Chapter 41
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Gary had a hard time believing that the sheriff was actually suggesting using a psychic as part of their investigation, but the sheriff seemed completely serious.
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Gary: You really want to use a psychic?
Duncan: Yes. Why not?
Gary: For one thing, I don't believe in actual psychics.
Duncan: Most are frauds, but I know of at least one who's legitimate. She helped us find a little girl who was missing a few years ago.
Gary: Even if this psychic is legitimate, no court would accept spectral evidence.
Duncan: If it's just that no. Here's what I suggest, we bring the suspects together, tell them we're trying to contact Angel's spirit. Observe who flinches, who thinks we're on to them, who can be provoked into making a foolish move, like destroying potential evidence.
Gary: Now that makes sense. When I was with the FBI we did that a fair amount. One time, we were questioning a woman who we were certain had killed her husband, we just couldn't prove it. We implied there was evidence in the park, where the murder had taken place, and it would soon reveal exactly who the killer was. We followed her, expected her to go to the park to destroy the evidence, but instead she went home, ordered pizza and watched television. At this point I started to think I was wrong, maybe she was innocent after all. The murder went unsolved for almost a decade. Then DNA proved that the wife had committed the murder, and she confessed. I asked her, how did she know I was laying a trap. She said she didn't. Based on what I told her she was certain that she would soon be arrested and convicted, she just wanted a final night of fun before that happenned. Your idea is good Duncan, sometimes the guilty flee when none pursue them. But people do not always act as one would expect them too. Still, we have little else to go on, other than to try and trick the murderer into making a fatal mistake. I'm in.
