Title: JACKed Up! (Part 2 of 6)
Author: Walt

Rating: T

Disclaimers: See Part 1

"Oh my god, Shannon King", said Olivia upon finding who it was.

"The one who 'accidentally' stripped naked last year at the championship game?", then asked Joe.

"The one and only", then said Olivia, who after pausing for a second to push a man with a camera out of the way then said to Joe, "She was supposedly wearing a two-layered dress at last year's halftime show at the big game, but when that other guy went to tear one layer off of her, both layers came off and she was completely nude, save for a thong."

"Of course. And a lot of people complained about that", then said Joe.

"Enough so, coupled with Carolyn Spencer's actions to where B.J. decided he was going to go to satellite as soon as his contract was up next August", then said Olivia, who then saw a note next to Shannon's body, with Olivia then asking Joe what "You've been JACKED up!" meant.

"Oh my god!", then said Joe.

"What?", asked Olivia.

"Could it be that whoever did this was actually someone who thought that Shannon King was responsible for (place call letters here)-FM going from oldies to the what is being called the Craig format this past Tuesday night?", then asked Joe.

"And how would that happen?", said Olivia.

"It's a long shot, but….", then said Joe.

"Oh, I see what you mean. If Shannon King hadn't have her infamous act at the big game, there would not have been the crackdown that eventually led to B.J. feeling he had to leave for satellite the way Howard Stern is going to at the end of this year. In turn, knowing they have to replace the revenue from the B.J. show when he leaves next year, you wouldn't have had the pressure on (place call letters here-FM's parent company) to go to what is being called the Craig format here, though most everywhere else it's known as Jack", then said Olivia.

"Exactly. I know a lot of people who are angry about the fact that (place call letters here)-FM flipped the format without allowing the air personalities who had been there for years and are some of the real legends of New York Radio to have one final goodbye", then said Joe.

"Same here. I know way too many people who were upset and angered by what happened earlier this week", then said Olivia, who then asks Joe, "By the way, how do you know it's called 'Jack' elsewhere?"

Joe replied, "Lady friend of mine in the radio business. She told me when the switch was made they decided to call it 'Craig' instead of 'Jack' because everyone else calls it 'Jack'."

The Detectives then talk to people at the scene with no success, while forensic experts then estimate the time of death as around 11:00 PM the night before, meaning she was actually murdered before B.J. was stabbed.

"She apparently was running north through the park and whoever did this most likely came out of nowhere and stabbed her before she had a chance to defend herself. She probably died when her head hit that tree", said the forensic officer, with Olivia then seeing a black object in the distance that turned out to be a very chunky black clog, with some blood on it that later would turn out to match the victim.

"Could it be whoever did this got blood on her shoes and kicked them off, figuring either no one would find them or a dog would chew them up?", asked Olivia to Joe.

"Very likely", then said Joe as they then found was an identical shoe with blood on that also, in both cases about a block south of where the victim was found.

A woman who was walking her dog comes forward at that point, identifying herself as Claire Harper, who after being introuduced to the Detectives would say to them, "I saw something odd last night when I was on my way home, but I simply thought it was some kids fooling around in the park since there seem to often be on Friday nights. Some alarm bells should have gone off however when I saw this woman running out of the park barefoot but wearing a trench coat as it was a bit warm for that, but it looked like she might have been simply upset over something, perhaps jilted by a boyfriend and at the time I was thinking she might have simply been wearing a bathing suit under her coat trying to impress one. She had shoulder length reddish-brown hair as well."

Joe and Olivia would thank her and then talk to other witnesses who had also been walking their dogs at that time, also noting seeing the woman running a couple of blocks south of there, but another witness named Colleen Murphy, who had come by with her dog noted and overheard some of what was said then noted to the detectives, "I was up around 79th around 10:00 PM when that particular woman was up there, though she was wearing a pair of very chunky clogs with her trench coat, which I found odd because it was a very sticky night. She looked very antsy at that point, like something bad was going to happen to her."

That had the detectives convinced that Carolyn had actually murdered Shannon King first, then kicked off her shoes in the park because of the blood on them, ran home, changed to running shoes and then attempted to murder B.J. about 90 minutes later.

After that, Joe and Olivia return to the 2-7, where waiting for them were Anita VanBuren and also Don Cragen, Elliot Stabler, John Munch and Odafin Tutuola, who were brought in because Elliot, John and Fin all worked the earlier case involving B.J. and Carolyn Spencer. Joe, Olivia and Casey bring the others up to speed that Carolyn is being held without bail for the attempted murder of B.J. and that Carolyn was to be arrested again, this time for the murder of Shannon King. At the same time, it was decided since Joe and Olivia are the ones who caught the B.J. case initially as well as the murder of Shannon King, it was decided Olivia would work with Joe temporarily since Joe is still without his normal partner, Ed Green, while Elliot, Munch and Fin would also help if it was needed. Since there was nothing new for now, Joe and Olivia would head home to get some rest since it appeared that both cases were wrapped up, as would the others since it was a Saturday and not their normal shift.

That would last about 12 hours, when around 10:00 PM it would be reported that during dinner, Carolyn was murdered at Rikers by a bunch of women who were fans of "The B.J. Show" that felt she deserved her fate. Two of them would immediately plead guilty to that murder (but would not be arraigned until Monday), saying to Casey when she went to Rikers along with Joe and Olivia that Carolyn deserved to be killed for her earlier attempt on B.J.'s life and for basically forcing B.J. to sattellite. Joe and Olivia then find out that a trench coat was found on 11th avenue around 57th street having fallen out of a garbage can, and it had blood on it that matched that found on the shoes whoever did this was wearing. In addition, a knife that appeared to be the murder weapon in both cases was found about a block north in a trash bin.

The most startling discovery happened a short time later when forensic officers at their lab told Joe and Olivia that it was NOT Carolyn who killed Shannon King nor attempted to kill B.J. Cameron.

"Are you sure? Every one of our witnesses gives a description that fits Ms. Spencer", said Joe to the Forensic detective.

"I'm positive it wasn't her. The DNA found on Shannon King's fingernails was that of someone else and not Ms. Spencer. She did wind up scratching whoever did this pretty good. She also when she was stabbed appeared to grab hair that was much darker than Ms. Spencer's", said the forensic offer, adding, "I can also tell you the knife had been used on Ms. King first, as there was blood from both Mr. Cameron and Ms. King on the knife, but no blood from Mr. Cameron on Ms. King's body."

"Interesting", then said Joe, then receiving a call that further up on West End Avenue, a wig of reddish-brown hair was found that matched that of Carolyn Spencer, that confirmed Carolyn didn't commit the murders.

(continued in Part Three)