"Deputy Director, this color dye could also be combined with other dyes
which is also used for other types of uniforms as well, but the thing is
the test that was conducted cannot determine if it was the primary dye used
or a combination of dyes!"
"But the chances of it being a cop or someone dressed as a cop are high, or
maybe security, right?"
"Yeah the likely hood is I'd say about 75% that our perp is either a cop,
dressed as one or is some sort of security that would have him wear a
uniform!"
"Gregory, get me Lt. Swersky from the 55 on the phone, now!!"
"Yes Deputy Director."
"Okay so now the fun begins!" Reme said getting up and getting her
jacket.
"Deputy Director the Lt. is on line 1 for you"
"Lt. Swersky!"
"Yes Deputy Director"
"I coming down there now, we need a meeting ASAP. We've got some leads and
we need to talk!"
"Sure Reme. The Third Watch shift begins in about half hour"
"I'll be there in 15mins. I want all heads there, understood"
"Yes, ma'am!"
"See you in 15 Lt.!"
"Okay, you two are coming with me down there."
They both nodded in agreement. "Gregory!"
"Yes Deputy Director"
"Notify Davenport and have him meet me at the 55"
"Yes Deputy Director"
"Transfer all calls to my cell phone. I'll be out the majority of the day"
"Yes Deputy Director." They headed out.
Bosco arrived at the precinct at around 2:30. He never was this early but he under no circumstance wanted to run into Cruz. Not today. She wasn't going to ruin another day for him, not when things are good. As he finished getting ready, Sgnt. Christopher walked in looking a little flushed. "What's up your ass, Christopher?" "Deputy Director Reme just called the Lt. for a impromptu meeting of all department heads and he said she sounded serious." He smiled at the mention of Dakota's name and the fact that she was heading down there but from the look on Christopher's face and a vibe he was getting he knew it wasn't good. "Shit, the Lt. is all in a huff now and I'm going to get the brunt of it!" Christopher said leaving the locker room, Bosco following. As they exited the locker room, Reme and two others walked in. Bosco recognized both people. He smiled at her but she just nodded her head. She and the two others walked into the role call room. Role call was pushed back until the meeting was over. Faith, Sully and Davis walked in. "Hey what's up?" "Dakota's here and it doesn't look good." Bosco replied. "Maybe she got some leads." Faith said. "Agent Philips was with her!" "The guy from yesterday?" "Yeah, he probably has the results" "Yeah, but what would be so important that they needed to come down here and cause this. This is a sign that it can't be good." Sully said. They proceeded into the locker room while Bosco waited. Sgnt. Christopher came out about 20 minutes later and told third watch they could come into the room that they would be debriefed by Deputy Director Reme as to what happened. As they all filed in Davenport walked in. Reme pulled him aside and talked to him for about 5 minutes while Lt. Swersky addresses the room. "Deputy Director, there all yours" "Thank you Lt Swersky. Good afternoon officers, I'm sorry for having you wait outside like that but there was a reason. Upon conducting her autopsy of the victims who have been identified as William Traigger, 32 and Pamela Lassiter, 29. Any other particulars, we will be conducting our investigation with your help today but something else was found by Dr. Hemming. Something that has turned this investigation around. She found fibers that were later identified as cotton fibers with a dye called CDB 15.
" This dye CDB 15, as I have been told by Dr Hemming and Agent Philips here, is the dye used to make uniforms specifically police uniforms." The room went silent. All the officers were in shock. The realization that this could be one of there on was unimaginable.
"Oh my God, Reme this guy is a cop!" Sully exclaimed. "It's a strong possibility. Look this is one of the few leads we have to this guy's identity. It is possible he fucked up and left us this clue or it could have been purposely planted there to throw us off track and suspect one of our own. None the less, we have to follow it and see where it takes us. We're going to perform further tests on the dye to see if it is just that specific dye or a combination of dyes. The test that was performed can not conclude that. So Agent Philips will be performing a more precise test to see if it is specifically the dye used on police officers uniforms or maybe security of some sort." Reme said. "We've also discovered that our perp has some type of medical background."
"Could it be an E.M.T. or a paramedic, their uniforms are similar to ours?" "No, they dye used for theirs is totally different then the one used on police uniforms. No this is dye is definitely linked to a police or security uniform. Like the Deputy Director said, further tests will be done to be absolutely sure that the dye is the exact dye used and not in combination with anything else. The test performed was not definitive but the probability is about 75% that it is." Philips concluded. "Agent Philips will be performing the tests as soon as this meeting is concluded and will have to results to me ASAP. So for now, we are under the assumption that our killer is somehow linked to law enforcement. So with that I want all leads covered by all departments. I want to know everything you can find on these two victims and there where abouts the night of their deaths, down to what time they took a shit, understood." With that the whole room agreed. She and Lt. Swersky assigned the tasks that has to be done.
