"I'm certainly not saying that New Jersey is better than New York but it is most definitely cheaper" Jacquelyn Hayes told her Friend and co-worker Adam Ross while having coffee on a cold Thursday morning "Well that's true" Adam agreed "I needed this Grande. I start work in an hour" Jac yawned "I know the feeling. I start in three" "Help! Someone help!" A young woman came from a building screaming "Ma'am What's the problem?" Jac asked racing over "She's dead" "Who's dead?" Jac asked but all the stressed woman could do was point to the building behind her. Jac grabbed her gun and walked in she saw a woman who looked to be about 25 with brown hair wearing clothes that fitted the New York winter weather "Hey Mac it's me. I found a body"
"Do you know the Victim" Flack asked the lady who discovered the body "She lives in my building I see her from time to time I think her name is McKenzie" "do you know which apartment she lived in?" "maybe level 4 but I can't be sure" "Okay thank you for your help"
Flack rode the elevator up to the fourth floor and knocked on the first door that was next to the elevator "May I help you" an old lady asked "Yes do you know this woman?" flack asked showing a picture of the victim "Oh my gosh" The lady's hands went up to her mouth as she gasped in shock "ma'am?" "Her name is McKenzie Hale she lives next to me she helps me out sometimes" "I'm sorry for your loss but did McKenzie have a boyfriend or any close friends?" "I don't think she had a boyfriend, I tried to get her to meet my grandson but she said that she was focusing on earning a promotion at work but she didn't get it and told me that she wanted to meet my grandson. They were meant to go out for dinner tomorrow" "Did McKenzie live with anyone or have guests?" "No she seemed like a woman who liked to keep to herself" "Thank you for your help" Flack thanked the elderly woman and called Jac and the landlord to unlock the victim's apartment.
"She has white walls with Black and grey furniture her curtains seem to always be closed, she has no artwork and no personal pictures" Jac commented on the victim's apartments "She also has no social media accounts and most of her texts seem to be from her cell phone provider" Flack added "This girl had no social life" "The only thing she appears to be interested in is her work" Flack concluded.
Jac walked outside the building to see Mac staring at the victim, concentrating. "What are you thinking?" Jac asked "Jacquelyn, bring up the case of an Emma Greene" Mac ordered "Emma Greene, twenty-four, brown hair, brown eyes, killed by a slit throat at three A.M on Thursday and was also raped" "Notice any similarities?" "McKenzie Rowe is twenty-five she has brown hair; brown eyes she has a slit throat which appears to be her cause of death which approximately occurred at 6 A.M and we'll have Sid run a rape kit as soon as she gets there" "very good job" "How did you recognize this case straight away?" "It was one of the last cases I worked with Aiden Burn" "I've heard about her. She tampered with evidence?" "You would have done the same thing" Danny said walking into the cold lobby "I wasn't judging" Jac cleared "Yeah well maybe you should keep your mouth shut" Danny quipped "Danny! That's enough!" Mac shouted, angrily, Danny scoffed and walked up to the victim's apartment.
"Hey Sid" Jac said walking into the morgue "Oh Jacquelyn, just in time. I'm half way through the autopsy, I'm just about to remove her stomach" "Oh yay. Must be my lucky day" Jac sarcastically responded "Here are the rape results" Sid said handing a file of paperwork "Positive"
"McKenzie and Emma may look similar but they're lives couldn't be any more different" Lindsay told Stella and Mac "Emma had every social media available while Mckenzie had zero, Emma had no job and spent most nights partying. Mac, you found multiple drugs in Emma's system and you later concluded that it was taken by Emma at a club and that the killer followed her and killed her but McKenzie had no drugs in her system, no alcohol, and didn't party" "So how did the killer pick McKenzie?" Stella wondered aloud "Most killers pick their victims from a club or a workplace" Mac said "I also checked that out and McKenzie and Emma's lives never seemed to cross" Lindsay said "I looked at cases with the same details and I found three" Sheldon said walking into the room and plugging in his computer to reveal pictures of three young woman "meet Kristina Burke, Angela Roberts and Irene Harrison" Sheldon announced "Irene has green eyes and light brown hair" Stella noticed "Irene appears to be the first victim" Sheldon said "And most serial killers don't get their 'type' until the second kill" Mac smartly said. "How did no one connect these girls?" Sheldon asked "No one was looking – until us" Mac thought.
