CHAPTER 21
Leaving Gow, Gibbs went back to the squad room where the team were trying without much success to find something that would lead them to the killer.
"Financials?" he asked,
"Been through Gow and Brooks, nothing out of ordinary for Gow, nothing odd from Brooks for the last 3 years"
"Anything from the crime scene we can use?"
"Negative boss" Tony sounded flat and defeated.
"I think I might have a theory" McGee said while still staring at his screen.
"As vague as that sounds, McGee, right now I'll take it"
"ok, from the financials we can surmise they weren't paying anyone to be part of this. Gow didn't actually kill any of the victims, although he did pass the information on to whoever did. We also know that Brooks was present at, at least one murder"
"You got a point somewhere in there McGee?" Gibbs patience, already stretched was threatening to snap.
"Abby found that Brooks had visited the archives twice before the days we knew about, I think Gow went through your files to find someone with a personal grudge against you, and he used that to get them involved in this. So I went through the files myself, and I found this.."
McGee clicked a button and the plasma sprang into life, showing a mug shot of a greasy, weasel faced man.
"Ian Rivers, boss, you put him away for assault with a deadly weapon"
"I remember McGee"
"Anyway, he got released 18 months ago but that's not all, in the 10 months leading up to his release, he was visited every week by Special Agent Kate Todd"
"For a dead person, Kate sure is getting around" Tony muttered followed by "Ow!" as Gibbs hand connected with the back of his head.
"Find him McGee" Gibbs ordered as he went back to interrogation