Chapter 4
Missing Since Friday
After getting the husband calmed down, the questions began to roll.
"Mr. Jones, when was the last time you seen your wife?" Brass asked Michael Jones
Michael sitting on the couch smoking a cigarette, you could tell just by the man's body language and tone that he sincerely didn't know what had happened to his wife.
Taking a drag from his cigarette, blowing out the smoke and shoving a shaky hand through his hair Jones replied
"She was supposed to be up in Gerlach, visiting her sister, Melanie had her baby, I couldn't take the time off, didn't have the money to fly so she was driving, I told her to wait a week, that I would go with her, but no her sister had to have her there now. I didn't want her to go alone. It's a seven and half hour drive, it's too long, what, am I going to tell Aiden!" Jones said sobbing taking another shaky drag from the cigarette.
"Ya know I quite smoking these things ten years ago. Just started back up when Melanie called to ask when Felicia was going to leave the house, Felicia would have already been there. I tried to file a missing persons report, but they wanted me to wait till the morning so I could be sure she didn't have car trouble, damn them, it's been a week. And now Aiden has to grow up with out his mother." A frantic knock came on the door, Keller the assisting office answered, a slim, tall woman with graying hair, caring an infant burst through the door.
"Michael! Omar called said the police were here, did they find Felicia?" the woman said slightly bouncing the baby, kissing the top of his curly red head. Michael, getting up from his spot on the couch, rushing to the woman, enveloping her in a hug.
"Mom, she's dead." Jones said hugging his mother.
"Oh my god, Michael what happened? Was it a car accident?" the woman sitting in the closest chair available, unconsciously rocking the baby back and forth. Sara just watched, as the Families life came tumbling around them. She never had the chance to mourn her parents, and now it was going to be the same for little Aiden Jones. Brass asked the question again.
"When was the last time you seen your wife?" Brass said not really wanting to interrupt the family.
"Well, it would have been last Friday morning, I was just leaving for work, Felicia was getting ready to load the car, I kissed her goodbye and told her I loved her and that I would talk to her in a couple days" bursting into tears, he excused himself. Not paying any attention, Sara didn't see Grissom leave the room until he called her name.
"Sara get my kit for me will you. Bring yours as well." His voice coming from around the corner. Not questing him she retrieved both kits, returning to the house and locating Grissom who was on his knees in the hallway, opening his kit and retrieving gloves and a pair of tweezers, he pulled orange fibers that were stuck to the wooded chair rail. He brought them up and studied them.
"This is now an active crime scene .I found fibers just like this at the dump site" He said getting to his feet. "Brass, I need the house cleared, find out anything you can from the husband and his mother, what route she was taking and what time she was supposed to leave the house." Brass went in search of Jones, while officer Keller took Mrs. Jones out side to explain what was going on. Turning to Sara, "What do these look like to you?" Grissom said to Sara, holding his tweezers up so she could get a good look at the fibers.
"Nylon, maybe" Sara said as Grissom took a small envelope from his kit and tucking the fibers safely inside, then securing it in his kit. As they processed the house, the found short down like hair, blood on the couch that had pooled on the floor that lead to the front door and out to the driveway.
"Well… It's safe to assume that she was killed here, and then taken by car. Grissom there is blood all over the place, I'm going to swab all of it, there were defensive wounds on her hands, maybe she injured him" then mumbled "I hope she got him good." Grissom just looked at her, went over to the front door, examined the frame, then proceeded to check all the windows, side doors and the back sliding glass door.
"There is no sign of forced entry" Grissom stated
Looking up. "She knew the guy." Sara said
Coming from the break room, coffee in hand, Nick went to see Hodges about Grissom's orange fibers.
"Hey, Hodges you got anything on those orange fibers" Nick asked placing his cup on the table. Hodges handed him the print out on the fibers.
"Stokes, yeah it's Nylon, braided, you can get…Landyards and cheap jewelry, bracelets and necklaces out of bubble gum machines and dog collars and leashes, ladies nylons, cheap cording for crafts, Halloween costumes. It can come from any number of things, but I can tell you that what ever it came from it was oran-" Nick cut him off
"Orange, yeah Hodges I know." Nick replied unimpressed. "Anything else?"
"I did find hair from Canis Familiaris on the fibers" Hodges replied
"Dog hair? You have a breed for me?" Nick asked going over the print out.
"Yeah. I'll give you a hint. They have blue tongues, they look like lions and most owners name them Wrinkles." Hodges said in an Alex Trebek voice.
"Alex, what is a Shar Pei" Nick stated more than asked. Picking up his cup.
"Ding, Ding, Ding. Johnny, tell him what he's won." Hodges said
"Thousand dollar answer" Nick said leaving the trace lab.