"Boscorelli, Your in Anti-Crime as per Reme's orders." "What! But Sir!" "No buts Boscorelli, it's not my call. These are her orders. You have a problem with them talk to her!" The Lt. barked out. Reme was outside talking to Davenport, Philips and Hemming when Bosco went out there to find out why he wasn't with her today. He waited till they were done, " Deputy Director Reme may I speak with you a moment?" "What is it Boscorelli?." "Somewhere private." He lead her into an empty interrogation room. "What the hell, Dakota! You want me workin' with Cruz!" "I need you there, Bosco!" "What you mean you need me there?" "Her assignment is too hit some night clubs where the clientele is known to be into the drugs found into the victims system and as soon as we've narrowed down the exact place they were at, I want you there to make sure that no stone goes uncovered. I want to know everything anyone knows do you understand and I know you will do that so that is why I want you working Anti-Crime with her!" "Augh! I don't know if I can, Dakota. She, damn, she has this power over me. She gets into my head and plays with me, ya know. Makes me think crazy shit. Like last night. Remember when I came out of the precinct and you asked me what was wrong, well I ran into her and she just said these things, you know about us and how you would never be interested in someone like me and I was beneath you and shit like that. And well I knew not to listen to her but I couldn't help it!" "That explains a lot. Look Bosco, you're the only one who can stop that. I mean I can physically stop her but you have to stop her from getting in here," she said pointing at his head. "I can't help you with that except to tell you that absolutely nothing that she says is true nothing do you hear me!" "Yeah I hear you. Okay if you need me to do this then I'll do it for you but if I kill her it's your fault? "Don't worry I 'll take the fall." She said laughing as he smiled and took her hand and kissed the inside of her wrist. "Oh, this is going to be an interesting day!" He said leaving the room. "Go get her, tiger!" She said while smacking him in the ass. "Funny!" He said glancing back at her and signaled to her he'd call her later. She nodded and winked before heading out.
Cruz had just received the word that Boscorelli was working Anti-Crime today as per The Director's orders. "Trouble in paradise, already!" Smiling smugly to herself. "Now's my chance to get my claws back into him!" She thought. And she knew exactly how to do it. Bosco came bounding up the stairs to Anti- Crime, psyching himself up the whole time so that he could get through this without letting Cruz get to him. "Boscorelli, just in time." She said. "We've been told to check out these spots, so you're riding with me today. Okay guys, let's get this sick fuck." With that they headed out.
Dakota and Davenport headed back to the office so they could get onto the FBI mainframe and run a check on newly transferred cops with medical backgrounds or maybe even cops that were fired or left for any reason, mainly subject to violent behavior. When there search came back they had over 100 possible candidates all within the Tri State area. "Okay, We're going to head out and notify some of the patrols to check these out as well as Homicide. We'll break it down and take the rest." Davenport agreed. Her cell phone rang, "Reme!" "Reme, it's Philips!" "What have you got Peter?" "It's conclusive. There were no other dye derivatives strictly CDB 15, so you were right. It's definitely someone in law enforcement. I'm going to try some other tests to see if I can come up with how old this dye is and maybe try to find the batch and where it went too!" "Okay Peter, you do that and get back to me with what you find. Peter" "Yeah, Boss!" "Good Work!" "Thanks, Good Luck!" "Yeah, we're going to need it!" She snapped her cell phone shut and turned to Davenport," Well its final, our perp is a boy in blue!" "So, we're headed in the right direction!" "Looks like but there is a possibility it was planted but those chances are slim due to where Hemming found the fibers but I choose not to underestimate this freak. He's a smart man so it might just be that he knew that a good M.E. would discover them accidentally or not, so I just don't know at this point. I hope not but then again it gives us a direction if where to go" "So we continue with this and hope this shit doesn't claim two other victims before we can find him" "You know that's not going to happen. Unfortunately, there will be two others cause we just don't have enough to go on right now. I hate to say that but it's true. It's going to get worse before it gets better mark my words. This is just the beginning." She said with a heavy sigh. They headed back to the 55th and called back some units so they could investigate the names on the list. Sully and Davis were brought in as well as Yokas and Gussler. They were all given names on the list to check out that were in the city. Those outside she would have her agents handle. She also alerted Cruz and Bosco of some of the same names just in case the other officers couldn't get them all. "I want you guys to communicate with me and each other about your where abouts and who've you located on the list. Be discreet. We don't need to spook these guys or anybody else especially going around pointing fingers at other NYPD cops saying they might be a possible homicidal maniac."
