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Jo had worked for hours on the crime scene. She was on her own so it took longer then it would take if she had another member of the team. She had to took pictures of everything, picked up every evidence, looked for finger prints, took samples of blood and other important things. It was time-consuming task but Jo knew she had to do it properly because even little pice of evidence could lead her to the killer. And this time she wanted to do everything to catch this bastard and put him behind the bars where he should be years ago.
Even when the bodies were taken to the coroner, Jo could see them in front of her inner eye. Time to time she had to shake her head to stop thinking about the young girls whose life ended so soon and so abruptly. Jo was happy Ellie didn't have any intention going to parties just yet but she knew that sooner or later even she would have to deal with the problem if she would allowed Ellie to join some parties.
When Jo finished her work, she packed everything up and put it into her car. But before she left the crime scene, she came up to the boy who found the girls. Doctor already check him up and said that the boy was in shock and needed some time to deal with the events of this day. In other case Jo would leave him alone but she really needed to know identities of the other girls because they didn't have any ID.
Jo went to the kitchen and waved the cop, who were there with the boy, away. Then she made a cup of tea and put it in front of the boy. She sat up and looked at him.
"Hi, I'm Jo. I'm so sorry what happened to your sister and I promise I'll do everything I can to find the one who's done it. But I would like to ask you for help. Could you tell me names of the other girls, please?"
The boy looked up at her but said nothing. He even didn't have touch the cup. Jo sighed slightly. She really didn't want to press on him but she didn't have any choice.
"You think you could prevent what happened tonight, right? You're thinking that you're the older brother who should protect his little sister, am I right?"
Finally the boy looked up at her but when she saw the pain in his eyes her heart skipped a beat. His eyes were full of pain what shouldn't be there. This boy should have had nice teenage life without concerns of adults life. But today's night had changed everything. Jo knew this boy will remember this day for the rest of his life.
"May I say you something?" Jo asked politely and without waiting for an answer, she continued: "I'm sure your sister asked you to leave for tonight and let her have here a party. And because you're a good brother you left. You wouldn't be able to protect all of the girls and maybe you would end up dead. But you can help me to get him behind bars. Will you do that? Not for me but for your sister."
Suddenly all the feelings the boy was keeping inside made him cry. Tears were silently falling down on his cheeks and he was shaking. Jo caught his hand and sqeezed it slightly. She knew this was difficult for him but it was better than keeping the feelings inside.
The boy confirmed everything what Jo said. His sister wanted to use the opportunity that their parents were gone and make small party for her best friends. Thomas, the brother, stayed at his friend's flat but returned to check up on the girls to make sure they were all right. The door of the flat was open and he found all girls dead. Then he gave Jo names of the other girls with their address and phone number to his parents who still didn't know about the death of their daughter.
When Jo finally left the flat she spot Russ standing next to her car. She was surprised to see him here but she still continued to her car, not looking at him. She loved him once but that was some time ago. She knew Russ wasn't bad guy, she actually still liked him but not enough to be with him again. Russ was great father to Tyler and that was all what mattered now when it came to it.
"So, do you still think that it's not the Trenton case?" Russ asked her when she came close enough that he didn't have to speak loud.
"Give me a break, Russ. I've been for ages in the flat, I haven't eaten almost whole day. Before I'll tell you anything else I need to speak with our coroner and look through the evidence. You know me, I won't give you any statement before I know the facts."
Russ threw arms in the air in defending gesture. "Alright. But do you have anything I can work with? You know we're supposed to cooperate, so give me something and I let you be for a while."
Jo sighed. She knew him very well and knew how he could be stubborn. "Fine. I'll give you addresses of the parents of the dead girls. You can talk to them and tell them what happened. I have phone number of the parents of the boy. He said they're still out of town, so you should call them and tell them to come back home as soon as possible."
Jo watched Russ closing his eyes. She knew how much he hated this part of his job but he knew the right questions to ask and it would help them to proof if this was the Trenton case or not. And to be honest, she didn't like this part of their job too so she was glad she didn't have to do it.
Russ run hand through his hair. "Alright Jo, I'll do that but you owe me at least a coffee if not lunch." He smiled at her and then finally left.
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Jo was working on the clothes of the girls but her thoughts were somewhere else. She was thinking about the part of the Trenton case she has been working on back in Washingon. She was angry at herself and all her co-workers because they weren't able to catch this killer. Jo was wondering how many young girls have to die before they will be able to put him behind the bars.
Mac was standing in the door frame and was watching Jo for a while. She didn't know he was there, that was unlike her. He was sure she wasn't paying much attention to her work right now. After another half a minute he decided to walk in.
"Jo," he said with still voice because he didn't want to spook her by his sudden interruption of her thoughts, but he still saw her to jump slightly when she heard him. "We should talk."
Jo looked at him, wondering how long was he watching her, because she knew she didn't pay attention to her work. She hoped he would let her to work on this case because she really wanted to catch this guy. But right now she didn't do anything to convince Mac to let her stay on this case.
'Where?" She asked simply and put all the evidence on the table.
"In my office."
Mac let Jo walk first into his office then he closed the door for privacy. He stoped Jo before she sat down in front his desk and pointed on the couch. Jo looked at him curiously but without asking for explanation she sat on the couch while watching Mac sitting next to her.
"There is something you are not telling me. The case means for you more than any usual we worked on. Does it have to do anything with Russ?" Mac asked her.
Jo sighed. She knew Mac was good detective and would figure it out but she didn't expect that it would be so soon. She didn't have prepared anything to tell him to make it like there wasn't anything special what kept her on this case. But the truth was she had great reason to working on this case. She just was afraid Mac wouldn't let her working on it as soon as he would know the truth. Right now Jo didn't have any choice than to be honest with Mac and hope he would understand.
"There were so many girls he murdered, Mac. They weren't much older than Ellie and I've done everything I could to catch him in Washington. But he was really good. We didn't know how he looked like, we didn't have any fingerprint, any DNA. Nothing. It was frustrated. Seven dead girls and we weren't any closer to catch him than police in Trenton. When the killings stopped they didn't let us continue searching for him. They told us we had different cases to work on."
Mac saw how much Jo was frustrated that she didn't have the opportunity to search and find the killer but he felt like there was something more she wasn't telling him. He was thinking hard to figure it out. He knew Jo well and she was behaving differently than usually. Suddenly something came on his mind.
"How old was Ellie's friend when he murdered her?" Mac asked her.
Jo gave him startled look. He found the truth out. She was emotionally involved in this case and Mac wouldn't let her continue.
"Mac, please,"she didn't want to plead, that wasn't something she usually did but this time she was desperate.
Mac looked at her. "Tell me the truth, then we'll see what we can do about it, alright?"
Jo nodded because she knew she didn't have any choice than tell him everything.
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