops if u want but don't drag me into it.
SamT20 – U think I can tell cops w/out tellin em u kno 2
CazLloyd112 – Dont say anything Sammy its best if we just keep out of it, they'll find who did it w/out our help, there cops its what theyre suppose 2 do
SamT20 – I bet they think we did it cz it was obvious I knew mre than I sed and theyre going to talk to Jed and he saw u and me leave with her Carrie and theyre going to put 2 and 2 togeva an come out with 8
CazLloyd112 – Just stay calm Sam I'll think of s/thing k?
SamT20 – Hurry if we haven't been arrested for murder by tomorrow I'm going to the cops and I'm telling them the truth about who did it.
CazLloyd112- Ok just give me till 2mz to figure something out, call me 2nite, oxox
SamT20 – Let me know if u figure it out Caz cz Im scared.
CazLloyd112 – Me 2 who'd have thought she was capable of murder even if she always was weird.
SamT20 – I know call me later oxox
CazLloyd112 – count on it oxox
SamT20 signed off
CazLloyd112 signed off.
"Wow." Olivia gasped once she'd read it all.
"I know but then this might help." Morales explained pulling something from the printer and handing to over to Olivia.
"What's this? another chat conversation?" She asked scanning the document.
"Yeah I tried to trace the IP address but no use it gave us a public coffee shop and whoever it is was smart and put severe privacy settings on her account." Morales sighed.
"So no way of tracing it?" Elliot asked already knowing the answer.
"No." Morales replied.
Olivia and Elliot looked at each other and then looked down to the paper in her hands.
CazLloyd112 – Where r u?
2247253673 – Why do you care?
CazLloyd112 – Because I'm worried about u A.
2247253673 – Don't lie C.
CazLloyd112 – I'm not, where are u?
2247253673 – In hiding, cant go 2 skwl will go hme l8r.
CazLloyd112 – y don't u cme here?
2247253673 – As if u wanna b anywhere near me after what I did.
CazLloyd112 – ur still my m8, pls let me help u.
2247253673 – I cant trust u C. I'm sorry.
CazLloyd112 – well I can tell u me and Sam hve spoken to police but dnt worry we didn't tell em anything A.
2247253673 – I know, sorry for threatening u but I cnt go to prison, I didn't mean it C I didn't!
CazLloyd112 – I know I know please just come here and let me take care of u A.
2247253673 – U know I cnt do that don't ask me agen, I'm off now tke cre love u x
CazLloyd112 – I know u be safe love u 2 x
2247253673 signed off
CazLloyd112 signed off
"Well I'm guessing the killers name begins with the letter A." Elliot stated the obvious.
"Yeah." Olivia nodded. "Morales do you know what time this conversation happened?"
"Yeah first message was sent at twelve fifteen and then the last message at twelve thirty eight." Morales replied.
"Ok so we need to go to that coffee house and see what they've got for us." Olivia turned to Elliot.
"Yeah we also need time of death to find out how long after this message and us finding Carrie did she live for." Elliot sighed, he hated cases like this.
Starbucks West 77nd Street, Manhattan, New York
Monday, April 3rd 2009
5.21 pm
Olivia and Elliot walked inside and order a coffee before grabbing the attention of the waitress.
"Excuse me." Olivia asked flashing her badge.
"Yes detective?" The young girl asked.
"Were you working here between midday and one?" Olivia asked.
"Yeah my shift started at eleven thirty."
"Ok could you tell us if you spotted a teenage girl on a computer maybe a little bit distressed or worried?" Olivia asked knowing they needed to find the killer and fast.
"Hmm...actually there was one girl, she was here when I arrived and she stormed out of here about twelve thirty ish in a real foul mood, I went to clear the table and she hadn't touched her coffee." She replied.
"Do you have CCTV cameras?" Elliot asked.
"They broke yesterday and we're waiting to get them fixed sorry." She shrugged.
"Ok can you tell us what the girl looked like?" Olivia sighed, she hated places that didn't have working CCTV, it was one thing that could have helped solve the crime for them.
"Around five foot four, brunette." The girl replied.
"Anything else like a tattoo or uniform or anything like that?" Olivia asked.
"She wore glasses, pink leopard print on the arms." The waitress smiled.
"Ok thank you." Olivia replied and she and Elliot both left.
They stood outside with their coffee's looking up and down the street hoping they could see a bank or somewhere with outdoor CCTV camera's but no such luck, once they were sure there was nothing more they could get they both climbed into the car and headed back for the precinct wondering how long this case was going to take.
When Olivia and Elliot arrived back Fin and Munch were looking over the autopsy report for Hannah Coldwell. Cragen spotted the two detectives coming in through his window and rushed over because he wanted this case solved as soon as possible.
"So what have we got?" he asked.
"Ok so we know that Sammy and Carrie weren't the killers but they sure knew who it was, this conversation was done via Skype just after Elliot and I left the Lloyd residency after talking t Carrie, then at twelve fifteen Carrie had this conversation with the killer, we're know she's female and her name begins with the letter A." Olivia explained.
"She also wears glasses with pink leopard print on the arms." Elliot chipped in.
"The last message was sent at twelve thirty eight, please tell me you have a time of death..."Olivia and Elliot both turned to Fin and Munch and they both smirked because they indeed had a time of death for Carrie Lloyd.
"She died at one twenty according to Warner." Munch replied.
"Ok so she died forty minutes after talking with Hannah's killer on Skype, we certain it was the same person?" Cragen asked.
"Well cause of death was different, Carrie was bashed in the head with an object which probably knocked her out but COD was asphyxiation."
"She was strangled?" Elliot asked.
"Yeah and Sammy Troy was stabbed and CSU found that one of the knifes from the block at Carrie's house was missing." Fin explained further.
"I'd say we're looking for the same perp and she's a scared teenage girl who wouldn't have a signature, she didn't plan to kill any of these girls." Olivia sighed, cases like this always got to her.
"Ok why don't the lot of you go home, tomorrow Olivia and Elliot you can go to the girls school and see what they can give you on the girls who attended the party." Cragen sighed.
"Yes Cap'n." Olivia smiled, she was excited to see her children.
"Then Munch and Fin you'll be able to get the final result from Warner and CSU." Cragen added before stalking off to his office, he was going to get some more paper work done before he went anywhere.
Ha so many of you thought both Sammy and Carrie killed Hannah but you were wrong! Mwahahaha!
Up next Olivia and Elliot have some family time trying to stop thinking of the case and focus on their own little girls, how does Olivia manage?