The shift had gone by quick so far, but coming up short on the leads with the names of the officers from the FBI list. Yokas and Guessler had come down to their final stop. "Okay, Seth Branstrom. This is his place. It says here he was asked to leave the force because of disobeying orders. Okay let's check it out. This looks like the landlords apartment." As they proceeded to the landlord's apartment, Cruz and Boscorelli pulled up. "Looks like 55 David is here too." Bosco said. "Looks like." Cruz said getting out the vehicle. Bosco's day so far with the Sgnt. was very uneventful. She was acting like nothing had happened yesterday and it was freaking him out. But just as long as she didn't pull her mind games shit, he really didn't care. He followed Cruz in and spotted Guessler talking to a woman who seemed to be in the landlord's apartment. "Guessler where's Yokas?" "She went upstairs with Mr. Waters, the landlord. This is his wife. I'm asking her few questions about Seth Branstrom. They said he hasn't been home for the past couple of days." "He's a very nice man. Always so considerate. You know he use to be a police officer like you two young men" "Yes we know ma'am, Can you tell us anything else about Mr. Branstrom like his nightly patterns or maybe visitors?" Bosco continued to question the wife as Cruz went upstairs to check out Yokas. Yokas saw Cruz heading up the stairs as she continued to question Mr. Waters. "Thank you Yokas, I'll take over from here" "Sgnt. Cruz, I'm not finished with!" "That's okay I'll continue!" She snapped at Faith. But Faith didn't budge, this was her interrogation and Cruz knew what. Reme had given all of them full power to do the interrogations. Yokas just stood there as Cruz resumed. Mr. Waters continued to tell Cruz about Branstrom and decided upon herself that she wanted Mr. Waters to open his apartment so she could look inside. He wasn't quite sure what to do and Yokas just stood there wide eyed cause she knew that Cruz was crossing a line but didn't dare say a word unless she was forced too. "I assure you Mr. waters, Mr. Branstrom is a murder suspect and that gives us the right to search his apartment with out a warrant since we have you here and have your consent." Cruz looked at Yokas and smiled. Bitch was right about not needing a warrant because the fact that they landlord was present but Seth Branstrom was not a suspect just yet, all they needed him for was to answer a few questions. Mr. Waters agreed and proceeded to let Cruz inside. Faith didn't even go in but decided to head back downstairs. Just as she was about to she heard, Mrs. Waters say, "That's him. That's Seth Branstrom!" "Mr. Branstrom" "Yes." And proceeded to ask him questions. She headed down and stared as Bosco asked Mr. Branstrom questions but as Bosco did so Mr. Branstrom continued to walk to his apartment continually saying he knew his rights, that he use to be a cop and demanded to know what it was about. As he reached his apartment that's when the shit hit the fan. And Faith knew it wasn't good.
Bosco arrived at the precinct at around 2:30. He never was this early but he under no circumstance wanted to run into Cruz. Not today. She wasn't going to ruin another day for him, not when things are good. As he finished getting ready, Sgnt. Christopher walked in looking a little flushed. "What's up your ass, Christopher?" "Deputy Director Reme just called the Lt. for a impromptu meeting of all department heads and he said she sounded serious." He smiled at the mention of Dakota's name and the fact that she was heading down there but from the look on Christopher's face and a vibe he was getting he knew it wasn't good. "Shit, the Lt. is all in a huff now and I'm going to get the brunt of it!" Christopher said leaving the locker room, Bosco following. As they exited the locker room, Reme and two others walked in. Bosco recognized both people. He smiled at her but she just nodded her head. She and the two others walked into the role call room. Role call was pushed back until the meeting was over. Faith, Sully and Davis walked in. "Hey what's up?" "Dakota's here and it doesn't look good." Bosco replied. "Maybe she got some leads." Faith said. "Agent Philips was with her!" "The guy from yesterday?" "Yeah, he probably has the results" "Yeah, but what would be so important that they needed to come down here and cause this. This is a sign that it can't be good." Sully said. They proceeded into the locker room while Bosco waited. Sgnt. Christopher came out about 20 minutes later and told third watch they could come into the room that they would be debriefed by Deputy Director Reme as to what happened. As they all filed in Davenport walked in. Reme pulled him aside and talked to him for about 5 minutes while Lt. Swersky addresses the room. "Deputy Director, there all yours" "Thank you Lt Swersky. Good afternoon officers, I'm sorry for having you wait outside like that but there was a reason. Upon conducting her autopsy of the victims who have been identified as William Traigger, 32 and Pamela Lassiter, 29. Any other particulars, we will be conducting our investigation with your help today but something else was found by Dr. Hemming. Something that has turned this investigation around. She found fibers that were later identified as cotton fibers with a dye called CDB 15.
