A Past Revealed

"Blood tests show that the blood found in the apartment was a mixture of type O and AB negative blood, the good news is the majority of the blood is AB negative" Trivette giving the latest update on Angela's case.

"Angela's blood type is O, but I don't know whose AB negative." Michael said as he thought through who could have been in the apartment.

"What the test also proves is that Michael was not involved in what happened. Considering the attacker has AB negative blood." Walker said as he handed Michael his gun and badge back, Detectives Burns and Thomas stood there very agitated, Burns had been ready to slap the cuffs on Michael, to try to bring up charges on everything from assault to first-degree murder.

"But Michael is the one behind this." Burns started arguing at once, "every shred of our evidence points to him."

"Burns let me ask you something," Walker said trying to keep his cool, "explain how Michael could be involved when the lab says that it was the type O blood was positively identified as Angel's?"

"Michael has type AB negative. You're just covering up for him." Burns said in a cocky tone.

"Oh really, Well, I would believe that if I didn't know for Absolute fact that Michael has type O blood."

"You're lying." Burns immediately accused Walker.

"See for yourself." Walker said as he handed Burns a file that contained the blood tests.

Looking at the paper where Michael's blood type was listed he saw that it was type O.

At that moment genuine fear and surprise registered on the man's face when he realized how much trouble he was in. After saying a quick apology he took stormed out of the office.

"Maybe this will help," said Andrew, who had been working on the computer, as he came into the office with a police file in his hands. He handed them over to Walker.

"Andrew Jason..." growled Trivette,

Andrew gave him an innocent look, "I didn't search through any police files. Honest, Dad. I sent the blood type information in and it searched through people just released from jail and five files came up. The computer searched through the files not me. I just picked the right one of the five."

"Who is it, Walker," Trivette asked. Walker paled as he handed the papers over to his partner.

"Tim Ross?"

Everyone but Mark stared at Trivette in shock. Walker broke the silence first speaking through clenched teeth, "I thought Ross was supposed to be in Huntsville for another fifty years."

"He got out on a technicality, a week ago." answered Trivette handing the papers over to Michael. "I can't believe some cop messed up this case. It was open and shut, Ross should have got lethal injection."

"Why was Angela and I not informed of his release." Michael asked anger building up in him

"They say that they are trying to have things sorted out but they had computer problems." Sydney said in frustration.

"So in the mean time that psycho is out there somewhere with my wife and unborn child doing lord knows what, and they say their having problems?" Michael said out of extreme aggravation.

"Wait a minute," said Mark, "who is this guy and why don't I know about him?"

"He abducted Angela when she was eleven years old," Walker began explaining to Mark of the hell Tim had put the Walkers through.

That day had been busy for the Walkers, Angela and Melissa had, had a music recital; with the insistence of Alex's father' Gordon, Angela had started taking harp lessons when she was six. Melissa, always following in her big sister's footsteps also played the harp. That night after getting home late Alex and Christina, who had just turned four, fell asleep as soon as their heads hit there pillows…

Later that night, Walker and Alex awoke to a voice full of terror. When Melissa came into the room; Walker thought she had, had a bad dream. But what she said soon became Walker and Alex's worse nightmare…

"Momma, Daddy, Angie's gone." Melissa told them as she stood by the bed wrapped in her blanket.

"Mel, Angel is in her room asleep." Walker tried to calm the young girl down. "You're supposed to be in your room with Chris."

"But I was sleeping in Angie's room with her, when a man came in with a gun and took her" Walker knew then, by the look of pure terror in the seven year olds blue-gray eyes, that Melissa was telling the truth. Walker got up and ran down the hall, he checked Angela's room and Melissa was right Angela was not in the full size bed in the room (Melissa slept with Angela so often it had been necessary to get Angela a full size bed to accommodate the two girls.). While Walker checked Angela's room, Alex checked Melissa and Christina's room, then going down stairs to check to be sure Angela is not down there, In the kitchen Alex saw that the window was broken open, Alex immediately yelled for Walker.

After looking at the window, Walker saw that the screen was cut. Seeing scuff marks it became obvious that this had to be the kidnapper's point of entry and possibly where the kidnapper and Angela left.

It had taken about a month to finally track down Tim Ross and Angela, Angela had been found in a very small room that could better be described as a small closet. After Angela was found it took about three months for Angela to finally begin to feel safe, and four months for her to talk without being spoken to first.

When they raided the house of Tim Ross, although they didn't catch him, they found pictures everywhere. Snapshots of Michael and Angela on the job, and at home, others of Angela as a teenager at home and school, and in a box were pictures of Angela that had been taken from the first time Tim Ross had abducted her, they were everywhere, some of them were torn, and others had the faces cut out.