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And now Chapter 13…
Sara Sidle and Greg Sanders had just finished their shift and were in the locker getting their things together.
"I don't know about you Sara, but I have a date with my bed, I'm beat," Greg said as he stood and closed his locker.
"I hear you. Yea it was pretty hectic last night with just the three of us. Grissom, Warrick and Nick are all going to owe us big time."
Sara grabbed her bag and closed her locker; they turned towards the door when Catherine walked in.
"Hope you guys didn't have plans. Ecklie just cornered me, he said that day shift is swamped and wants to know if we can work a double homicide."
Sara dropped her bag on the floor and looked at Greg. "No nothing planned just sleep."
"Same here."
"O.K. good. Grab your kits and I'll meet you outside in the parking lot."
Both CSIs let out a deep sigh trudged back to their lockers and put their stuff away. They exited the locker and went to meet Catherine in the parking lot.
The three CSIs all hopped in Catherine's SUV and drove out to their next assignment.
It wasn't hard to miss which house it was for there were five police cars, the coroners van and a few unmarked police cars parked in the front of it. News vans littered the streets as well. There was a police line to hold back noisy neighbors and other onlookers.
The CSIs exited their vehicle grabbed their kits and walked up to the police line. They each showed their IDs and were let in.
As they made their way up the driveway Detective Vega met them.
"What do we got Vega?" Catherine asked as she visually processed the driveway and front yard for any possible evidence.
"Double homicide, both shot execution style. Both bodies were found in the dining room. The victim's names are Rebecca and Justin Fletcher. The next-door neighbor found them."
Catherine took in all Vega had said, she looked over to Sara and Greg who were also surveying the lay of the land. She finally spoke up, "I say that we divide and conquer. Sara I want you to take the perimeter. Greg I want you to interview the neighbor. Once you've finished with that I want you to come and help me in the house. Sara the same thing applies to you."
Both nodded their heads in acknowledgement.
Greg looked to Vega, "Could you point out the neighbor please?"
"The neighbors name is Wilma Watkins, that's her in the blue jeans and red sweater."
Greg picked up his kit and headed over to talk to Wilma Watkins.
Sara grabbed her kit, "I'll start from the street and work my way in."
"Thanks Sara."
Catherine headed up the rest of the driveway with Detective Vega in her shadow. As she entered the house she pulled out her flashlight and turned it on and proceeded to look around.
It was standard procedure to enter the room as it was. If the lights were out then the lights remained out. If the lights were on then they remained on. A flashlight was always used whether it was day or night. It helped when searching for small shiny objects. It could sometimes shed the light on something pardon the pun.
As Catherine made her way into the dining room, Dave was just finishing up with the victims.
"Catherine," he said in greeting as he stood up. He looked down at the victims, "Both victims were killed at the same time. Live temp shows they've been dead since approximately five-thirty p.m. last night."
"Thanks Dave."
"Sure no problem … let me know when you're done and we'll get the bodies out of here."
"You got it." Catherine said as she ran her flashlight over the victim.
Dave grabbed his kit and left the room.
As Catherine scanned Rebecca Fletcher's body, she came across her left and her wedding band.
"Vega, she has a wedding band, is she married?"
"Yea she's married the husband's name is Dewayne Fletcher," he said looking through his notepad. "We searched the house and didn't find his body."
Catherine stood up and spied the dining room table. The table was casually set for three people. The dinner of chicken, mashed potatoes and peas now sat cold on the table. Catherine walked over to the table and said, "The table was set for three people, so where's the husband?"
Greg walked over to where Mrs. Wilma Watkins was standing. She had a kind grandmotherly face, with silver hair styled into a tight bun at the back of her head.
Greg put on his friendliest smile and approached her, "Mrs. Watkins?"
Mrs. Watkins turned to face Greg when she heard her name called.
"Hi. Mrs. Watkins, my name is Greg Sanders and I'm with the Las Vegas Crime Lab. I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions."
"Mr. Sanders I will do what I can. It's such a shame; they were wonderful people, such a close knit family."
"Can you tell me about them?"
"Yes. Well Dewayne was the perfect father; he worked as a bailiff at the courtroom. He saw a lot of riff raff there and made it a point to have dinner with his family every night. Rebecca was a stay at home mom; they thought it was important to be home for Justin. Justin was an honor roll student a good kid and well liked by everyone. You couldn't find a nicer bunch of people. Such a shame." She shook her head.
