Chapter 6

After the apparent suicide of his sister Vanessa, Kenneth McCloud is sitting in the interrogation room after being arrested. Gibbs enters into the interrogation room. Tony, Ziva and McGee are on the other side of the two-way mirror.

"I've been sitting here for hours." Kenneth stated. "I demand to know…"

"You're not in the position to make demands, Kenny." Gibbs said as he sits down. "I heard you've gotten into quite a few fights with Jamar Wilkinson."

"If you're asking… I didn't kill that nigger."

"That's not what I asked." Gibbs stated. "How did this Wilkinson/McCloud feud start?"

"In all honesty, I don't even remember exactly." Kenneth replied. "Niggers don't belong in our town. Whites and blacks don't mix. I admit to being a racist, yes."

Gibbs slides a photograph across the table, toward Kenneth.

"What's this?" Kenneth asked.

"Those are tire tracks found at the crime-scene where Jamar Wilkinson was hung." Gibbs stated. "The tire tracks are a match to a Ford Silverado."

"Wow… Tire tracks to a Ford Silverado… Too bad this doesn't mean shit, especially when there are 20 people in the town who have the same truck." Kenneth pushes the photograph back toward Gibbs. "If that's it, I'd like to go now."

"We're not done yet." Gibbs said. "Does your neighbor always borrow your stuff?"

"Yes he does. He's constantly asking me. Why?"

"Care to explain these." Gibbs slides another two photographs across the table. "We recovered these from the back of your truck."

"You had no right searching my truck! You didn't have a warrant!"

"We don't need a warrant when something is in plain sight!" Gibbs exclaimed. "We talked to your neighbor for a couple minutes. Afterwards, he wanted us to tell you that he's borrowing your garden rake. He lifted the tarp in the back of your truck. Under the tarp were the garden rake and the chain."

"What's this red paint on my chain?"

"You should know what it is." Gibbs said. "That's Jamar Wilkinson's blood after you smacked his head with it."

"I didn't kill that nigger!"

"We found a combing pattern at the crime-scene… It matches the pattern for your garden rake. And the chain has Jamar Wilkinson's blood and also your fingerprints on it."

"I swear to God I was with my sister when that nigger was killed."

"We seem to have a major problem, Kenny. A murder occurs and everything seems to point to you…"

"I didn't kill him!"

"Do you have any other alibi?" Gibbs waits a couple seconds after getting no response. "I take your silence as you not having another alibi."

"I want a lawyer."

"You said your sister Vanessa was depressed for three months. Do you know why?"

"I can't believe she killed herself, Agent Gibbs." Kenneth said. "I really wish I knew what made her so depressed."

Gibbs stands up and walks to the two-way mirror.

"Turn the tape off, DiNozzo." Gibbs said. "I wanna speak with Kenny alone."

From the other side of the two-way mirror, Tony tells the technician to turn everything off. Gibbs begins talking with Kenny.

"You know what this reminds me of…" Tony said.

"Let me guess, a movie." McGee said.

"I was talking about the name Kenny. It reminds me of South Park." Tony stated.

"You're right. McGee agreed. "Oh my God!" He said in a South Park voice.

"They killed Kenny!" Tony added in his South Park voice.

"You bastards!" Ziva finished in her South Park voice.

Tony and McGee turn their heads to look at Ziva.

"What?!" Ziva wondered. "I may not know Curious George, but I certainly know South Park. That Cartman song about Kyle's mom is quite funny, yes."

Tony and McGee look at each other. They smile evilly.

"You guys…" Tony begins to say in his South Park character Cartman voice. "This is all Kyle's mom's fault."

"Shut up, Cartman." McGee said in his South Park character Kyle voice.

"Kyle's mom is the one who started that damn club… And all because she's a big fat stupid bitch."

"Don't say it, Cartman."

"Weeellllllllll…"

"Don't do it, Cartman."

"Weeellllllllll…"

"I'm warning you!"

"Ok, ok…"

"I'm getting pretty sick of him calling my mom…"

"Weeellllllllllll…" Tony begins to sing in his Cartman voice. "Kyle's mom's a bitch, she's a big fat bitch, she's the biggest bitch in the whole wide world, she's the stupidest bitch if there ever was a bitch, she's a bitch to all the boys and girls…" He continues singing. "On Monday she's a bitch, on Tuesday she's a bitch, on Wednesday to Saturday she's a bitch…"

Gibbs pounds on the two-way mirror and motions for Tony to turn everything back on. The technician turns everything back on. Tony presses the button to a microphone.

"Yeah, Boss?" Tony asked.

"If you wanna keep your job, then stop singing that South Park song." Gibbs stated. "Now turn everything off again."

"Right, Boss. It won't happen again." Tony said. "Shutting things down, now."

Tony motions for the technician turn everything off again. Tony looks to Ziva and McGee.

"There's no way he heard me." Tony stated. "How did he know?"

"No idea." McGee answered.

"You guys need to seek professional help." Ziva stated. She now looks to Tony. "And you're supposed to be Chioke's role model. He's more mature then you."

"I'm a big kid at heart." Tony grins.

Gibbs motions for them to meet him in the hallway. Gibbs walks out of the interrogation room and the others walk out of the surveillance room. They meet in the hallway.

"I'm letting Kenny go." Gibbs stated.

"You can't be serious." Ziva said. "The evidence points to him, Gibbs."

"I have to agree with Ziva on this one." Tony stated. "He did it. I mean… The guy has no living alibi, he owns the correct truck that was at the scene, and he had the garden rake and bloody chain in the back of his truck, both with only his fingerprints on them. He's racist and part of an ongoing feud so he does have motive."

"You find me one more piece of evidence that places him at the scene… Then we'll charge him." Gibbs stated.

"You're kidding, right?" McGee wondered.

"Do I look like I'm kidding?" Gibbs finally walks away and around the corner.

Tony, Ziva and McGee are left in the hallway.

"He's not kidding." McGee said.

"What more do we need…" Ziva wondered.

"I forgot to ask him how he knows that song." Tony said.

Eventually, Gibbs enters into the Forensics Lab. Gibbs is holding a Caf-Pow.

"What do you got for me, Abs?" Gibbs asked.

"I got something rather hinky." Abby said. "You were right about Vanessa. Take a look."

"That explains her depression. And it's also a possible reason for someone to kill Jamar." Gibbs stated as he looks at the computer screen. "Do me a favor, Abs… Don't tell the others about this. I told you about what Vanessa told me when she was dying… Don't even mention anything about that either."

"My lips are sealed." Abby now hands him a cell-phone. "I placed the GPS locater into Kenneth's cell-phone and watch, like you asked."

"Good work, Abs." Gibbs takes the cell-phone and watch.

Gibbs kisses Abby on the cheek. He walks to the door and leaves the lab in order to go back upstairs to finally release Kenneth McCloud.