1Chapter Four
Forensic Lab
10:27 am
Monday, April 12th, 2005
"We found nothing on the body, no evidence, nothing to prove that Fred Reynolds did it," M.E. Warner explained to Munch and Cassidy. "All I can really tell you is that the squeezing of the boy's arms caused his bones to break, his ankles were sprained and the last the attacker did was choke him."
"What did he choke him with?" asked Cassidy. "A rope, wire..."
"His arm," answered Warner. "The bruise is too big to be a rope of some sort, some sort of hand print would be seen if his choked him with his hand, so my conclusion is he wrapped his arm around his neck and because his arms were broken the kid couldn't do anything."
"And what about the other evidence that Detective Stabler and Detective Benson found at Mr. Reynolds house?" asked Munch.
"We'll be done with that by noon," answered M.E. Warner.
Interrogation Room 1 of Special Victims Unit
10:34
Fred Reynolds sat at the table with a cast on his foot and a black eye. He looked as though he wanted to run a screw driver threw Stabler's face. Stabler stood in the corner of the room staring at him. Olivia sat at the table with Reynolds.
"So why did you kidnap Davey Callin?" asked Olivia.
He didn't respond.
"Mr. Reynolds," Olivia raised her voice, "why did you kidnap Davey Callin?"
Again he didn't respond.
Stabler approached the man and slammed his fists on the table. "Listen you son of a bitch, we have enough information so that the jury could send you right to jail but you can convince us otherwise so why don't you just answer the fucking question," Stabler said. "Why did you kidnap Davey Callin?"
"I ..." Reynolds began
"Don't say anything Fred," commanded a voice.
Stabler and Olivia turned to see a woman with a briefcase standing at the door of the interrogation room. She had short blonde hair that reached her shoulders. She stood poised and confident.
"Who the hell are you?" asked Stabler.
The woman shut the door behind her. "I'm Tiffany Johnson, I'm Mr. Reynolds lawyer." She walked over to Mr. Reynolds. "What have you done to him?" she said appalled as she saw his condition. "Mr. Reynolds and I would like to have some time alone," she said turning to Stabler and Olivia.
Stabler and Olivia both looked at each other and then back as Ms. Johnson.
"Please leave," Tiffany said.
Stabler and Olivia walked out of the interrogation room and shut the door to be greeted by Casey Novak.
"I've been up against her before," said Casey talking about Ms. Johnson. "She's good."
"How many times have you been against her?" asked Olivia.
"Too many times to count and the majority of the time, I lost," explained Casey.
"Well that's reassuring," snapped Stabler.
"Well we have enough evidence to prove he's guilty, the jury shouldn't take his side," said Olivia.
"Yeah but this woman's convincing," said Casey.
Fin came up to the three. "Forensics are done with the evidence, Cragen wants you two to go check the results. I would go with Munch but we're meeting Mrs. Callin at the airport."
"What about Mr. Callin?" asked Olivia.
"Mr. Callin died three years ago," said Fin. "We just found this out. The man who she was with is her second husband, George Thurman."
"Well that's interesting," said Stabler.
Forensic Lab
10:45
"The bags of drugs had his fingerprints on them," said M.E. Warner as she stood at one side of the table looking over the evidence with Stabler and Benson on the other. " The clothes on the other hand didn't have Davey's DNA or finger prints but Mr. Reynolds finger prints were on them. The bottles of Vodka had his fingerprints though. But what was interesting was I found Davey's DNA on the mouth of the bottle but his fingerprints were not found."
"Reynolds must have forced the liquid into his mouth," said Olivia.
"That's what I thought," said Warner. "Well call me and tell me when the court date is scheduled, I'll be more than happy to testify."
Interrogation Room 1 of Special Victims Unit
11:23
"So Mr. Reynolds," said Stabler. "Did you or did you not kidnap Davey Callin?"
"I didn't," he answered Reynolds.
Ms. Johnson sat beside Mr. Reynolds for support. Across from Tiffany was Olivia. Stabler was standing. He always felt more comfortable standing when interrogating. He felt more in control.
"Did you kill Davey Callin?" asked Stabler.
"No," he answered.
"Why was Davey Callin's clothes in your house?"
"I don't know," answered Reynolds.
"So you're saying you had no knowledge of Davey's clothes in your trash?" asked Olivia.
"Yes," he answered.
"Why did you have drugs in your house?" asked Olivia.
"I was holding them for my brother," he answered. "My brother had bought it off someone and they were dropped off at my house. My brother was going to pick them up in about a week or so."
"Why was Davey's DNA found on the mouth of the bottle of your Vodka?" asked Stabler.
"I don't know," answered Reynolds.
"Fred, if you just tell us the truth now your punishment might not be as bad as it will be if you continue to lie," said Olivia.
"Fuck you," said Reynolds.
Olivia got up and walked out Stabler followed shutting the door.
"He won't budge," said Cassidy after Stabler shut the door.
"No kidding," agreed Stabler.
"Well I'm taking him to court," said Casey. "He committed the crime and unless the court will have idiots as the jury I will win this." She walked off.
"Fired up isn't she?" grinned Cassidy.
"You bet," said Stabler.