"Okay, so we've got a name." Provenza scribbled "Mackie" on the murder board.
"Might have a name," Gabriel said. "It could have been complete coincidence that she stumbled over those letters."
Brenda gave Flynn's shoulder a sharp squeeze as she passed by him. "Well, it's worth checking out," she said. "And remember, we actually have four names, thanks to the ego of our killer."
"Why do you think he has them announce their names at the beginning of every video, Chief?" Sanchez asked.
"To humiliate them," she said softly as she stared at the list of victims on the murder board. Natalie Gallego. Sarah Bristol. And now Molly Hughes. "And because this is personal. He's targeting these women in particular. That's probably why he also leaves the bodies for us to find. He wants us to know he has triumphed over them, and over us."
Flynn looked morosely at the pictures next to the victims' names on the board. Gallego and Bristol's bodies had both been found in dumpsters off of Hollywood Boulevard, minus the parts delivered by FedEx. The surge of triumph he had felt when his hunch paid off in a possible name had been quickly squelched when Hughes delivered the final line of the speech, a line that had been delivered by two women before her: My physician sends this small sample of his work. Please remember that more will follow if his demands are not met, and there's a limit to my capacity to give. Her eyes had started to widen in understanding before the video mercifully cut off. Flynn had taken that opportunity to visit the men's room.
The Chief turned decisively from the board. "Lieutenant Tao, you and Buzz go over that flash drive with a fine-toothed comb. And get that file as enhanced as you can, video and audio. There's got to be something more on there. Detective Sanchez, follow the backtrail of that package. Lieutenants Provenza and Flynn, find out everything you can about this Molly Hughes, and see if anything ties these three women together. Dr. Mackie has to be someone they all knew. Detective Gabriel, you and I will go to the morgue. Thank you, gentlemen."