Chapter 6
Gibbs left the observation room with determination in his stride. Ziva and Tony ran to catch up with him and find McGee. He was sitting at his desk, muttering to himself, shaking his head and going through crime scene photos and notes.
"McGee, what was that about?" Gibbs asked loudly, startling Agent Lee who had been working on tracing Jeffers financial statements for Tony while everything was going down.
"Boss, something about Webster just sets me off. And I'm not just talking about the fact that he knew his girlfriend was going to be killed by this other person. Something isn't adding up and I had to come look these over."
"What are you looking at, McGee?" Tony asked, craning his neck to see what the agent saw.
"Crime scene photos from Anne Sawyer's apartment. Ducky found bruising consistent with someone hitting her, but the bruises weren't made with the same force as the bruises from the restraints. It's almost as if the person hitting her wasn't as assertive…"
"As the one that bound her with the restraints." Gibbs finished.
"I think Webster was the one hitting her, for whatever reason, and he watched while this other man killed his girlfriend. Petty Officer Weston was Anne Sawyer's closest friend on base. We interviewed her after Anne's murder and she seemed uneasy but wouldn't admit to knowing anything. I haven't found any evidence in any of our reports that said she knew about what was going on. Why would they kill her?"
Before Tony could interject, the screen in the bullpen came to life.
"Hey, guys. We found something you might be interested in." Abby interrupted.
"Go ahead Abs," Gibbs and Tony said at the same time.
"Yes, sirs!" Abby replied with a smart salute. "Carly was looking at Penny Weston's laptop and found some IM's that were deleted but saved on the hard drive. Apparently, two days before Anne Sawyer's last date, she confided in her friend about the awesome night she was looking forward too. According to the IM's, Anne was excited at the prospect of what could happen, but Penny was asking her to be careful. It also looks like Penny knew footballerfreak and was trying to warn Anne that he could get out of control. The bad news is that neither of them mentioned who this guy was by name."
"Good work, Abby." Gibbs and Tony said once again in unison.
"One question, guys. Since you have Campbell Webster in custody, have any of you looked for scratches on him?"
Tony answered, "No, not yet. McGee threatened to shoot him so we thought we'd let him stew a while."
"McGee! I am impressed." Abby said and grinned at the camera. "One more thing, Tony, about your guy Jeffers, Ducky completed his autopsy and found a strange patch of skin on his arm. He wanted to show it to you."
"On my way. Thanks Abby."
"You're quite welcome." She told them and cheekily saluted them again before turning off the feed.