Mismatch
Part 1
A/N: Hey everyone thanks for the support. Oh, I just want to mention that I don't know the legal age for marriage in Puerto Rico, I just made it up like other things lol. Enjoy this chapter anyways and tell me what you think. Also, thanks for the reviews on my other new story At Loss for Words.
A few minutes later, Olivia came rushing in, her hair not nicely groomed like on many mornings, and she was very plain looking. She seemed to be wearing clothes that she wore the day before, and she wasn't even wearing makeup. Elliot, Fin, and Munch didn't say a word. Cragen came out of his office and hounded Olivia and Elliot down.
"You and you, get in here.", he ordered pointing to Olivia and Elliot. They looked at each other curiously, and walked into his office.
"What's up, cap?", asked Elliot.
"Get down to school PS 114 in the Bronx. We got one kid raped and dead...", he instructed. Without a word, Elliot and Olivia left the precinct and got into the car. Their was utter silence for a long time.
"Thanks for the favor...", Elliot began
"No problem...", Olivia replied.
"How was your night?", Elliot asked.
"Good...", she replied not giving away anymore information, but before Elliot could ask her anything more, she said, "We're here." The car came to a halt and Elliot and Olivia jumped out.
"Police...", Olivia yelled and that was enough for the masses of people to break. The medical examiner was there already examining the body.
"What'da we got?", asked Elliot.
"Caucasian or light Hispanic female, fifteen to eighteen. Cuts and gashes all over, probably from a kitchen knife, burned here probably from a cigarette, vaginal bruising, lots of fluids...she was raped.", she replied.
"Any ID?", asked Olivia.
"No, she didn't even go to this school, but I'll take her to the lab. I might find something..", she replied, and the CSU wheeled the corpse away.
"Well, I'm sure those burns might tell a story.", Olivia said.
"Those fluids too.", Elliot said. Next, Olivia's phone rang.
"Benson....". After a few minutes of describing the victim, she hung up. "That was Cragen... he said Fin and Munch are looking into the absent girls in high schools across the city."
"That's going to be a long search..", Elliot replied.
"Well, I guess we can go eat or something..", Olivia suggested. Elliot agreed and escorted her to the local diner down the street.
"What would you like?", asked the waitress.
"Scrambled egg and bacon and a coffee.", replied Elliot.
"Make that two.", Olivia added. About ten minutes later their food was out and they ate.
"So, why do you look..um...not yourself today?". asked Elliot uncomfortably, not trying to offend her.
"I was out last night.", she replied as she sipped from her coffee.
"Really? With who?", he asked.
"Ewan. We met the night you went home early. He's a really cool guy, made me dinner last night, fell asleep. That's why I was a little late. Actually.really late.", she laughed.
"That's great!", he said as he finished his breakfast.
"How was your night?", she asked.
"Great..", he said smiling and cocking his eyebrows, and Olivia laughed. Elliot's phone rang.
"Stabler...yea John...alright we'll be there in a few..Bye." He closed his phone and told Olivia, "John's got some info weed need to know about, and so does the Medical examiner."
"Let's go.", she said and they threw five bucks each on the table. A few minutes later they were in the Medical examiners office.
"What do ya got for us?", Elliot asked.
"Well remember those burns? We examined them..guess what the ashes were from...cocaine. We also found cocaine in her system. This girl was bustin school to have a puff."
"What about the fluids?", asked Olivia.
"Oh yea, we got lots of fluids.", said the medical examiner. Munch walked in a threw a folder on the table.
"The semen matches closest to a..Ricardo Hernandez. He went to guess where....PS 114. He's seventeen, busted for guess what...cocaine possession, twice.", Munch told them.
"What else did you find on the girl?", asked Elliot.
"Her name's Jessica Rodriguez, sixteen. She went to St. John's Catholic School, in Harlem. We're thinking Ricardo and her were an item, and also into the crack industry.", Munch added.
"We'll track this Ricardo guy down. Keep in touch. Munch, you go to this girl's house and tell her relatives what happened.", Olivia instructed to both Munch and the medical examiner. Elliot and Olivia walked out, and Elliot said, "I know if I ever caught Maureen or Kathleen with that shit, they'd be in big trouble."
