Nick and Brass sat in the back of the restaurant watching the crew up front. Grissom stood behind the both of them, arms folded across his chest. Another crew member had been called in to take over for the crew as they came over and spoke with the investigators. First up was Julie Stevens. She was a blonde haired girl of about nineteen with sparkling blue eyes. She was tall, about five-eight and even in the turquoise polo shirt that was standard for the crew, she still looked like a model.
"So Julie," Brass started, "how well did you know Krystal?"
Julie, who was still getting over the shock of Krystal's death, grabbed her ponytail and played with it. "Pretty well, I guess, considering that she was always at school or busy with work for school. I went over to her place a couple of times."
"Anything unusual happening here at work? Did she have any enemies?"
Julie thought for a moment. "No, everyone liked her. Nothing really strange happened. David and her fooled around a lot. You know, teasing and stuff. But that was just Krystal. She was very spunky here at work. Teased all the guys who worked here."
Nick smiled. Krystal was very flirtatious, even with him on crime scenes. He didn't think she meant to be; it was just part of who she was. "Did she have a boyfriend that you knew of?" Nick asked.
Julie grinned. "Yeah. It was pretty recent, though." Julie stopped playing with her hair and folded her hands, as if she had finally realized her nervous habit. "I think his name was Greg. He came through a lot. About five-ish or so. Maybe six. All I knew is that when they started dating Krystal was a different person. They always went to breakfast though," Julie commented. "I think it was because he worked nights or something."
"What does Greg do?" inquired Brass.
"He's some type of scientist, I think," Julie replied.
Nick and Grissom exchanged glances. They had an idea of whom Julie was referring, but didn't think it was possible.
"How was Krystal a different person? Grissom asked.
Julie replied instantly, "Well, she's always perky at work. But outside of work she's very quiet. Always observing stuff. But when her and Greg started dating, outside of work she was just as perky as when she's at work."
The last thing that Nick did was to take Julie's fingerprints and a left shoe print for comparison to the prints that he found at the scene.
The group interviewed Dylan Farlon and Steve Graves and both confirmed the drive through guy as being a regular and Krystal talking about going to breakfast with him. Also, as part of the interview process, Nick took shoe prints and fingerprints from the two men.
Last up was David Pelandale. He sat down at the booth quickly, wanting to get this over with so he could get back to work.
"So David, tell us about you and Krystal." Brass started.
David shrugged his shoulders. "Not much to tell. She's a tease. I keep her in line. That's it. If I were you, I'd look into that boyfriend of hers."
Grissom raised an eyebrow. "Why's that?"
"He practically stalked her until she went out with him."
If this was Greg Sanders they were talking about, Grissom knew that he wouldn't stalk someone. So he countered with, "What do you mean?"
David leaned forward on his elbows towards the men as if he was going to share a big secret with them. "He comes through only on the nights that Krystal's working and orders French fries and a soda just so he can talk to her. He asked her out like ten times before she finally said yes."
"How long has he been coming here?" Nick asked.
David though for a bit. "Probably since May." Brass nodded at the man.
Getting David's prints was not a problem. He willingly gave them up, and while Nick was taking the shoe impression, he noticed that David's approximate size was thirteen. He made a mental note to check on that particular print first.