" This dye CDB 15, as I have been told by Dr Hemming and Agent Philips here, is the dye used to make uniforms specifically police uniforms." The room went silent. All the officers were in shock. The realization that this could be one of there on was unimaginable.
"Oh my God, Reme this guy is a cop!" Sully exclaimed. "It's a strong possibility. Look this is one of the few leads we have to this guy's identity. It is possible he fucked up and left us this clue or it could have been purposely planted there to throw us off track and suspect one of our own. None the less, we have to follow it and see where it takes us. We're going to perform further tests on the dye to see if it is just that specific dye or a combination of dyes. The test that was performed can not conclude that. So Agent Philips will be performing a more precise test to see if it is specifically the dye used on police officers uniforms or maybe security of some sort." Reme said. "We've also discovered that our perp has some type of medical background."
"Could it be an E.M.T. or a paramedic, their uniforms are similar to ours?" "No, they dye used for theirs is totally different then the one used on police uniforms. No this is dye is definitely linked to a police or security uniform. Like the Deputy Director said, further tests will be done to be absolutely sure that the dye is the exact dye used and not in combination with anything else. The test performed was not definitive but the probability is about 75% that it is." Philips concluded. "Agent Philips will be performing the tests as soon as this meeting is concluded and will have to results to me ASAP. So for now, we are under the assumption that our killer is somehow linked to law enforcement. So with that I want all leads covered by all departments. I want to know everything you can find on these two victims and there where abouts the night of their deaths, down to what time they took a shit, understood." With that the whole room agreed. She and Lt. Swersky assigned the tasks that has to be done.
"Boscorelli, Your in Anti-Crime as per Reme's orders." "What! But Sir!" "No buts Boscorelli, it's not my call. These are her orders. You have a problem with them talk to her!" The Lt. barked out. Reme was outside talking to Davenport, Philips and Hemming when Bosco went out there to find out why he wasn't with her today. He waited till they were done, " Deputy Director Reme may I speak with you a moment?" "What is it Boscorelli?." "Somewhere private." He lead her into an empty interrogation room. "What the hell, Dakota! You want me workin' with Cruz!" "I need you there, Bosco!" "What you mean you need me there?" "Her assignment is too hit some night clubs where the clientele is known to be into the drugs found into the victims system and as soon as we've narrowed down the exact place they were at, I want you there to make sure that no stone goes uncovered. I want to know everything anyone knows do you understand and I know you will do that so that is why I want you working Anti-Crime with her!" "Augh! I don't know if I can, Dakota. She, damn, she has this power over me. She gets into my head and plays with me, ya know. Makes me think crazy shit. Like last night. Remember when I came out of the precinct and you asked me what was wrong, well I ran into her and she just said these things, you know about us and how you would never be interested in someone like me and I was beneath you and shit like that. And well I knew not to listen to her but I couldn't help it!" "That explains a lot. Look Bosco, you're the only one who can stop that. I mean I can physically stop her but you have to stop her from getting in here," she said pointing at his head. "I can't help you with that except to tell you that absolutely nothing that she says is true nothing do you hear me!" "Yeah I hear you. Okay if you need me to do this then I'll do it for you but if I kill her it's your fault? "Don't worry I 'll take the fall." She said laughing as he smiled and took her hand and kissed the inside of her wrist. "Oh, this is going to be an interesting day!" He said leaving the room. "Go get her, tiger!" She said while smacking him in the ass. "Funny!" He said glancing back at her and signaled to her he'd call her later. She nodded and winked before heading out.
Cruz had just received the word that Boscorelli was working Anti-Crime today as per The Director's orders. "Trouble in paradise, already!" Smiling smugly to herself. "Now's my chance to get my claws back into him!" She thought. And she knew exactly how to do it. Bosco came bounding up the stairs to Anti- Crime, psyching himself up the whole time so that he could get through this without letting Cruz get to him. "Boscorelli, just in time." She said. "We've been told to check out these spots, so you're riding with me today. Okay guys, let's get this sick fuck." With that they headed out.