"I could see why..", Olivia replied. They got into the car and drove back to the school.
"Excuse me..hi, I'm Detective Benson this is my partner Detective Stabler...do any of you know this girl or anyone by the name of Ricardo Hernandez?", Olivia said as she held up a picture of the victim.
"That's Jessica. She don't go here though. She was hookin up with that Ricky guy, yo.", one man answered.
"Tell us about Ricky.", Elliot said as he took out his pad.
"Oh, he's a cool peep, but they don't go out no more. He used to chill wit us, but he aint anymore. He's on the pipe or something.", a young girl answered.
"Ok, ok, back up. You said they weren't hooking up any more?", asked Elliot. "Why is that and what do you mean by hooking up, like sex?"
"Ha, ha. This guy obviously aint from the streets. Of course I'm talking about sex. I don't know why they aint no more though.", someone else answered.
"Was Ricky here in school today?", asked Olivia.
"No he wasn't.", answered another girl. "He's in my homeroom."
"Do any of you know where he lives by any chance?", asked Elliot.
"Yea, on the corner of East 238th Street in Brooklyn Heights.", answered he same girl.
"Thank you.", said Olivia as she and Elliot left and got in the car.
"Well, Elliot, you obviously 'aint from da street'", mocked Olivia putting on the heaving accent the other kids were talking.
"Ha, ha. Well, guess not. How am I supposed to know what the hell that means. Sixteen year olds should not be having sex.", Elliot laughed.
"Would you have said that when you were sixteen and you were you know..", Olivia asked sarcastically. Before Elliot could answer with a smile or a cocky answer Olivia added, "We're here...", Olivia said and she jumped out of the car and approached the man who was leaving the building.
"Excuse me, Ricardo Hernandez? We need to have a word with you.", said Olivia holding up her badge to verify she was a cop.
"I'm Juan, Ricardo's brother..", he said nervously.
"Juan, is your brother around?", asked Elliot.
"No, he is in school.", he replied.
"Well, no he wasn't.", Olivia notified him.
"...He's in trouble isn't he? Come in.", Juan invited. Olivia and Elliot followed him into his apartment.
"What has he done now?", asked Juan.
"We think he has been involved in a rape and murder of a young girl.", Elliot replied.
"Who?", asked Juan.
"Jessica Rodriguez. Did you know her?", asked Olivia.
"No. Well, yea....she's been here before.", answered Juan. "I don't know what to say.."
"What do you do?", asked Elliot.
"I'm in construction. Trying to support the myself. My mom died in childbirth, and my dad drowned in Jersey.", Juan answered.
"Juan, did you ever see Ricky or Jess involved with drugs?", asked Olivia.
"Of course not..", Juan answered.
"Well, we believe Ricky did that too.", Olivia said.
"Oh my God...", Juan said. He was visibly upset covering his forehead with his hands.
"We're sorry, Juan. Please call us if you hear from your brother or if you need to tell us anything.", Elliot apologized as he handed him his card. Elliot and Olivia left as Juan thanked them for coming around. Elliot and Olivia left and got back into the car.
"Well....that was interesting.", Elliot said as he sat back in the seat. Just before Olivia could agree, her phone rang.
"Benson...Yea John....Alright, give us five minutes...", she said and she hung up the phone.
"What does he want now?", asked Elliot as he pulled away onto the highway.
"He got Ricky.", she said abruptly. A few minutes later they were back at the precinct. Munch and Fin were already interrogating Ricky. (inside IR)
"Where were you today?", asked Munch.
"No where..", he said.
"Smokin' some dope I think...", Munch taunted.
"What you talkn' bout?", he asked.
"Why weren't you in school today?", asked Munch.
"I don't go most days...", he answered with an attitude.
"Look, we'll lock your punk ass up in the slammer. You were killing your ex girl friend while havin' a little puff for yourself.", Fin said.
"I broke up with that bitch long time ago, after I found out she was screwin' my brother.", he answered. "I was smoking dope, and yea I was out of school, but last time I checked that aint killing her." (outside IR)
Dr. Huang and the other two detectives looked at each other.
