"I have a question." Lindsay said to Stella later.
"Okay."
"What if they came from Jersey?"
"The victims are from New York, so it's a good guess that they left from this side of the state line."
"Liberty Island is 600 metres from New Jersey it's more than three times that to New York. I know on the map it looks like it's in New Jersey but is still a part of New York."
"Someone has been swatting up."
"Idiots guide to the Statue of Liberty: Everything you wanted to know." Lindsay showed Stella the book.
"Where did you get that?" Stella took it from her.
"My family and my co-workers thought it would be funny at my leaving party to give me every guide book possible to New York."
"Have you actually been to these places?" Stella asked.
"I've been to Central Park, on the murder tour and I saw the Statue of Liberty this morning."
"You don't need guide books you need a New Yorker to show you around." Stella saw Danny down the hall. "Danny."
"Yo Stella." Danny came over.
"Lindsay needs someone to show her all the tourist places in town. She needs to go the Empire State Building places like that."
"Getting up close and personal with a tiger wasn't enough of the zoo?" Danny asked.
"It's fine Danny, I'll get around to it eventually."
"I'll go with you. But I'm not going to any art galleries."
"Okay." Lindsay agreed.
"Have we got anything on the case?" Stella asked.
"I've been over every piece of clothing there is no trace anywhere that doesn't belong to the victims."
"The footprints Mac and I found are a common brand of sneakers, and could just be from someone who visited there yesterday." Danny added.
"So we're nowhere."
"Looks that way." Lindsay sighed.
"No-one has any idea where they were going or why. We can't find any evidence and in their dorm rooms of plans."
"No computers?" Lindsay asked.
"Laptops but not connected to the internet."
"What about their university accounts? I mean students can access the internet in the library or other university computer facilities."
"Mac had the same idea, but the university refused to give us the records with a subpoena. We're waiting on a judge."
"Monroe let's go for a walk." Danny suggested.
"A walk?" Lindsay questioned.
"We need to find where the boat went into the water. We'll walk along the water line."
"I need to change my shoes and I'm going to need coffee." Lindsay stated.
"Let us know if you find anything." Stella requested.
"We will."
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"I'm going to have blisters." Lindsay groaned as they continued to walk.
"I thought you country girls were used to walking places."
"I had a horse and a truck."
"A horse?" Danny questioned.
"Daisy."
"You called your horse Daisy?"
"I had one when I was a kid called Gee-Gee." Lindsay pointed out.
"Gee-Gee?" Danny laughed.
"I was five when I named him."
"You had a horse at five?" Danny questioned.
"I've able to ride practically since before I could walk." She looked at him. "Keep your comments to yourself."
"I wasn't going to say anything."
"Stop." Lindsay told him.
"Stop?" Danny looked at her.
Lindsay sat her kit down and grabbed some gloves. She walked over and crouched down taking a few shots with her camera before extracting the object from the dirt.
"What is it?" Danny asked.
"Kimberley Wallis's student ID."
"I guess we're in the right area." Danny stated. "Do you see any drag marks or signs of a boat?"
"No. But the water could have washed them away." Lindsay said standing up.
"You look around here, I'll head that way." Danny suggested.
"Yo Montana." Danny yelled a few minutes later.
"Do you just really like making me blush?" Lindsay asked.
"Trust me I can think of other ways to make you blush." He winked at her.
"That's a conversation for after work. What were you yelling about?" She came up to join him.
"I found our primary crime scene."
Lindsay pulled out her cell phone and called Mac.
"Taylor." Mac answered.
"Mac it's Lindsay. We found the primary crime scene." She informed him.
"Where are you?"
"Hang on." Since they had been walking for over and hour she had no idea where they were. "Danny, where are we?"
"Mac." Danny said taking the phone from here. He gave him the location.
"We'll be right there."
Danny hung up.
"Where are we?" He questioned.
"Do you see a street sign?" Lindsay asked. "I'm not from New York, I still get lost."
"Do you have crime scene tape?" Danny asked.
"No."
"I guess we're waiting on the boys in blue for that."
"Just ignoring the fact that we're cops too and our evidence is degrading before our eyes." Lindsay commented.
"We're detectives." Danny corrected. "And I left it in the car. We'll just leave it to the guys in uniform."
"Do you still have yours?" Lindsay asked.
"Of course." Danny replied. "Don't you?"
"I have my one from Montana. But technically after the academy I worked for Gallatin County Sheriff's department CSU. On its own Bozeman only one evidence tech. The Sheriff department helps out."
"You should be able to get an NYPD uniform now."
"Let's process." Lindsay suggested.
"You photograph, I'll collect the evidence."
When a patrol car a couple of minutes later Lindsay handed Danny the camera and went and told them what area to cordon off.
TBC