Dakota and Davenport headed back to the office so they could get onto the FBI mainframe and run a check on newly transferred cops with medical backgrounds or maybe even cops that were fired or left for any reason, mainly subject to violent behavior. When there search came back they had over 100 possible candidates all within the Tri State area. "Okay, We're going to head out and notify some of the patrols to check these out as well as Homicide. We'll break it down and take the rest." Davenport agreed. Her cell phone rang, "Reme!" "Reme, it's Philips!" "What have you got Peter?" "It's conclusive. There were no other dye derivatives strictly CDB 15, so you were right. It's definitely someone in law enforcement. I'm going to try some other tests to see if I can come up with how old this dye is and maybe try to find the batch and where it went too!" "Okay Peter, you do that and get back to me with what you find. Peter" "Yeah, Boss!" "Good Work!" "Thanks, Good Luck!" "Yeah, we're going to need it!" She snapped her cell phone shut and turned to Davenport," Well its final, our perp is a boy in blue!" "So, we're headed in the right direction!" "Looks like but there is a possibility it was planted but those chances are slim due to where Hemming found the fibers but I choose not to underestimate this freak. He's a smart man so it might just be that he knew that a good M.E. would discover them accidentally or not, so I just don't know at this point. I hope not but then again it gives us a direction if where to go" "So we continue with this and hope this shit doesn't claim two other victims before we can find him" "You know that's not going to happen. Unfortunately, there will be two others cause we just don't have enough to go on right now. I hate to say that but it's true. It's going to get worse before it gets better mark my words. This is just the beginning." She said with a heavy sigh. They headed back to the 55th and called back some units so they could investigate the names on the list. Sully and Davis were brought in as well as Yokas and Gussler. They were all given names on the list to check out that were in the city. Those outside she would have her agents handle. She also alerted Cruz and Bosco of some of the same names just in case the other officers couldn't get them all. "I want you guys to communicate with me and each other about your where abouts and who've you located on the list. Be discreet. We don't need to spook these guys or anybody else especially going around pointing fingers at other NYPD cops saying they might be a possible homicidal maniac."
The shift had gone by quick so far, but coming up short on the leads with the names of the officers from the FBI list. Yokas and Guessler had come down to their final stop. "Okay, Seth Branstrom. This is his place. It says here he was asked to leave the force because of disobeying orders. Okay let's check it out. This looks like the landlords apartment." As they proceeded to the landlord's apartment, Cruz and Boscorelli pulled up. "Looks like 55 David is here too." Bosco said. "Looks like." Cruz said getting out the vehicle. Bosco's day so far with the Sgnt. was very uneventful. She was acting like nothing had happened yesterday and it was freaking him out. But just as long as she didn't pull her mind games shit, he really didn't care. He followed Cruz in and spotted Guessler talking to a woman who seemed to be in the landlord's apartment. "Guessler where's Yokas?" "She went upstairs with Mr. Waters, the landlord. This is his wife. I'm asking her few questions about Seth Branstrom. They said he hasn't been home for the past couple of days." "He's a very nice man. Always so considerate. You know he use to be a police officer like you two young men" "Yes we know ma'am, Can you tell us anything else about Mr. Branstrom like his nightly patterns or maybe visitors?" Bosco continued to question the wife as Cruz went upstairs to check out Yokas. Yokas saw Cruz heading up the stairs as she continued to question Mr. Waters. "Thank you Yokas, I'll take over from here" "Sgnt. Cruz, I'm not finished with!" "That's okay I'll continue!" She snapped at Faith. But Faith didn't budge, this was her interrogation and Cruz knew what. Reme had given all of them full power to do the interrogations. Yokas just stood there as Cruz resumed. Mr. Waters continued to tell Cruz about Branstrom and decided upon herself that she wanted Mr. Waters to open his apartment so she could look inside. He wasn't quite sure what to do and Yokas just stood there wide eyed cause she knew that Cruz was crossing a line but didn't dare say a word unless she was forced too. "I assure you Mr. waters, Mr. Branstrom is a murder suspect and that gives us the right to search his apartment with out a warrant since we have you here and have your consent." Cruz looked at Yokas and smiled. Bitch was right about not needing a warrant because the fact that they landlord was present but Seth Branstrom was not a suspect just yet, all they needed him for was to answer a few questions. Mr. Waters agreed and proceeded to let Cruz inside. Faith didn't even go in but decided to head back downstairs. Just as she was about to she heard, Mrs. Waters say, "That's him. That's Seth Branstrom!" "Mr. Branstrom" "Yes." And proceeded to ask him questions. She headed down and stared as Bosco asked Mr. Branstrom questions but as Bosco did so Mr. Branstrom continued to walk to his apartment continually saying he knew his rights, that he use to be a cop and demanded to know what it was about. As he reached his apartment that's when the shit hit the fan. And Faith knew it wasn't good.