Coldest Degree
Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Red Eye or CSI: Miami!
Summary: When the body of an identified young woman is found, a manhunt begins for her killer. It's a murder of the coldest degree, but what if the main suspect had nothing to do with it?
Prologue
A body lies face-first in the dirt beside a small pond. The water line has receded and the dumped body has surfaced. It is a young woman in her late twenties or early thirties. Her soaked hair is tangled and covers her face.
She is dressed for a night on the town. Strappy high-heels are buckled around her ankles, a loose, flowing red skirt ends just below her knees, and a red and white dress top clings to her skin. Her purse and identification cards are both missing.
Even from her back, there is evidence of a struggle—a fight to the death. Half-formed bruises cover her arms and legs as well as scratches and cuts from a sharp blade. The most telling sign of her killer's identity and the fight is the harshly carved letter 'J' on her outstretched right forearm.
Whoever she was, she was not expecting to die that night.
Author's Notes:
Before everyone thinks this is just a Jackson-kills-someone story, I promise that it is not. There are plenty of twists to come. I decided to kind of cross it over with the TV show CSI: Miami so that the crime can be solved and investigated. It will be written very much like an episode of the show, but there will be times were it switches to the POV of characters from Red Eye. I got the idea when watching a marathon of CSI: Miami last Monday. Enjoy and please review!