Greg listened and took notes, when she finished he asked another question, "When was the last time you saw them alive?"
"I had tea with Rebecca yesterday morning. We had a standing date every morning. We've been doing that since my Arthur passed on."
"I'm sorry for you loss."
"Oh, thank you, but my Arthur has been gone for ten years now."
Greg nodded in understanding, "So you saw Mrs. Fletcher yesterday morning, what about Mr. Fletcher and Justin?"
"Justin was dropped off by the school bus the usual time. I was watering my roses when he got home."
"What time was that Mrs. Watkins?"
"Around three-thirty in the afternoon I believe."
"And Mr. Fletcher?"
"Dewayne was usually home anywhere between four-thirty and five."
"Do you know if they had any problems with any of the other neighbors or had any run in's with anyone?
"Oh heaven's no." she said shocked by the question. "Everyone liked them."
"Can you tell me how you found them?"
"Well as I said earlier Rebecca and me had a standing date every morning for tea. When she didn't show I was concerned, usually she calls if she can't make it or is running late. I tried to call, but no one answered. When I looked outside I saw the car parked in the driveway so I walked over and rang the doorbell, no one answered. I tried the door and it was unlocked, I walked in and found Rebecca and Justin in the dining room dead. That's when I called the police." By the time she finished she was sniffling and dabbing at the corner of her eyes with a tissue. "Such a shame." She repeated.
"Did you see anything suspicious last night Mrs. Watkins?"
"No I didn't. I really try not to go out after dark if I don't have to."
"I understand. Mrs. Watkins I have to ask you for one more thing. Since you opened the front door your fingerprints are on it. Could I please take a sample of your prints so that we can rule them out when we are collecting and processing our evidence?"
"Sure, if it will help."
Greg bent over and opened a compartment on his kit. He just grabbed a piece of adhesive lifting tape and put it on her finger and pulled it off.
"I would like to thank you for your cooperation, you've been extremely helpful." He pulled out a card. "If you think of anything else just call me at that number."
Mrs. Watkins took the card and read. "If I think of anything else Mr. Sanders you will be the first person I call."
Greg smiled at her, picked up his kit and headed toward the house.
Sara had scoured the street, sidewalk, both the front and backyard and the driveway and found nothing. There were no shoe prints, no cigarette butts, no tire marks. She had absolutely nothing. She checked the front door; there was no forced entry. She did print the front door, but she knew the neighbor had touched it to get into the house. However, the neighbor did not touch the other side of the doorknob. She found this out from the police officers that arrived on the scene first. She printed the inside doorknob as well.
As she was finishing up Greg walked up to the door.
"Finished interviewing the neighbor?" Sara asked as she continued to print the door.
"Yep, she was very cooperative. I better get inside to help Catherine."
"Yea, I'm just finishing up here."
"Well I'll see you inside shortly then." Greg made his way past Sara and into the house.
When Greg walked in he found Catherine standing over the bodies.
"What do you still need done Catherine?"
"I took some basic pictures of the crime scene; I need you to take some more pictures."
"Sure thing." Greg grabbed his camera from his kit and started to snap pictures.
Sara came in a few minutes later and started to go over the floor looking for any hair or DNA evidence that could tell them who killed these people.
After hours of working the house, the three CSIs met in the living room to go over what evidence had been collected.
"O.K. so Greg what did you find out from the neighbor?"
"Well she said that they were a very close knit family. Everyone in the neighborhood liked them they had no enemies. She said that the husband works as a Bailiff at the Courthouse and that she didn't see or hear anything suspicious last night."
"Thanks Greg. Sara did you find anything?"
"Well, I found absolutely nothing outside. Not even a tire mark. So these guys were really careful. I printed both the outside and inside of the front door. So far I haven't found any hair or fibers on the carpeting."
"How about you Catherine?" Greg asked.
"Well so far the victims aren't telling me anything. I have a feeling that the husband is going to be the key in all this. Let's find Vega and have him follow-up at the courthouse to see if this guy showed up to work. I would say family man or not this guy is my main suspect for now."
Sorry to all you Nicky fans. No Nick, Warrick or Grissom this chapter, but they will so be in the next chapter. Oh yes they will. Please read and review and as usual let me know your thoughts good or bad. Take care!