"Juan said he seen her a few times, but really didn't know her. He never said he was sleeping with her.", Olivia said.
"He probably didn't want to get charged with rape.", Dr. Huang said. "Or he was embarrassed of his love for his brother's girl."
"Well, Ricky doesn't approve of it.", Elliot said.
"Well, hey, boys will be boys, he probably had other girls.", Dr. Huang explained.
"Yea, but I know if my brother was sleeping with my wife, I wouldn't kill him, I would just get divorced.", Elliot laughed.
"Well, Ricky is growing up in a broken home, he has no where to go and no one to turn to. His brother sleeping with his girlfriend is like a slap in the face. It's like telling him that he isn't good enough. I think we got his MO. Go back to the house and confront the brother. See what he says.", Dr. Huang suggested. "As for Ricky, the murders seemed like retaliation for embarrassment."
Olivia and Elliot walked out of the precinct and got back into the car. "I can't believe this guy lied.", Elliot said incredibly mad.
"Yea, well we didn't really ask him if he was doing his brother's girlfriend.", Olivia answered. "We'll get him now, and if he denies anything we can arrest him for obstruction." Elliot smiled and put on his sunglasses. He slowed the car and parked it in the driveway across the street from Ricky and Juan's house right next to a hydrant. Olivia and Elliot got out and just as they were to cross the street a police officer warned them to move their car or they would get a ticket.
"We'll only be here for a second, officer.", Elliot answered ignorantly showing off his badge. The officer shook his head and walked away. Olivia reached the top of the steps and rang the doorbell.
"Juan, this is Detective Benson, I was here earlier.", she yelled in the open window next to the door. Juan opened the door to check if it was them, and he let them in.
"Wow, you guys are fast.", he said. He knew why they were there.
"We need to talk.", Elliot warned him.
"I know, take a seat.", Juan replied pulling over two chairs.
"You were sleeping with Jessica?", asked Olivia. Juan hesitated for a second and Elliot and Olivia could here the lump being swallowed in his throat.
"Yea...I could see she wasn't happy with Ricky. He would call and she would hang up on him and he would get so damn mad, you know? One day she came by, she said she was gonna break up wit' him. So he wasn't there, probably out smokin' pot or something now that I know he's doing it, and we made love. She was such a beautiful girl, and we started dating behind closed doors. Of course she broke up with Ricky, and we....", he started to get emotional and he continued. "Am I going to get charged with statutory rape?"
"Just cooperate with us and we'll see what we can do. So what happened then?", Elliot asked him.
"She found out she was pregnant, a month along by now.", he replied.
"Was it yours?", Olivia inquired.
"Of course it was. I was going to bring her to Puerto Rico, and we were going to get married..." Elliot looked to the ground with a touch of embarrassment, it reminded him of a story he knew.
"She was sixteen, Juan.", Elliot reminded him.
"But we were in love. In Puerto Rico, we can marry when you are seventeen. By the time she had finished her junior year of high school, she would have been that. I just don't know why anyone would hurt her.", Juan said, he was crying by now. "I loved her so much."
"Your brother was dating her before you were, and you just take her, impregnate her and announce to the world that your going to get married?", asked Olivia confused.
"I haven't seen Ricardo in a year. After he got out of prison he's been living with some Enrique Sanchez. He goes to school with him. I've tried to tell Ricky I'm sorry, but I just haven't seen my brother for a long time. Tell him I'm sorry, detectives."
"Juan, when was the last time you had intercourse with Jessica?", Elliot asked.
"Last night before she was killed."
"Did you use protection?", Olivia asked.
"No...", he replied embarrassed.
"We'll get back to you soon. Make any quick moves and we'll lock you up for obstruction and for statutory rape.", Elliot warned.
"Alright.", Juan replied. Elliot and Olivia exited the apartement.
"Well that could explain why we didn't have an exact match for the fluids.", Olivia said as she got into the passenger side of the car.
"Ok, so new MO. Ricky finds out that his brother is doing his ex girl friend, so he kills her and burns her with the cocaine to torture her and then just brutally rapes her.", Elliot suggests.
"Possibly, but we might have to find out who this Enrique Sanchez guy is.", Olivia adds.
