Nick and Sara were just returning from a quick Trick Roll job when Mia caught up with them.
"Want the good news or the bad news, or the news that I am not sure is good or bad?" She asked them.
"Good news," Nick responded as Sara said "Bad news."
"OK, how about I decide then." Lifting up the file she read off the page. "Alan Cartwright was a match to one of the samples found under Katrina's fingernails. That was the good news."
"We were pretty sure that was going to match so that is no biggy. What else." Nick asked.
"Devon Sampson was not a match to the other sample. That is the bad news."
Sara shrugged, "Again, not unexpected. What is the other?"
"OK, this is the weird one. Devon Sampson, though not a match, IS a blood relative of sample number two."
Nick let out a small whistle as Sara grabbed the file from Mia.
"Are you sure about this?" she asked.
"Positive, even ran it twice to be on the safe side. How is that for a curve ball?" Immensely please with herself, Mia turned on her heels and left the two dumbfounded CSI's to make sense of her findings.
"How is that possible?" Sara asked.
"They were both male samples weren't they?" Nick leaned in close and looked over Sara's shoulder.
"Yep."
"So it can't be his mother."
"Nope"
"But a blood relative."
"Yep."
"Like father, brother, son."
"Yep."
"But not Devon himself?"
"Nope."
"Wow"
"Yep."
Jim Brass's reaction was less then they were expected. While he did raise an eyebrow he actually seemed like he was expecting the news.
"I have to say Jim, I am a little disappointed. We thought we were dropping a bomb and you act like it was nothing." Nick let his disappointment show.
"Well you see, I just got off the phone from Mrs Sampson…"
"Miss," Sara corrected her. Nick and Jim both gave her a look. "She was quite adament about that," she finished off.
"Fighting with the teacher Sara!" Nick responded.
Ignoring the shared joke Jim continued, "I just got off the phone from MISS Sampson.. and she had quite a sordid tail to tell. It would seem that her son Devon is under the misguided impression that his father passed away when he was only a baby."
Nick raised an eyebrow, "I am assuming this is not the case."
"Correct," Jim leaned back in his chair and shared his own bomb with the CSI's. It so happens that Devon's biological father is no other than… James Morton."
"You are kidding me!" Nick exclaimed.
"That's it!" Sara's reaction was also not what Nick expected.
"That's what?" Jim asked Sara.
"That's why Devon looked so familiar. Jim, pull out the picture you have of the Morton family." Jim complied and handed the photograph over to Sara. "It is so obvious. Can't you see the family resemblance. Devon has striking similarities to his father."
Both Jim and Nick took the photograph from Sara and had to concede that they too, could see a definite family resemblance.
"So, that means that the second DNA sample will most likely belong to James Morton," Nick said.
"But how can that be?" Sara asked. "Wouldn't Katrina have markers in common with her brother, Devon?"
"Not if James is not he father of Katrina?" Jim continued.
"OK, let me get this straight." Nick said. "James Morton does not appear to be the biological father of Katrina Morton, his only known child. However, he IS the biological father of Devon Sampson, photos of whom were found buried with the body of his daughter. Why?"
He then added, "Could we get a search warrant on what we have. I think we need to have a closer look at that house again."
"I should be able to get one. I also it is time Mommy Morton came in to talk to us. James too."
"I'm not going to miss this one." Sara said.
"I'll bring the popcorn. Just give Sara and I a couple of hours to process the house and then call them in." Nick said.