Chapter 7- Making progress

Upon arriving back at the lab Lindsay immediately sent both DNA swabs off to be tested and compared with the DNA that they had found in the bikini bottoms. While that was off being tested Lindsay took the photo that Michaels had given them and showed it to Adam.

As she did this Danny took the sign in sheet and call sheet to Hawkes where they began to work on both of them. With the phone numbers Danny called Flack and informed him of their findings. Hearing this Flack said that he would call all the numbers on the list and have each of them come in for questioning. Hanging up with Flack Danny saw Lindsay walking quickly to the lab that he was in. Before he could open his mouth to ask what was up Lindsay said,

"Before we went to the modeling agency you and Flack apprehended someone who was a match to the semen that we found in Chelsea Harris's bottoms, right?"

With a look of concentration on his face Danny nodded as he tried to understand what she was telling him. Seeing his nod Lindsay continued,

"Well if you recall Jerry Michaels said that he had had sex with Chelsea after the photo shoot. If that was true then his semen should have also been present in Chelsea's bikini bottoms. So with that in mind I did another test on the semen in the bottoms…"

Handing Danny the results folder Lindsay said,

"This time I found two types of male DNA. One was a match to Brian Daniels, and the other was a match to Jerry Michaels."

Shaking her head as she watched Danny look at the results Lindsay sighed, "I still can't believe I didn't find this the first time I ran the test."

Looking up at her Danny gave a sympathetic smile as he said, "its ok babe at least we were able to bring one of them in for questioning. My guess would be that the reason why you only found one match to the semen was because the two semens were on top of each other."

Nodding slowly in agreement Lindsay said, "Yeah that's what I figured as well. That's why when I ran the second test I swabbed deeper and in more than one spot."

Looking back down at the lab report Danny continued flipping through the pages as he said,

"Well from these results, and the fact that you had to swab deeper to discover Jerry Michaels's DNA, I would say that Chelsea Harris had sex with Brian Daniels after having sex with Jerry Michaels. Now Flack interviewed Daniels after we had brought him in because I had left to meet you. I can call Flack and have him give us a copy of the interview."

Picking up the phone Danny called Flack about the interview with Daniels. A little while later Flack walked off the elevator and walked into the lab where Danny and Lindsay still stood. Handing Danny the papers Flack looked from Lindsay to Danny as he asked,

"So did you guys find anything at the modeling agency?"

At that question Lindsay started to tell him what they had heard from Mr. Coleman and Mr. Michaels. At hearing the part about Chelsea Harris Jerry Michaels having had sex Flack gave a low whistle and said,

"This girl was a real player."

Looking up from the papers Danny asked, "Alright Flack even with this report can you tell us what happened in the interview with Daniels?"

Nodding once Flack began…

Brian Daniels sat in the hard metal chair leaning over the cold metal table in the interrogation room. Flack sat in a more comfortable chair across from Daniels and was starring at Daniels in the face. Leaning closer Flack said,

"Ok, Brian I'm going to get straight to the point. Do you know a girl named Chelsea Harris?"

Daniels looked up at the ceiling as he said, "So what if I do?"

With a flash of hatred Flack slammed a photo onto the table under Brian's face. Pointing to the photo of Chelsea Flack said,

"This is Chelsea Harris; now I will ask you again, do you know her?"

Looking up from the photo of Chelsea with his eyes wide Daniels replied, "Yeah I know her. We've been friends since college. We actually started dating last week."

With this bit of information Flack asked, "Did you have sex with Chelsea two days ago?"

Surprised at the question Daniels replied, "Yeah we did. How did you know that?"

"We found some of your semen in the bottom of Chelsea's bikini."

"Can you tell me where you and Chelsea had sex?"

Cheeks blushing slightly Brian replied, "We did it in the back seat of my car in the parking deck of the modeling agency that she worked at."

Nodding Flack asked, "About what time was this?"

Looking up at the ceiling again as he thought Daniels replied, "About 9 o'clock that night."

With a curious expression on his face Flack inquired, "Nine at night. It was freezing that night, weren't you two cold?"

Shrugging his shoulders Daniels replied, "We were a little at first but then as we got going we started to sweat."

That little curiosity gone Flack asked, "Do you know if anyone saw what the two of you were doing?"

Shaking his head no Daniels immediately answered, "No, I didn't see anyone, and the windows became pretty fogged up as we had our fun."

With those important questions answered Flack asked a few more questions before giving Daniels his card in case he remembered anything that might be important…

Hearing this Danny said,

"Well we may want to bring Jerry Michaels in for more questioning. He had sex with Chelsea before Daniels, and with Chelsea and Daniels doing it in a car in the agency parking deck he could have seen something."