"God, sixteen, pregnant and ready to get married...", Elliot complained out of the blue.
"Doesn't it remind you of a story?", Olivia asked sarcastically.
"I wasn't sixteen, and Kathy and I didn't just elope because she was pregnant." They arrived back at the precinct and found Casey, Munch, Fin and Dr. Huang outside the interrogation room, while Ricky was on the outside.
"What did you find?", Casey asked.
"It wasn't Ricky that raped the girl, she was sleeping with the brother, and was pregnant.", Elliot replied.
"My God, the Medical examiner missed that?", Casey asked.
"She was only about a month along.", Olivia replied. "It would have been hard to detect. Ricky hasn't been in his house in over a year, he's been living with Enrique Sanchez."
"Does Ricky know about her being pregnant?", Dr. Huang asked.
"We'll find out.", Munch suggested and Fin followed him into the interrogation room. (inside IR)
"So, how far along was she?", Munch asked as Fin closed the door. The
other two detectives, the ADA, and the doc watched and listened from outside.
"What you talkn' bout, son?", Ricky asked confused. Munch and Fin looked into the double mirror at the detectives letting them know he didn't know about it.
"Who's Enrique Sanchez?", Fin asked.
"Nobody."
"Look, 'son'.", Munch yelled repeating Ricky's words, "You cooperate us, we'll try to keep your sorry little punk ass out of jail. Now tell us, who the hell is Enrique Sanchez?"
"He's my room mate. He gives me dope, and we shoot together. He lives on 132nd Street, in Harlem."
(outside)
"Well, lets check this Enrique guy out. I guess we'll need a warrant", Elliot suggested and Olivia followed him after Casey gave them one. In a few minutes they reached the apartment. Olivia knocked on the door, and Elliot yelled his name out. No one came to the door.
"Enrique Sanchez, this is the police. OPEN UP!", Elliot warned. Still with no avail no one came to the door. Elliot kicked the door open and walked in. There was cocaine and marijuana all over the apartment.
"Well, here could be the reason Ricky wasn't home in over a year. This room's clear.", Elliot said as he had his gun pointed in the air.
"This is clear too. He's not home, I guess.", Olivia said.
"Liv, come see this.", Elliot yelled from the kitchen. Olivia ran to the kitchen and found a bloody knife on the floor. "We've got our guy."
"Oh my God.", Olivia exclaimed. Blood covered the room and a cigarette was found on the floor. "The butt that burned Jessica." Olivia said as she picked it up.
"Bag it.", Elliot ordered. As Olivia and Elliot walked around the apartment the door opened.
"What the..", a mid twenties man said as he dropped his bag and ran. Elliot and Olivia reacted immediately and followed in pursuit. He ran down the stairs, and in a desperate attempt, Elliot jumped off and flew down a flight on stairs landing on the man. "What'cha 'fraid of, Enrique is it?", Elliot asked panting looking at the ID on his license to confirm that he was Enrique. Elliot got up and grabbed the man by the wrists. "Get up, get up.", he warned him. Olivia finally made it to the bottom of the stairs and read Enrique his rights. They drove back to the precinct without saying a word.
Casey, Munch, Fin, and Dr. Huang were waiting at the precinct when Elliot and Olivia came back with the suspect. They released Ricky without charge. Elliot and Olivia went straight into the interrogation room.
"I aint sayin' notin' man.", said Enrique.
"Well one thing is for sure; you won't be saying anything when you find a needle being in your arm. So talk now, and we'll see what we can do for your sorry ass.", Elliot said.
"I didn't do nothin.", he repeated. Elliot shook his head and grabbed the man by his shirt. He pulled Enrique and slammed him against the wall.
"You killed two people. Jessica was pregnant. Look you little prick, we got the murder weapon. We know you did it, but why?", Elliot whispered aggressively into his ear. Enrique started to hesitate and confessed.
"That bitch stole my dope. No one gets away with that. So I showed her who she was, burnt the bitch up, and put her near my school to humiliate her.", he said.
"I'm going humiliate you.", Elliot warned him and punched him in the stomach. He left the interrogation room fuming with Olivia following him.
"What the hell was that?", Olivia asked.
"Just doing my job."
