104 53: Crime Scene
The Miller home was now surrounded by police cars and yellow tape was placed around the house that labled Crime Scene Do Not Cross as officers walked in and out of the house and searched the property while Sherleen, Henry, Rex and Viki stood outside giving their statements to police.
Bo and his dog Beethoven and John walked up to Rex, Sherleen, Henry and Viki.
"Two men did this?" Bo asked Viki.
"Yes. I was here babysitting the puppies for Gigi while she was away at the Love Civic Center to attend Rex and Stacy's Bridle Baby Shower. Hours later while i was sitting on the sofa, reading a book, Jason came inside the house and ran up stairs to his room. He seemed pretty upset." Said Viki.
"Wait, Jason was here? I thought he was suppose to be at the Bridle Baby Shower with Gigi and Sherleen." Said John.
"He was, but then he got upset and ran away." Said Sherleen.
"Why would he run away?" Bo asked.
"It's my fault. I told him that Stacy and the baby and i were moving to Paris, France and he got sad and took off. He must have come back here after running away from the center." Said Rex.
"Rex, why did you tell Jason that you, Stacy and the baby were moving to Paris, France?" Bo asked.
"Because of Stacy. She felt that it would be better for Jason if he learned the truth now rather than later." Said Rex.
"I see. Seems like everything you do now is because of Stacy." Said Bo.
"No, i was just taking some advice from her. She's good at giving advice." Said Rex.
"Where is Stacy now?" Bo asked.
"She's still out looking for Jason like the rest of us were." Said Rex.
"So what else can you tell us about these two men, Viki?" John asked.
"Well, like i said before, i was sitting on the sofa in the livingroom, reading a book, when all of a sudden, Jason came in and rushed up stairs to his room. After a few minutes, the door bell rang anf i answered it, and when i did, these two men were standing at the door. They said they were from the electric company and that they were here to inspect the wiring and the switches. When i refused to let them inside, they barged their way in. I followed one of the men up stairs to Gigi's room where he locked me inside the closet." Said Viki.
"And later, we came here to see if Jason had come back home. We thought that since he hadn't turnned up anywhere else in town, he might have come here." Said Sherleen.
"That was when Rex and i found Viki up stairs, locked in the closet. And then we heard Sherleen scream and we all rushed down stairs, looked inside the dogs' room, and saw that the puppies were gone. And then we found out from Viki that Jason had been at the house as well when the robbery had taken place. We asume that the robbers have him too." Said Henry.
"And you say that these men stole the puppies as well?" John said.
"Yes." Said Viki.
"Oh no, not again." Said John.
"Again? What do you mean again? What's going on?" Sherleen asked.
"We've been getting countless news reports about Dalmatian puppies vanishing all over the state of Texas for weeks now." Said John.
"What? Oh my gosh." Said Sherleen.
"When did this start?" Henry asked.
Bo and John didn't say anything.
"Bo, John, tell me! When did this whole thing start!" Henry said.
"(Sighs) February 16'th of this year." Said Bo.
"What? You've known since February that someone has been snatching Dalmatian puppies from all over the state of Texas and you didn't say anything? Why are we just now hearing about this?" Sherleen asked.
"Well, when it happened the first time, here in Paris, Texas, we asumed that it would be only a one time thing after no other dogs had disappeared in over a month." Said John.
"When it first happened? Well, it sure helps to know that this isn't the only time." Said Henry sarcasticly.
"We also recieved a phone call from the animal control center this morning that two adult Dalmatians are missing as well. They were Gigi's dogs, Moose and Molly." Said Bo.
"Moose and Molly? What were they doing at the animal control center?" Sherleen asked.
"Well, apparently, Stacy was attacked by Gigi's two dogs, so she called animal control and had them both impound." Said Rex.
"And now these people have Moose, Molly and the puppies. But why would they take Jason? I mean it doesn't make sense." Said Viki.
"It makes total sense. Some home invasion cases we've worked on have involved abductions." Said John.
"Yes, but there's a pattern to what these people are doing, isn't there? And there's no random violance, they've been stealing Dalmatian puppies from all over the state of Texas for over a month now, and they went after Gigi's dogs and puppies because they're Dalmatians also. So why would they escalate their behavior from an animal cruelty crime to kidnapping?" Said Viki.
"Well, we can only asume at this point...maybe they felt threatened. Jason might have seen something he wasn't suppose to see. Maybe he saw the crooks' faces and maybe they were afraid that he could I.D. them." Said Bo.
"That's it. Jason must have caught the thugs in the act of stealing the puppies and saw their faces. He would be able to Identify them to the police and they knew that. That's gotta be why they took him." Said Rex.
Just then, barking was heard, and the gang looked and saw four familier dogs running up to them. It was Rex, Lassie, Jake and Foster.
"Hey, look. There are Rex, Lassie, Jake and Foster. Where did they come from? And why isn't Gigi with them?" Henry said.
"I don't know." Said Sherleen.
The four dogs ran up to the gang and began comunicating with Beethoven, the Saint Benard.
"Something's wrong." Said John.
"Where's Gigi, you guys? You guys, where's Gigi?" Rex asked.
Rather then answer his question, the four dogs and Beethoven took off running.
"Hey! Hey, where are you guys going?!" Rex called.
The five dogs then stopped and turnned back to the humans, barking at them.
"I think they want us to follow them." Said Bo.
"You think they'll lead us to Gigi?" Rex asked.
"There's only one way to find out. Follow those dogs." Said John.
"Come on, we'll take our cars." Said Bo before turnning to Rex, Sherleen, Henry and Viki. "We'll call you if we find anything."
"Okay." Said Sherleen.
"I'm coming with you." Said Rex before following after John and Bo. The three men got inside their vehicles and followed after the dogs down the road.
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DALMATIANS
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