Chapter 22
"What have we got?" Cragen asked Elliot when the detective entered his temporary office. Elliot and Kenny had been working with the Marvins and Missing Persons Detectives Raul and Sanchez for the last few hours. Elliot closed the office door before speaking,
"So Raul and Sanchez didn't want to bring it up in front of the Marvins but our weirdo in the hospital, Jeff Haggerty, this isn't the first time he's had people near him go missing."
"That didn't pop in his file," Cragen said.
"Well he wasn't arrested due to the disappearances. Just a person of interest," the detective clarified.
"So our violent guy may have bodies he's hiding. What's the status of finding him?" The Captain wanted to know.
"Nothing is popping on his bank account or in the system. There's still an APB out in the tristate area and his face has been sent to all the precincts, city-wide. Problem is, while Cabot had to do her wrangling of the hospital, this guy might have left town," Elliot frowned.
"Well if it turns out that our victim is indeed Molly Sabatini, the whole ball of wax goes to the Feds. Doesn't mean we won't still look for Haggerty, he could be guilty of local murders," Cragen told him.
"Yeah I kind of figured. I just wish I had better news to give the Marvins. I have a sneaking suspicion that their daughter has been dead for a while," Elliot said.
"Yeah, me too. Listen, when you're done, go home. No point in hanging around. Munch says that the current family living in Molly's old house gave them permission for a ground penetrating radar search but that won't be done until morning," Cragen said.
"Sounds good," Elliot nodded and headed out of the office.
"We're going to take the Marvins back to their hotel," Detective Sanchez spoke up as Stabler headed over to them.
"Ok sounds good. Thank you very much for all your help today, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin. I know it wasn't easy," Elliot said.
"We just want to know what happened," Mr. Marvin said.
"Well we hope that with Detectives Raul and Sanchez, we'll find something," Stabler smiled slightly.
"I'll take you down to the car," Detective Raul said, leaving his partner to check in with Elliot. The aforementioned detective explained to Sanchez what the Captain had found out. The look on Sanchez's face told him all he needed to know – the missing persons detective was having the same thoughts as he was. Molly was the dead girl in the morgue and Sarah had been dead for a while. Sanchez thanked him and then headed off to catch up to his partner.
"So we calling it?" Kenny asked, once Sanchez was gone.
"Yeah, head home. Hopefully Munch and Fin will have something in the morning," Elliot nodded. Kenny nodded before grabbing his coat and heading out of the makeshift bull pen. The senior detective pulled out his phone and called Olivia. She picked up on the second ring.
"Hey the Captain is sending us home. You need me to pick up dinner?" He asked.
"Yeah," she sounded like the day had been a long one.
"You ok?" He wanted to know.
"I will be," there was a little lift to her voice but it definitely wasn't the usual happy Olivia.
"See you soon," Elliot promised. He hung up and quickly dialed the local Chinese place. Hopefully, once she'd had a chance to explain everything to him, she'd feel better. Doctor Valentino's sessions had been emotionally draining but Elliot was convinced she'd be better for having them. Olivia had a tendency to internalize whereas he would blow up. Quickly heading out of the building, he hopped into the car and got a move on.
To Be Continued…