Gibbs and Kate stood outside the witness's cabin waiting for him to open
the door. "I wonder if he is even there." Kate said after they had been
waiting roughly five minutes.
Gibbs was about to knock again when his cell phone rang. Reaching into his coat pocket, he picked it up. "Gibbs, here" He turned away from Kate, allowing her to knock the door again.
On the other end of the phone was Abby, she had finished up with the hat that the team had found. "Gibbs, that hat wasn't out there long enough to go with the time line of the body. Plus I found some fibers and I am trying to find out what type they are."
"All right, let me know when you finish up with the fibers." Gibbs hung up his cell phone and know sooner then he did it rang again. Answering the phone again, this time it was Tony.
"Look Gibbs I am sorry about losing my cool with you. Just some things have been going on with my life and I was rather tired last night. I got the id of our Army Ranger. Funny thing though is that he wasn't really an Army Ranger. He was a Navel officer who was dishonorably discharged last week."
Gibbs turned back around facing Kate, a slightly puzzled look on his face. "So your telling me that someone dressed up this Navel officer to make him look like a Ranger?" Kate looked over at Gibbs, trying to figure out what was going on.
"I don't know Gibbs. I am reading over his file at the moment. By the way his name was Lt. Scott Walsh. From what I read so far, his father was a Army Ranger for thirteen years." Tony flipped to the next page.
"Call me back when you find out more." Gibbs told Tony before hanging the phone up. Gibbs tucked the phone back into his pocket then looked over at Kate.
"That was Tony and Abby. It appears that someone placed that hat there for us to find or someone lost it while they were looking for their next big buck. Also that the major wasn't a major but a Lt. And wasn't in the Army but in the Navy."
"Do we have a name yet Gibbs?" Kate asked, trying to figure out why the Navy officer was dressed as if he was in the army.
"Lt. Scott Walsh." Gibbs looked back over at Kate, seeing the look in her eyes, he knew that she knew this person. "You know this person Kate?"
She gave a nod of her head. "Use to leave next door to me in my hometown. His father was a retired Army Ranger he always wanted his son to go into the army. He was rather abusive and gave me this creepy feeling every time he looked at me. Used to force his son to dress as if he was in the Army and was to act like he was. If he refused, he would be the kid."
"Well Kate, I think I know why he was dressed in that uniform." Gibbs said, moving to knock on the door again for the last time. "What if he went back to visit his father, not wanting to get beat for not joining the Army and he goes to one of those supply stores. Buys an Army Rangers uniform, heads home to see his father. The Lt. Walsh does something to tick his father off, the father goes too far and tosses the body out here."
Kate gave a nod her head, "Not bad Gibbs. But wouldn't the father already know that his son wasn't in the Army? Because if the father was so intent on his son being in the Army, wouldn't he want to see his son when he made it out of boot camp?"
"Good point, I am sure this will smooth out once when figure out more." Gibbs gave the door a push to make sure that it wasn't locked. The door opened slightly from his push. "Shall we go in?"
Kate gave a nod her head and waited for him to push the door open more and to go in first. Once Gibbs was into the cabin she entered. Both stood in front of the door looking around at the place. It looked like they were not going to talk that chat with their witness.
There were stuff tossed and turned through out the cabin to make it looked like someone broke into the place. But that was far from the truth, the hunters body laid behind the sofa in his own pool of blood. In the middle of the floor laid Lt. Walsh's wallet.
"Looks like our witness won't be talking any time soon." Gibbs moved away from the door, to get a better look at the wallet.
"No really Gibbs. Do you think someone did this to make sure he wouldn't talk? I will call Ducky up and tell him we need him up here and police to secure the scene until Ducky is up here."
"I bet the hunter found the wallet and thought he use some of Lt. Walsh's credit cards. It's easy to tell that, I doubt this guy had the money to buy a new plasma TV and a few more guns."
Kate walked outside and took out her cell phone. That was when she noticed a snowmobile sitting on top of the hill, facing the cabin. "Gibbs, I think you should see this." Her eyes watching the man on top of the snowmobile.
The person on the snowmobile smiled coldly knowing that they had just found his latest piece of work. The person would have turned around and left but they wanted Gibbs to see them and see what he would do. Waiting for night to come so they could make their move.
