Chapter Five: Looking For Answers
The next morning dawned bright & early for the team as they prepared to meet with Michael's mother & step-dad to find out what they could about their fugitive."What was the address Savannah?" Cosmo asked sliding into the driver's seat as the others settled into their seats, "605 S. 2nd Street" Savannah replied, "got it" Cosmo answered as Sam flipped through the file, "so what's the story on these people?" Bobby asked, "mother, Anna Carey, an ex-police officer for the police department in the next town over, Seabrook worked there for 30 years before retiring. Recently remarried after several divorces, husband, David Carey, also recently retired."Sam read from the files Savannah had printed from the internet "hmm, maybe the remarrying bit was the reason Michael offed his dad," Cosmo commented, Savannah shook her head, "nothing in the file about that, although, the file did say that after his parents divorced, his dad never wanted anything to do with him, so that's more likely the reason," she said "well, I guess we're about to find out" Bobby answered noting that they'd arrived at their destination.
Sam led his team up the front walk to the door & knocked, while they waited they could hear a rather large dog barking & what sounded like a woman yelling at it, the team all glanced at one another & choked back snickers as they heard the door being unlocked, a second later they stood facing a woman in her early 50's with short auburn hair, "yes, can I help you?"she asked, Sam stepped forward with his credentials in his hand, "U.S Marshals ma'am, are you Mrs. Carey?" he asked "yes I am" she answered, "is there a problem?", "may we come in? we need to ask you & your husband some questions concerning your son Michael," Noah said, Mrs. Carey stepped back, "certainly, come on in while I get my husband," "thank you" Noah replied as the team filed inside silently.
Mrs. Carey came back a minute later with her husband David & introductions were passed around, "please have a seat," Mrs.Carey told them, "what can we help you with concerning Michael?" "Thank you ma'am" Sam said as they took their seats, "were you aware that your son is a suspect in the murder of your ex-husband, Doug Taylor?" Anna paled slightly at his question, "no I wasn't, when did this happen?" she asked, "two days ago" Bobby answered, "Jesus,I..I just can't believe he would do something like this," Anna said as her husband slipped his arm around her, Savannah leaned forward, "Anna, is there anything, anything at all that you can tell us that would help us find him or maybe you can tell us what would lead him to do this," she said. Anna shook her head, "I honestly couldn't tell you, our divorce wasn't the easiest in the world, his dad never had much contact with Michael afterwards if any at all & that wasn't something that was my doing, I never denied the man the right to see his son, he just didn't want anything to do with him & Michael was angry at him for that,"she paused for a second, "and at me as well I guess" she whispered.
"Why would Michael be angry at you?" Cosmo asked, Anna sighed," because I wasn't around as much as I should've been, being a police officer I couldn't always be around for school functions & things of that nature" she paused, "but I never dreamed he would kill him," "Anna, can you explain how Michael came to be kicked out of the house?" Sam asked, "he was kicked out because he couldn't hold down a job, I was paying for everything & I was sick of him disregarding everything I said," she answered, "he wouldn't listen to anything my wife & I said, David interjected, "he acted like he owned the place & every time we would call him on it, it would end up in an argument." "Can you tell us where you think he would go?" Bobby asked them,"well, he has friends in the area, you might check with them," Anna answered, "these friends, they would be Jimmy Porter, David Smith, James Delgado & Marc Johnson, correct?" Noah asked, Anna nodded, "yes, that's them," she said, "ok, well, thank you for your time Mr. & Mrs. Carey, we appreciate your cooperation" Sam said, standing, "if there's anything else that you think of,or if you see or hear from him will you give me a call?" he asked, handing Anna his business card, she nodded "certainly" she said standing & showing them to the door, "thank you ma'am" Sam said, "anytime" Anna answered.
"Well, what do you think Sam?" Cosmo asked as they piled back into the Suburban, "I feel sorry for them," Savannah said, "putting up with bullshit like that, I'd have kicked his ass out years ago if he was treating me like that," they all agreed, "I think our best bet is going to be talking to his friends" Sam finally said, "something tells me he would contact them first."