TBC...............
Part 1
A/N: Hey everyone thanks for the support. Oh, I just want to mention that I don't know the legal age for marriage in Puerto Rico, I just made it up like other things lol. Enjoy this chapter anyways and tell me what you think. Also, thanks for the reviews on my other new story At Loss for Words.
A few minutes later, Olivia came rushing in, her hair not nicely groomed like on many mornings, and she was very plain looking. She seemed to be wearing clothes that she wore the day before, and she wasn't even wearing makeup. Elliot, Fin, and Munch didn't say a word. Cragen came out of his office and hounded Olivia and Elliot down.
"You and you, get in here.", he ordered pointing to Olivia and Elliot. They looked at each other curiously, and walked into his office.
"What's up, cap?", asked Elliot.
"Get down to school PS 114 in the Bronx. We got one kid raped and dead...", he instructed. Without a word, Elliot and Olivia left the precinct and got into the car. Their was utter silence for a long time.
"Thanks for the favor...", Elliot began
"No problem...", Olivia replied.
"How was your night?", Elliot asked.
"Good...", she replied not giving away anymore information, but before Elliot could ask her anything more, she said, "We're here." The car came to a halt and Elliot and Olivia jumped out.
"Police...", Olivia yelled and that was enough for the masses of people to break. The medical examiner was there already examining the body.
"What'da we got?", asked Elliot.
"Caucasian or light Hispanic female, fifteen to eighteen. Cuts and gashes all over, probably from a kitchen knife, burned here probably from a cigarette, vaginal bruising, lots of fluids...she was raped.", she replied.
"Any ID?", asked Olivia.
"No, she didn't even go to this school, but I'll take her to the lab. I might find something..", she replied, and the CSU wheeled the corpse away.
"Well, I'm sure those burns might tell a story.", Olivia said.
"Those fluids too.", Elliot said. Next, Olivia's phone rang.
"Benson....". After a few minutes of describing the victim, she hung up. "That was Cragen... he said Fin and Munch are looking into the absent girls in high schools across the city."
"That's going to be a long search..", Elliot replied.
"Well, I guess we can go eat or something..", Olivia suggested. Elliot agreed and escorted her to the local diner down the street.
"What would you like?", asked the waitress.
"Scrambled egg and bacon and a coffee.", replied Elliot.
"Make that two.", Olivia added. About ten minutes later their food was out and they ate.
"So, why do you look..um...not yourself today?". asked Elliot uncomfortably, not trying to offend her.
"I was out last night.", she replied as she sipped from her coffee.
"Really? With who?", he asked.
"Ewan. We met the night you went home early. He's a really cool guy, made me dinner last night, fell asleep. That's why I was a little late. Actually.really late.", she laughed.
"That's great!", he said as he finished his breakfast.
"How was your night?", she asked.
"Great..", he said smiling and cocking his eyebrows, and Olivia laughed. Elliot's phone rang.
"Stabler...yea John...alright we'll be there in a few..Bye." He closed his phone and told Olivia, "John's got some info weed need to know about, and so does the Medical examiner."
"Let's go.", she said and they threw five bucks each on the table. A few minutes later they were in the Medical examiners office.
"What do ya got for us?", Elliot asked.
"Well remember those burns? We examined them..guess what the ashes were from...cocaine. We also found cocaine in her system. This girl was bustin school to have a puff."
"What about the fluids?", asked Olivia.
"Oh yea, we got lots of fluids.", said the medical examiner. Munch walked in a threw a folder on the table.
"The semen matches closest to a..Ricardo Hernandez. He went to guess where....PS 114. He's seventeen, busted for guess what...cocaine possession, twice.", Munch told them.
"What else did you find on the girl?", asked Elliot.
"Her name's Jessica Rodriguez, sixteen. She went to St. John's Catholic School, in Harlem. We're thinking Ricardo and her were an item, and also into the crack industry.", Munch added.
"We'll track this Ricardo guy down. Keep in touch. Munch, you go to this girl's house and tell her relatives what happened.", Olivia instructed to both Munch and the medical examiner. Elliot and Olivia walked out, and Elliot said, "I know if I ever caught Maureen or Kathleen with that shit, they'd be in big trouble."
