After their conversation, Sam and Cas decided to look around the parking-lot and hotel to see if there was anything, any clue, that could give them some insight on Dean's disappearance. They found some sulphur on the ground next to the Impala, which was what lead them to believe that a demon is involved, but then they found a hex bag in the trunk of the car, which was a sign that a witch is to blame. All of this made the two even more confused than they were before they found the clues, so they decided to go to the library.
They're currently looking through some old books in the town history section of the rather large building downtown. What Sam is focusing on are recent missing person reports and unexplainable crimes that are yet to be solved, which could shed some light on the mysterious case of his brother's sudden departure. Cas, however, is scanning the entire library in search of anything that seems remotely like a demon or witch attack dating back at least a hundred years, which is taking longer than either of them expected due to the library's abundance of books and sealed documents. He's standing next so Sam, while this one is going through a box of old court cases that haven't been solved yet, or that were discharged due to lack of evidence or suspects. Most of them are petty crimes, but some of the more interesting ones are those of interest to him, the unsolved murders and kidnappings dating back to the seventy's.
"I found something."- says Cas suddenly, after a couple minutes of silence that were spent looking through the sealed archives,-"It's a streak of kidnappings from the last decade."
Sam looks up in surprise, putting away one of the documents and letting the dust rise from the non-opened ones.
"And?"- asks Sam impatiently, hoping that it would snap Cas out of the unconscious-like state he's in.
He looks back at Sam, obviously stopping the search for a minute or two, just enough time to explain what he's gathered in more detail.
"It started happening in 2002. First, a college senior was taken while walking back to her dormitory, then a professor in the same school, just a week after. They took it as a serial-kidnapper, but they never caught the guy. The disappearances started happening in 2004. , when a mother and her 17 year-old son were taken while driving to the grocery store. Everyone has given up hope of finding them alive, but the records are still sealed. The car was still warm, but they were no where to be found. In 2005. , a group of three men was taken outside one of the bars near here, but there were no leads, so the case is still open in the archive. The streak stopped, but resurfaced in 2009. when an elderly couple was taken from a nursing home and never seen again. I suppose it was all the work of one individual, but we'll have to look into the cases to be sure."- Cas explains all in one breath, not taking his eyes off Sam for a second while doing so. He inhales deeply and goes back to his stiff, normal self in just a few moments.
Sam, however, is completely confused and a million questions are forming in his head. How could these cases be connected if the victims are so random? What could have taken all of those people and, more importantly, why would something or someone take them?
"Well, it's the best lead we've got so far."- he says after reexamining the situation. They really have nothing to go on except for what Cas managed to find, unless they count a couple unsolved murders, which really doesn't seem like a good direction to go in.
"What now?"- Cas asks seriously, looking away from Sam and at something in the distance.
"We go interview the families and witnesses, then we meet back at the hotel."- he answers mechanically, but then he remembers that Cas isn't used to the job and that people skills aren't his strong spots,-"Or we could go together, maybe that will be easier."
"We should go to the bar first, it's closest and has the most victims of all the locations."- Cas suggests.
They stand up and pack the files before rushing back out, heading to the bar where the three men were taken, in search of possible witnesses or workers who were there at the time and can provide them with information on the men.