Chapter 10
The Captain refused to let any of his detectives go home without an escort. They'd been ordered to grab a change of clothes and anything else they might need and then return to the precinct. Officers were posted outside Ken's hospital room and his mother Theresa was brought there so they could keep a watchful eye on her too. Elliot had called Kathy and told her to head for her sister's place. Even though they were no longer married, he didn't want them home when one or both of the suspects decided to drop by.
"So what do we do now? These guys obviously have us at a disadvantage," Munch said.
"We might finally have some good news! The DNA popped in the system!" Cragen announced as he exited his office. He'd just placed a call to Doctor Huang so he could be brought up to speed.
"Who is it?" Elliot asked.
"A familial match to a Burton Cray. Cray is upstate doing time for assault with a deadly weapon. Seems he and his brother don't get along," the Captain said.
"What did he use on his own brother?" Fin was surprised.
"His car apparently. He claimed that his brother, Charles, tried to attack their mother. Their mother said that she had no idea what he was talking about. With no real reason, for attempting to run his brother over, Burton took a plea but only after he begged the DA to get social services involved," Cragen frowned.
"So he obviously thought there was something going on but his own mother wouldn't back him up. What did the DA do?" Olivia wanted to know.
"They sent social services over there to have a look around. It's obvious that they believed him to some length but he did use his car and he did do it in front of witnesses. Says in the file they knocked it down from attempted murder," the Captain said.
"We need to speak to his mother," Elliot said.
"That'll be hard to do since she died last year. Suspicious circumstances," Cragen's frown continued to deepen.
"Let me guess, she got beat over the head?" Munch wondered.
"Close, she fell down the stairs," the Captain said.
"What made that suspicious? She was an older lady, maybe she tripped," Elliot suggested.
"Perhaps if it had only been one flight she fell down. Somehow she managed to roll down the second flight all on her own," Cragen shook his head.
"If this guy is willing to kill his own mother, killing a perfect stranger, is not that hard," Olivia heaved a sigh.
"Then why is the brother the beta?" Fin asked.
"Because the guy who is the alpha is sicker than he is," Elliot frowned.
"Par for the course then," Munch said.
"Well why don't we see if we can get Charles down here for a little chat?" The Captain posed.
"You think we'll be able to find him at home or at work? I mean they have stepped up their attacks, especially now that they are targeting us," Olivia had to wonder if by now their perps were deviating from their usual schedules.
"We wouldn't want to give away that we're onto them if Charles isn't home or at work. A friendly coworker tells him we've been looking for him and Charles goes underground," Elliot agreed with his partner's assessment.
"On the other hand, he and his buddy could be out scanning for their next victim," Munch said.
"Surveillance might be our best option at first. He doesn't show up, we put an alert out for him," Fin suggested.
"Keeping an eye on him might lead us to his partner. My guess is that once you catch Charles, he won't squeal on his partner," it was Doctor Huang. He had just arrived after hearing there had been a DNA hit.
"All we have on him is DNA at the scene. A good lawyer could argue that the real rapist planted it or that he'd visited the victim before," Elliot didn't like it.
"Exactly, so he won't talk. You need to be able to corner him," Huang agreed.
"All right. Elliot, Olivia, take Charles' home. Fin, Munch, head to his job. We could be in for a long wait," Captain Cragen ordered.
To Be Continued…