"I could see why..", Olivia replied. They got into the car and drove back to the school.
"Excuse me..hi, I'm Detective Benson this is my partner Detective Stabler...do any of you know this girl or anyone by the name of Ricardo Hernandez?", Olivia said as she held up a picture of the victim.
"That's Jessica. She don't go here though. She was hookin up with that Ricky guy, yo.", one man answered.
"Tell us about Ricky.", Elliot said as he took out his pad.
"Oh, he's a cool peep, but they don't go out no more. He used to chill wit us, but he aint anymore. He's on the pipe or something.", a young girl answered.
"Ok, ok, back up. You said they weren't hooking up any more?", asked Elliot. "Why is that and what do you mean by hooking up, like sex?"
"Ha, ha. This guy obviously aint from the streets. Of course I'm talking about sex. I don't know why they aint no more though.", someone else answered.
"Was Ricky here in school today?", asked Olivia.
"No he wasn't.", answered another girl. "He's in my homeroom."
"Do any of you know where he lives by any chance?", asked Elliot.
"Yea, on the corner of East 238th Street in Brooklyn Heights.", answered he same girl.
"Thank you.", said Olivia as she and Elliot left and got in the car.
"Well, Elliot, you obviously 'aint from da street'", mocked Olivia putting on the heaving accent the other kids were talking.
"Ha, ha. Well, guess not. How am I supposed to know what the hell that means. Sixteen year olds should not be having sex.", Elliot laughed.
"Would you have said that when you were sixteen and you were you know..", Olivia asked sarcastically. Before Elliot could answer with a smile or a cocky answer Olivia added, "We're here...", Olivia said and she jumped out of the car and approached the man who was leaving the building.
"Excuse me, Ricardo Hernandez? We need to have a word with you.", said Olivia holding up her badge to verify she was a cop.
"I'm Juan, Ricardo's brother..", he said nervously.
"Juan, is your brother around?", asked Elliot.
"No, he is in school.", he replied.
"Well, no he wasn't.", Olivia notified him.
"...He's in trouble isn't he? Come in.", Juan invited. Olivia and Elliot followed him into his apartment.
"What has he done now?", asked Juan.
"We think he has been involved in a rape and murder of a young girl.", Elliot replied.
"Who?", asked Juan.
"Jessica Rodriguez. Did you know her?", asked Olivia.
"No. Well, yea....she's been here before.", answered Juan. "I don't know what to say.."
"What do you do?", asked Elliot.
"I'm in construction. Trying to support the myself. My mom died in childbirth, and my dad drowned in Jersey.", Juan answered.
"Juan, did you ever see Ricky or Jess involved with drugs?", asked Olivia.
"Of course not..", Juan answered.
"Well, we believe Ricky did that too.", Olivia said.
"Oh my God...", Juan said. He was visibly upset covering his forehead with his hands.
"We're sorry, Juan. Please call us if you hear from your brother or if you need to tell us anything.", Elliot apologized as he handed him his card. Elliot and Olivia left as Juan thanked them for coming around. Elliot and Olivia left and got back into the car.
"Well....that was interesting.", Elliot said as he sat back in the seat. Just before Olivia could agree, her phone rang.
"Benson...Yea John....Alright, give us five minutes...", she said and she hung up the phone.
"What does he want now?", asked Elliot as he pulled away onto the highway.
"He got Ricky.", she said abruptly. A few minutes later they were back at the precinct. Munch and Fin were already interrogating Ricky. (inside IR)
"Where were you today?", asked Munch.
"No where..", he said.
"Smokin' some dope I think...", Munch taunted.
"What you talkn' bout?", he asked.
"Why weren't you in school today?", asked Munch.
"I don't go most days...", he answered with an attitude.
"Look, we'll lock your punk ass up in the slammer. You were killing your ex girl friend while havin' a little puff for yourself.", Fin said.
"I broke up with that bitch long time ago, after I found out she was screwin' my brother.", he answered. "I was smoking dope, and yea I was out of school, but last time I checked that aint killing her." (outside IR)
Dr. Huang and the other two detectives looked at each other.