Flack nodded in agreement and said, "I'll call him and have him come down later today."

As Danny nodded to this Flack looked to both Danny and Lindsay as he asked,

"Have either of you talked to Hawkes? He called me just a little while before you did. He told me that he too was working on the model sign in sheet and phone number list. I was just wondering if he had told you of any new leads or of any new suspects that we need to bring in for questioning."

Danny looked to Lindsay, who shook her head no before he looked back to Flack and replied,

"No I haven't been to talk to Hawkes since I got back from the agency with Linds."

Continuing from where he left off Lindsay said, "I haven't seen him either. I've only come and talked to Danny of the results from the second DNA test that I did on the semen found in the bikini bottoms."

With a slow nod and a somber expression on his face Flack said, "Alright I'm going to go back to my desk and call Jerry Michaels to let him know we need him to come down. I'll call you when I know when he'll be here."

That said Flack began walking to the door. Just as he reached the door Flack turned around and asked, "Have either of you heard anything from Mac on how Stella is doing?"

With a quick glance at Danny Lindsay said, "You mean Danny didn't tell you what I told him?"

Confusion all over his face Flack replied, "All he said was that you had some good news to tell him about Mac and Stella, but that you wouldn't tell him till he met with you at the agency."

Hearing this Lindsay remembered what she had told Danny when he had called saying that they had apprehended Daniels. Looking to Flack Lindsay said,

"Sorry Flack I thought that Danny would have called and given you the good news…"

With a smile spreading across her face Lindsay continued, "Mac and Stella have a baby girl."

Mouth slightly open from the unsuspected news Flack closed it quickly before he replied, "Wow that's great. I just didn't expect her to have the baby this quickly."

Nodding in understanding Lindsay added, "All of us were surprised to hear that she had delivered so quickly. Mac said that Stella delivered the baby in the truck just four blocks from the hospital."

Releasing another low whistle Flack said, "Wow that gives an entirely new meaning to the word 'home birth' and even 'natural child birth'."

Still nodding at his own statement Flack said, "Alright I am heading back downstairs. If you hear form Mac again tell him I said congratulations."

Seeing Lindsay and Danny nod at his request Flack made his way to the elevator to head downstairs. When he had left Lindsay turned to Danny and said,

"Should we go and see if Hawkes has found anything with the sign in sheet, and number list?"

With one nod they headed over to the computer trace lab. There once again seated in front of the two working monitors was Hawkes. Hearing their approach Hawkes turned his head to face them as he said,

"Hey guys I am just about done and was about to come and see you both. I'm just running the last name and number on both lists through the system."

At that moment both screen had different pictures of the same woman pop up at the same time. The woman was thin and light skinned with big blue eyes and long brown hair. Looking at the file on screen Hawkes read aloud,

"Hailey Simon. She is a model that was at the same photo shoot along with Chelsea Harris. And according to the sign in sheet she was the only person besides Chelsea Harris to write in the log the time of when they came in and left…"

Turning to the second screen Danny said, "Would you look at that Hailey and Chelsea left just ten minutes apart from each other."

That point made Lindsay added, "So that means that Hailey could have seen Chelsea and Brian together in his car and went to tell Michaels."

Nodding in agreement Danny said, "We need to get Hailey down here to see what she may know."

Turning to Hawkes who was still sitting in front of the monitors Danny asked,

"Can you highlight Hailey Simon's number for me Doc?"

Finding her number on the list Hawkes highlighted the number on screen. With the specific number on screen Danny grabbed his phone and called Flack to give him the number and have him to call her to come down to the station for questioning.

That done Danny called Mac and gave him an update on their progress, and to give him Flack's congratulations. Hearing of their progress Mac was really impressed. At the rate that they were working they would have their killer in custody in a couple of hours. Not long after hanging up with Mac Danny's phone rang with Flack on the other line. Seeing Flack's name on his phone Danny immediately asked,

"Hey Flack, what do you got?"

"I just talked with Hailey Simon; she'll be coming by the precinct in the next half hour. I figured that some of you guys would want to hear what she had to say."

Hearing this Danny replied, "Alright I will be down there right away and I'll bring Lindsay or Hawkes with me to be a second witness to what she says."

Hanging up his phone Danny looked from Hawkes to Lindsay as he asked,

"Are you two free to go hear a model talk of what she may have seen in the parking deck?"

Standing up from the monitors Hawkes replied, "I'm all finished with all of my work for the case, and I wouldn't mind bringing a fresh pair of ears to the interrogation."

That said Lindsay replied, "I'll go too I'm all done with all of my tests as well."

With the hidden ears chosen they all three made their way down to the precinct to meet with Flack and talk with their suspect.