"Elliot, Olivia, I have a new case for you" Captain Craegan announced as he walked out of his office. "Fourteen year old girl found dead behind an office building on West Side Avenue."
"Anything else we need to know?" Elliot asked.
"Nothing more I can tell you. Just got this call in a few minutes ago. Get going, they're waiting for you." he urged.
With one last sip of coffee, Olivia grabbed the keys with her partner following close behind.
West Side Avenue
"Ok doc," Elliot said. "What can you tell us about this kid?"
"Beaten to death, temperature estimates TOD to be around 4:45pm. Oh, and she was on drugs. Found some Rittalin in her pocket."
"Rape kit?" Olivia asked the routine question.
"Positive for fluids. No one heard or saw anything."
"Well that makes sense" Detective Stabler continued. "Look at the times people work here." he pointed to the schedule on the outside of the building.
"Everyone is off work by 4:30" Olivia stated, following her partner. "The killer knew what he was doing."
"Yeah either that or just good timing." Elliot responded.
"Good timing or not, if everyone left on time, he'd still have a maximum of 15 minutes to get the job done."
"But these days people might be leaving early for their summer vacations" The detectives were thinking. Hard. Benson wrote the names and phone numbers that were listed on the schedule.
"Let's find out."
Squadroom
The next day Benson and Stabler sat at their desks calling the people on the list.
"Hi you've reached the West Side Adolecence Counciling service, office of Carole Patterson. I'm currently on vacation from July second through July six-teenth, -"
Elliot hung up the phone. "Another vacation" he announced.
"That's seven out of nine so far." Benson said, checking Carole off the list, and was about to call Amy Willows when Craegan appeared.
"Just spoke to a principal at PS 115. A student never showed up for class today, fits the description of the victim."
Elliot nodded and hung up his phone again. "Well, Michael Jones is out, too, ready for school, Liv?"
PS 115
"That's her." she ID'd the photo "Jamie was here yesterday. She seemed to get more and more distracted as the day went on. Was more hyperactive than normal." her teacher, Ms. Browne said.
"Was she usualy active?" Detective Benson asked.
The teacher sighed. "Jamie was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder a few years ago."
"That explains the Rittalin" Stabler said.
"She was trying to ween off the medicine. Other kids thought she took em' to get high. She was seeking pleanty of counciling, both from our school phychiatrist and outside sources."
"Do you know what outside services she recived?" Olivia wanted to know
"She said she had a group thereapy session once or twice a week at West Side Adolecence Counciling at about 3:00pm."
"So she talked to you about it?" Elliot asked.
"Only for a moment. She would come in certain days without her homework. Her explanation was that she couldn't concentrate because her meds wore out right after counciling."
"Does she have any friends?"
"She talked a little about some of the girls in her group, other than that she had none."
"Did she tell you the names?"
"The only one Ican remember is Ashley Waters. I wish I could help you more, but I have a class I need to attend."
"We understand, thank you for your time." Decective Stabler said.
"Let's find this Ashley Waters. Maybe she knows something."