"Juan said he seen her a few times, but really didn't know her. He never said he was sleeping with her.", Olivia said.
"He probably didn't want to get charged with rape.", Dr. Huang said. "Or he was embarrassed of his love for his brother's girl."
"Well, Ricky doesn't approve of it.", Elliot said.
"Well, hey, boys will be boys, he probably had other girls.", Dr. Huang explained.
"Yea, but I know if my brother was sleeping with my wife, I wouldn't kill him, I would just get divorced.", Elliot laughed.
"Well, Ricky is growing up in a broken home, he has no where to go and no one to turn to. His brother sleeping with his girlfriend is like a slap in the face. It's like telling him that he isn't good enough. I think we got his MO. Go back to the house and confront the brother. See what he says.", Dr. Huang suggested. "As for Ricky, the murders seemed like retaliation for embarrassment."
Olivia and Elliot walked out of the precinct and got back into the car. "I can't believe this guy lied.", Elliot said incredibly mad.
"Yea, well we didn't really ask him if he was doing his brother's girlfriend.", Olivia answered. "We'll get him now, and if he denies anything we can arrest him for obstruction." Elliot smiled and put on his sunglasses. He slowed the car and parked it in the driveway across the street from Ricky and Juan's house right next to a hydrant. Olivia and Elliot got out and just as they were to cross the street a police officer warned them to move their car or they would get a ticket.
"We'll only be here for a second, officer.", Elliot answered ignorantly showing off his badge. The officer shook his head and walked away. Olivia reached the top of the steps and rang the doorbell.
"Juan, this is Detective Benson, I was here earlier.", she yelled in the open window next to the door. Juan opened the door to check if it was them, and he let them in.
"Wow, you guys are fast.", he said. He knew why they were there.
"We need to talk.", Elliot warned him.
"I know, take a seat.", Juan replied pulling over two chairs.
"You were sleeping with Jessica?", asked Olivia. Juan hesitated for a second and Elliot and Olivia could here the lump being swallowed in his throat.
"Yea...I could see she wasn't happy with Ricky. He would call and she would hang up on him and he would get so damn mad, you know? One day she came by, she said she was gonna break up wit' him. So he wasn't there, probably out smokin' pot or something now that I know he's doing it, and we made love. She was such a beautiful girl, and we started dating behind closed doors. Of course she broke up with Ricky, and we....", he started to get emotional and he continued. "Am I going to get charged with statutory rape?"
"Just cooperate with us and we'll see what we can do. So what happened then?", Elliot asked him.
"She found out she was pregnant, a month along by now.", he replied.
"Was it yours?", Olivia inquired.
"Of course it was. I was going to bring her to Puerto Rico, and we were going to get married..." Elliot looked to the ground with a touch of embarrassment, it reminded him of a story he knew.
"She was sixteen, Juan.", Elliot reminded him.
"But we were in love. In Puerto Rico, we can marry when you are seventeen. By the time she had finished her junior year of high school, she would have been that. I just don't know why anyone would hurt her.", Juan said, he was crying by now. "I loved her so much."
"Your brother was dating her before you were, and you just take her, impregnate her and announce to the world that your going to get married?", asked Olivia confused.
"I haven't seen Ricardo in a year. After he got out of prison he's been living with some Enrique Sanchez. He goes to school with him. I've tried to tell Ricky I'm sorry, but I just haven't seen my brother for a long time. Tell him I'm sorry, detectives."
"Juan, when was the last time you had intercourse with Jessica?", Elliot asked.
"Last night before she was killed."
"Did you use protection?", Olivia asked.
"No...", he replied embarrassed.
"We'll get back to you soon. Make any quick moves and we'll lock you up for obstruction and for statutory rape.", Elliot warned.
"Alright.", Juan replied. Elliot and Olivia exited the apartement.
"Well that could explain why we didn't have an exact match for the fluids.", Olivia said as she got into the passenger side of the car.
"Ok, so new MO. Ricky finds out that his brother is doing his ex girl friend, so he kills her and burns her with the cocaine to torture her and then just brutally rapes her.", Elliot suggests.
"Possibly, but we might have to find out who this Enrique Sanchez guy is.", Olivia adds.
