Chapter 10

Detective Wheeler climbed back into his car. The interview with the Thomas' hadn't brought him much luck, they said the same thing as they had on June 21st when their sons Christopher and Lee went missing.

And nobody stuck out as odd to them either.

His next stop was the Wyatt's.

Steven Wyatt and his wife Nicole Wyatt. Nicole is not the biological mother of Christopher and Lee. Their birth mother is a woman named Judith Harper. Steven and Judith divorced five years before the murder of their sons. Steven remarried three years ago, and Judith has told friends that she is happy being a single mother.

Wheeler pulled up outside the house, quickly flipping through his notes and when something caught his eye.

He grabbed his phone and called Fred Jones.

'I think I have something.' Wheeler began.

'Detective Wheeler? Where are you?' Fred asked.

'I'm outside the house of Steven and Nicole Wyatt, but I was going through my notes and I found something. The boys who have been kidnapped and killed are all twins, identical twins, I think we've seen that by the photographs, but there is something else. In each family, there is one sibling left behind.'

Wheeler heard Fred's breath hitch in his throat, though he didn't say anything he could tell he had surprised him. He could hear Daphne ask what was going on.

Wheeler continued, 'The Tudor's have a 9-year-old daughter, the Richards' have 13-year-old son, the Thomas' have a 13-year old daughter, the Wyatt's have 9-year-old daughter and I just check the files and the Harleson's have a 13-year-old.'

'What the fuck.' Fred replied.

'I don't know whether to interview the Wyatt's now or head back to the station and go over things.' Wheeler explained.

Fred sighed, 'Interview them and see what they say.'

'Ok, I'll meet you guys back at the station when I'm done.' Wheeler ended the call and climbed out of his car.

After Fred had explained Wheeler's findings to Daphne, she reminded him that Milo Pablo was also 9-years-old and suggested that they look into his case more.

They arrived back at the station, Fred messaged Wheeler and told him what they were doing.

When they walked into the station a police officer with the name badge OFFICER LOGAN sat behind the desk and told them that Fischer was taking the statements of the Harleson's and a specialist was speaking with the surviving son.

Fred and Daphne went up to the operations room and searched through for the case file labelled PABLO, MILO

It wasn't hard to find, his name stuck out to Daphne. Plus it was the thinnest file in the 'P' section.

Fred flipped to a fresh page in his notepad and he and Daphne sat at the table together. Fred took notes as they read through it.

Both getting goosebumps when they read that Milo Pablo, aged 9, had a twin brother and a 13-year-old sister. Though neither of them was interviewed due to the state of shock they were both in.

Daphne ran her hands through her hair and leant back in the chair, 'So does this mean that our killer is also Milo Pablo's killer, or are the cases related some other way?'

Fred shrugged, 'I guess when Wheeler gets back we can discuss it.'

'I think the only option is to find out where the Pablo's are now and maybe find a way to interview them.' Daphne suggested.

Fred nodded, pulling his phone out of his pocket, he did some research. Daphne leant over his shoulder to look at what he was doing.

Fred felt goosebumps tingle over his body as he felt Daphne's warm breath on his neck but remained focussed on his phone.

He found out that Pablo's house was sold to a couple by a local realtor Sandpoint Homes. The database showed that Pablo's did not purchase a house from Sandpoint Homes indicating that they left town. No one could blame them if they did, but it was going to be tasking finding where they went.

So Daphne grabbed her phone and began searching on the nationwide database for women named Rosie Pablo. Based on the information from the police file, Daphne worked out that Rosie Pablo – Milo's mother – would now be 73 years of age if she was still alive. She hoped she would be. And Milo's older sister Willa and his twin brother Luca would be 47 and 43.

She found a woman named Rosie Pablo who had died at the age of 70 at Sacramento General Hospital. Her death certificate said cancer.

Daphne went back to the database and found that Willa Pablo had married a man named Paul Baller in 1997 and had three children between 2002-2007. Willia and Paul moved back to Idaho several months after her mother's death, though she does not live in Sandpoint. Surprisingly, Willa and her family reside in Sandhurst which is just over an hour away from Sandpoint.

Making a quick note of the address, she went back to the database and searched for Luca Pablo. Catching Fred's attention when she gave a hum of confusion, 'What is it?' He asked, leaning over her shoulder.

'There is no record of Luca Pablo after 1999.' Daphne spoke, 'The last any records saw of him was when he had an x-ray at the dentist and that's it. He disappeared two years after his sister's wedding.'

'That's strange.' Fred commented, 'Maybe he's taking Milo's name, they are brothers, after all, maybe it's a sentimental thing?'

Daphne searched Milo Pablo and all that came up was his birth and death certificates. Born January 9th 1978. Died June 21st 1987.

'Hang on a minute.' Fred said and he grabbed the two police files – Milo's and the one Fischer had given them – and he flipped through the pages.

'What is it?' Daphne asked.

Fred looked back at her, amazement on his face but also shock, 'Milo Pablo…Charlie Tudor went missing on what would have been Milo's 42nd Birthday and the Thomas brother's disappeared on the 33rd anniversary of his death.'

A smile flashed across Daphne's face before her face returned to its confused look, 'So the cases are linked?'

The door opened and Wheeler walked in, 'What?' He asked when he saw the looks on their faces.

'We have a link.' Fred said and they showed Wheeler their discovery, 'What happened to Luca Pablo?' Wheeler asked. Both Fred and Daphne shrugged at this, they did not know where Milo's brother had disappeared to or if he was still alive. But they had to find out.

Returning from his break, Officer Quinny took over from Officer Logan who took his turn for a break.

He heard footsteps coming down the stairs and looked over to see Commissioner Fischer walking with Hannah and Andrew Harleson and their 13-year-old son Ronnie Harleson, all three looked distressed and the parents were crying.

A woman – who Quinny knew to be the child specialist – walked alongside Ronnie Harleson with her arm over his shoulder and he had a look on his face that was almost relieved she was with him.

Fischer escorted the family out of the station and once they had climbed into their car she chatted with the child specialist outside.

Quinny looked away from them and turned to the board on the wall and stared at the poster of Milo Pablo.