Gibbs was about to knock again when his cell phone rang. Reaching into his coat pocket, he picked it up. "Gibbs, here" He turned away from Kate, allowing her to knock the door again.
On the other end of the phone was Abby, she had finished up with the hat that the team had found. "Gibbs, that hat wasn't out there long enough to go with the time line of the body. Plus I found some fibers and I am trying to find out what type they are."
"All right, let me know when you finish up with the fibers." Gibbs hung up his cell phone and know sooner then he did it rang again. Answering the phone again, this time it was Tony.
"Look Gibbs I am sorry about losing my cool with you. Just some things have been going on with my life and I was rather tired last night. I got the id of our Army Ranger. Funny thing though is that he wasn't really an Army Ranger. He was a Navel officer who was dishonorably discharged last week."
Gibbs turned back around facing Kate, a slightly puzzled look on his face. "So your telling me that someone dressed up this Navel officer to make him look like a Ranger?" Kate looked over at Gibbs, trying to figure out what was going on.
"I don't know Gibbs. I am reading over his file at the moment. By the way his name was Lt. Scott Walsh. From what I read so far, his father was a Army Ranger for thirteen years." Tony flipped to the next page.
"Call me back when you find out more." Gibbs told Tony before hanging the phone up. Gibbs tucked the phone back into his pocket then looked over at Kate.
"That was Tony and Abby. It appears that someone placed that hat there for us to find or someone lost it while they were looking for their next big buck. Also that the major wasn't a major but a Lt. And wasn't in the Army but in the Navy."
"Do we have a name yet Gibbs?" Kate asked, trying to figure out why the Navy officer was dressed as if he was in the army.
"Lt. Scott Walsh." Gibbs looked back over at Kate, seeing the look in her eyes, he knew that she knew this person. "You know this person Kate?"
She gave a nod of her head. "Use to leave next door to me in my hometown. His father was a retired Army Ranger he always wanted his son to go into the army. He was rather abusive and gave me this creepy feeling every time he looked at me. Used to force his son to dress as if he was in the Army and was to act like he was. If he refused, he would be the kid."
"Well Kate, I think I know why he was dressed in that uniform." Gibbs said, moving to knock on the door again for the last time. "What if he went back to visit his father, not wanting to get beat for not joining the Army and he goes to one of those supply stores. Buys an Army Rangers uniform, heads home to see his father. The Lt. Walsh does something to tick his father off, the father goes too far and tosses the body out here."
Kate gave a nod her head, "Not bad Gibbs. But wouldn't the father already know that his son wasn't in the Army? Because if the father was so intent on his son being in the Army, wouldn't he want to see his son when he made it out of boot camp?"
"Good point, I am sure this will smooth out once when figure out more." Gibbs gave the door a push to make sure that it wasn't locked. The door opened slightly from his push. "Shall we go in?"
Kate gave a nod her head and waited for him to push the door open more and to go in first. Once Gibbs was into the cabin she entered. Both stood in front of the door looking around at the place. It looked like they were not going to talk that chat with their witness.
There were stuff tossed and turned through out the cabin to make it looked like someone broke into the place. But that was far from the truth, the hunters body laid behind the sofa in his own pool of blood. In the middle of the floor laid Lt. Walsh's wallet.
"Looks like our witness won't be talking any time soon." Gibbs moved away from the door, to get a better look at the wallet.
"No really Gibbs. Do you think someone did this to make sure he wouldn't talk? I will call Ducky up and tell him we need him up here and police to secure the scene until Ducky is up here."
"I bet the hunter found the wallet and thought he use some of Lt. Walsh's credit cards. It's easy to tell that, I doubt this guy had the money to buy a new plasma TV and a few more guns."
Kate walked outside and took out her cell phone. That was when she noticed a snowmobile sitting on top of the hill, facing the cabin. "Gibbs, I think you should see this." Her eyes watching the man on top of the snowmobile.
The person on the snowmobile smiled coldly knowing that they had just found his latest piece of work. The person would have turned around and left but they wanted Gibbs to see them and see what he would do. Waiting for night to come so they could make their move.