"God, sixteen, pregnant and ready to get married...", Elliot complained out of the blue.
"Doesn't it remind you of a story?", Olivia asked sarcastically.
"I wasn't sixteen, and Kathy and I didn't just elope because she was pregnant." They arrived back at the precinct and found Casey, Munch, Fin and Dr. Huang outside the interrogation room, while Ricky was on the outside.
"What did you find?", Casey asked.
"It wasn't Ricky that raped the girl, she was sleeping with the brother, and was pregnant.", Elliot replied.
"My God, the Medical examiner missed that?", Casey asked.
"She was only about a month along.", Olivia replied. "It would have been hard to detect. Ricky hasn't been in his house in over a year, he's been living with Enrique Sanchez."
"Does Ricky know about her being pregnant?", Dr. Huang asked.
"We'll find out.", Munch suggested and Fin followed him into the interrogation room. (inside IR)
"So, how far along was she?", Munch asked as Fin closed the door. The
other two detectives, the ADA, and the doc watched and listened from outside.
"What you talkn' bout, son?", Ricky asked confused. Munch and Fin looked into the double mirror at the detectives letting them know he didn't know about it.
"Who's Enrique Sanchez?", Fin asked.
"Nobody."
"Look, 'son'.", Munch yelled repeating Ricky's words, "You cooperate us, we'll try to keep your sorry little punk ass out of jail. Now tell us, who the hell is Enrique Sanchez?"
"He's my room mate. He gives me dope, and we shoot together. He lives on 132nd Street, in Harlem."
(outside)
"Well, lets check this Enrique guy out. I guess we'll need a warrant", Elliot suggested and Olivia followed him after Casey gave them one. In a few minutes they reached the apartment. Olivia knocked on the door, and Elliot yelled his name out. No one came to the door.
"Enrique Sanchez, this is the police. OPEN UP!", Elliot warned. Still with no avail no one came to the door. Elliot kicked the door open and walked in. There was cocaine and marijuana all over the apartment.
"Well, here could be the reason Ricky wasn't home in over a year. This room's clear.", Elliot said as he had his gun pointed in the air.
"This is clear too. He's not home, I guess.", Olivia said.
"Liv, come see this.", Elliot yelled from the kitchen. Olivia ran to the kitchen and found a bloody knife on the floor. "We've got our guy."
"Oh my God.", Olivia exclaimed. Blood covered the room and a cigarette was found on the floor. "The butt that burned Jessica." Olivia said as she picked it up.
"Bag it.", Elliot ordered. As Olivia and Elliot walked around the apartment the door opened.
"What the..", a mid twenties man said as he dropped his bag and ran. Elliot and Olivia reacted immediately and followed in pursuit. He ran down the stairs, and in a desperate attempt, Elliot jumped off and flew down a flight on stairs landing on the man. "What'cha 'fraid of, Enrique is it?", Elliot asked panting looking at the ID on his license to confirm that he was Enrique. Elliot got up and grabbed the man by the wrists. "Get up, get up.", he warned him. Olivia finally made it to the bottom of the stairs and read Enrique his rights. They drove back to the precinct without saying a word.
Casey, Munch, Fin, and Dr. Huang were waiting at the precinct when Elliot and Olivia came back with the suspect. They released Ricky without charge. Elliot and Olivia went straight into the interrogation room.
"I aint sayin' notin' man.", said Enrique.
"Well one thing is for sure; you won't be saying anything when you find a needle being in your arm. So talk now, and we'll see what we can do for your sorry ass.", Elliot said.
"I didn't do nothin.", he repeated. Elliot shook his head and grabbed the man by his shirt. He pulled Enrique and slammed him against the wall.
"You killed two people. Jessica was pregnant. Look you little prick, we got the murder weapon. We know you did it, but why?", Elliot whispered aggressively into his ear. Enrique started to hesitate and confessed.
"That bitch stole my dope. No one gets away with that. So I showed her who she was, burnt the bitch up, and put her near my school to humiliate her.", he said.
"I'm going humiliate you.", Elliot warned him and punched him in the stomach. He left the interrogation room fuming with Olivia following him.
"What the hell was that?", Olivia asked.
"Just doing my job."
TBC...............