"Hey Flack" Danny said "Hey Danny what you doing here?" "I saw a guy peeing on a sidewalk near a school, brought him in" "Gross" "Yeah I need to ask you something" "Sure, what's up" "I'm going out with Lindsay tonight for drinks and I kinda want to make a move" "You're asking me?!" Flack laughed "She's different, Flack" "Okay, okay, just make a move, kiss her" "That's not to straight forward?" "Wow you really do like her" "Yeah I do. What about you and Jac?" "We're friends" Flack explained but Danny knew his friend too well "Okay she's hot" Flack admitted "Are you going to ask her out?" "Yeah probably. I just haven't found the right time" "You're with her all day and you're telling me a time hasn't presented itself? I think you're just scared she'll say no" "She won't say no to me" "Oh really? How do you know?" "Fine I'll ask her"
"Hey Jac I'm glad you're here" Flack said walking into the lab "What would you say for dinner tonight?" "I'd ask if you were paying " Jac chuckled "Of course" "Then sure. I'll see you there"
"Hey Linds" Jac greeted her friend "Hey Jac. I'm just trying to see if any of the other victims lives might have crossed" "Any luck?" "Yes actually. Angela Roberts works in the same building as McKenzie Rowe. Kristina Burke worked in the club where Emma Greene was a regular and also the last place she was saw alive." "What about the first victim? Irene Harrison?" "That's the thing I can't find anything that connects Irene to any of them and I can't connect all four to each other" "Some serial killers know their first victim. Look at people in Irene life and I'll try to connect the four of them" Jac offered "Thank you Jac"
"What are you girls working on?" Mac asked "We're trying to see how the girl's lives might have crossed paths" Jac explained "Have you?" "Besides the girls catching the subway. Nothing" Jac joked "Did they go to the same station?" "Well yes but so did a million other people" "So we have a million suspects" "How are we supposed to find our suspect if he's hiding within a million other people?!" Jac questioned "What time did each of the victims ride the subway?" "Irene used the train to get to and from work at 7:30 and 5. Angela used the train to pick her kids up at 3 pm. Kristina used it for shopping various times but only on the weekend. Emma used it a lot, maybe twice a day but much more on the weekends and McKenzie didn't use the subway but worked in a building nearby" "So none of the victims rode the same train and the times seem all off for the suspect to be a passenger" "So an engineer?" Lindsay asked "No because an engineer would ride the twin as well but someone who works in the station would be there when the victims were. Jac get a list of all employees"
"here" Jac said bringing up a list of employees on her computer screen "36 suspects" Jac said "We need to limit that" Lindsay spoke "Take off all woman and minors" Mac advised "nine" Jac said revealing the new list "That's better. Take away all seniors and disabled" "Seven" "And people without criminal record" "Four" "Send that list to Flack"
Jac ate her lunch while going over reports "Hey what are you doing?" Lindsay asked pouring a cup of coffee "Just going over some reports" "Oh yeah. Danny and me are going out for drinks again tonight" "Again?" Jac asked raising her eyebrows "Yeah, the 3rd time this week. I'm starting to think something's up." "Maybe not. Flack and me are going for dinner tonight" "Wait, dinner?!" "yeah?" "Drinks are one thing but Dinner? That's a whole other level. It's a date" "No it is not" "Yes it is. Trust me."
"Found the suspect yet?" Danny asked pouring a cup of coffee in the break room, ending Jac and Lindsay's conversation "Flack and Mac are interrogating the suspects now" Jac told him "Hey Linds we still on for drinks tonight?" Danny asked "yeah sure" Lindsay said while Jac gave her a look.
"Mac just texted me. He wants me and Jac to head to Neil Weir's apartment" Danny said "why?" Jac asked quickly finishing her lunch, the only food she had eaten today. "Weir didn't turn up to interrogation. They're going to Walter Jackson's house who also never showed" "Alright, let's go"
"So, you and Lindsay are going for drinks, again tonight?" "Yeah" "The third time this week?" "Yeah?" "Something you want to tell me?" "I want to ask her out but I don't know if she will say yes" "I think your chances are pretty high" "And what about Flacks?" "What do you mean?" "are his chances high?" "Well we're just going to dinner as friends….right?" Danny raised his eyebrows "Oh my god it's a date isn't it" "Here we are" Danny smirked parking his car down from Neil Weir's apartment "I'll see if he's home first" Danny said leaving jac in the car.
Danny pressed his name on the box and waited for the door to open. Jac noticed Neil Weir, he saw Danny and his badge and turned around and walked away to avoid suspicion. "Neil Weir! NYPD!" Jac screamed chasing him. He ran down an ally and Jac was right behind him. The Ally led to a dead end "Neil you're trapped just surrender" Jac drew her gun, Neil got this sick look in his eyes and his smile matched. He lunged at her, dragging her down to the ground. He beat her till she was bleeding and screaming in pain and then ran before anyone came to her rescue.
"Jac?!" Danny ran towards his friend who was lying on the New Yorken street ground with blood rushing from her face almost as fast as her tears.
Mac and Flack came straight to the hospital, seeing Jac on the ER bed "Are you okay?" Flack asked "Yeah I just have some stiches and a dislocated shoulder but I'm fine now" "What the hell happened?!" Mac wondered "She was in the car and saw Weir" Danny explained "And where were you?!" Mac yelled "I was seeing if he was home" "Mac it's not his fault" Jac tried to defend Danny "No it is, What were you thinking?!" Mac scolded
"Are you sure you should be going to work?" Flack asked parking his car in the Lab's parking garage "Yes, I'm sure" "Jac, the attack only happened a few hours ago, even the doctors said you should stay at the hospital" "I'm going to go on the field" "Okay sorry" "So I guess our date is kinda ruined" "Our dat-" "Danny told me" "How much?" "Just that it was a date? Is there more?" "You should get to work" Flack laughed.
"Lindsay, it's stupid! Just because she decided to get out of the car, it's my fault?! She wouldn't even be working here if it wasn't for Mac knowing her dad!" Danny vented to Lindsay, Lindsay tried to stop him when she saw Jac standing behind him, hearing every word. Danny turned around and saw her "Jac, I'm sor-" "Save it." Jac interrupted him, leaving the lab.
The doctors may have been right, maybe it was too early for her, her arm hurt just from walking. So she went back to her apartment, greeted firstly by a picture of her and her late father. He made her want to be a cop, her earliest memories of him consist of him and his partner, Mac Taylor, hanging out after a hard day, talking about their accomplishes for the day. She wanted to be just like him and she did wonder why, the New York crim lab would hire a young cadet fresh from the academy and when she heard she would be working for Mac Taylor, it started to make sense but she was good at what she did. And maybe she did get the job because of Mac but there was nobody who would have been better at that job than her.
Her thoughts interrupted by a knock "Dinners not ruined" Flack smiled holding up a box of Chinese food.