Chapter 3
As Nick and I interviewed the guys it turned out that 4 guys from Tina's school shared the bike to cut the costs down, so we got the 4 guys in. We got to interviewing one of them called Jesse Overton, he seemed very nervous and went to light a bidi with a match. Nick looked at me knowingly.
"hey come on you can't smoke in here dude, I'm going to have to confiscate those" he said and took the pack and the matches from Jesse. After interviewing him he claimed that he didn't know Tina personally just knew her from school.
"can I go now?" Jesse asked as we were about to leave the room.
"No not at all, I need to ask you a few more questions" I smiled.
"It's definitely him" Nick said as we got out into the corridor.
"No doubt about it but we need to match that bidi" I said.
"well look at this" Nick said, opening the match book " I can match them to the one fund at the Collins house and then we got him"
"what with the DNA on the bidi?" I asked.
"Gregg couldn't get a good enough test as the water from the sprinkler's had washed most of it away" he replied.
"right, let me get Brass up to speed and we will head back over to the lab and get this bastard" I said.
So I went to Brass' office and told him what we had found, he was just about to go back in with Tina to ask her about buffalo.
"good work guy's" Jim said.
"No worries" I said.
"I knew it was a good idea to have you here" he winked.
Nick and I headed back to the crime lab, where Gil was checking Tina's clothes.
"don't you think it's a bit strange that from all that blood Tina didn't get even a spot on her?" Grissom said.
"very, didn't she say that she hugged her mother?, would be even weirder if she changed before she went for help" I said.
"indeed" Grissom replied.
Nick and I told him what was going on and we were going to take a look at the match now.
"good work guy's you two make a good team" Grissom said.
"don't we just" I smiled as we left to go check out the match book.
It didn't take long before Nick had matched the match from the scene to the matchbook from Jesse.
"well would you look at that" Nick said making me look through the telescope.
"Boom!" I grinned and high fived Nick, "we got this son of a bitch"
Grissom put his head through the door "so Kathrine just called the dad was killed first so he was going into Brenda's room which mean's he must of heard something and he went to save her?"
"is that what you really think?" I asked.
"why what do you think?" Grissom asked.
"maybe, I'm just out on a limb here but what if he was coming out of her room?" I asked.
"what do you mean?" Nick asked.
"good point" Grissom said "did you figure out if that was Jesse's match?"
"we sure did, we're heading back over to PD now" Nick said.
"good job guy's" Grissom said.
"did the father have any tattoo's?" I asked.
"no why?" Grissom asked.
"I want to know what this buffalo is?, if my theory is right she's scared of the buffalo" I said.
Grissom looked at me in deep thought "go and interview Jesse and I'll get back to you on that" he said.
"I'm lost!" Nick said.
"what if the Dad was abusing her and Tina had enough, he was probably doing the same to her and that's why she got Jesse to kill him" I said.
"If that's the case, why kill everyone else?" Nick asked.
"let's go find out" I said.
We drove back over to PD and spoke to Brass, "she said she doesn't know who or what buffalo is" he said.
"so no one called it the father?" I asked.
"what makes you say that Kat?" Jim asked.
"Just a hunch" I said "but maybe I'm wrong"
"Kat in all the years I've known you if you have a hunch it's usually right, so tell me" he said.
"let me speak to Jesse first and then I'll tell you" I said.
Nick and I went in and spoke to Jesse, after just a few minutes he confessed to murdering them all.
"so why did you do it?" I asked.
"because they wouldn't let us see each other" he said.
"now we both know that's bullshit Jesse" I said slamming my hand down on the table, which made him jump. "you best tell me the truth now and maybe we can cut you some slack, but if you don't boy I will make your life hell"
"oh yeah what you going to do?, I'm in prison till the day I die anyway so there's no way you can help me" Jesse said.
I read Jesse his rights and the officers hand cuffed him, I stormed out fuming.
Brass came out "well done girl" he said.
"no it's not over, this isn't the full story" I said.
Just then my phone rang "Jackson!" I answered.
"Katy it's Grissom, you were right, the dad was wearing a buffalo necklace. I got Sarah to take UV pictures and there was evidence of abuse" he said.
"well Jesse just confessed, he said it was because the parents wouldn't allow them to see each other" I said.
"I'm coming in to PD now so wait there, I want you to interview Tina with me" he said.
"why me?" I asked.
"because, Katy you cracked the case" he said.
"I hardly did, it was just a hunch" I replied.
"I'll be there in about an hour I have to print these pics out" he said.
"okay I'll have some lunch and I'll see you in a while" I said.
"yes tell Nick to grab lunch too" he replied.
I filled Nick and Brass in and said we were ordered to have lunch, so Nick and I went to the diner over the road from PD. I had a grilled chicken salad with an iced tea.
"so what made you move here?" Nick asked.
"I needed a change and I wasn't getting on well with the other detectives" I said.
"why's that?" he asked.
"it's along story" I sighed.
We chatted for ages about each other, Nick was single and he had, had enough of playing the field and was looking to settle down. He lived alone with his dog and he took my personal number so if I needed help unpacking or a curtain pole needed putting up to give him a call. I liked Nick he was really sweet I hadn't fancied him at first but the more I got to know him the more I kind of did.
I had a phone call from Grissom to say that he was just parking up so I should head back over to PD with Nick.
I got cash out of my purse but Nick insisted that he paid for lunch. "thank you" I smiled.
"No thank you, it was good to have lunch, when I'm working I don't usually see this time of day" he smiled.
"I guess not, we're both pulling a double" I sighed.
"the end is in sight" he smiled. With that we headed back to PD.