“And what time did we say Phylis left?” he asked.
Dannie helped him out.
“Her friend said she left a little shy of ten at night. They all left shortly after that.”
Ethan considered what that meant.
Oh, and it was important to his profile, and the investigation.
“He or she didn’t kill them immediately. This person kept them alive, and then, they killed them around the same time.”
Leah lifted a brow.
“So, he collected them?” she asked, still going with male on this one.
To answer her question, yeah, it seemed like that was the outcome.
“Yes, and that gives me hope that there were only going to be three victims. See, hear, and speak no evil might be the end ofit, if we are lucky,” Ethan offered. “I can add this to my profile. Thank you.”
What he was thinking was this was going to be a man, but he wasn’t sharing that with the local cops. His gut said to keep this case close to the vest, and he trusted his gut.
As for it being a man…
It was.
How did he know?
It was rare collectors were women. They killed for certain reasons, but collecting other women?
That was very, very rare.
In fact, he’d never had it happen in any of their cases before this one.
Ever.
“I am going to bet that this person won’t be done,” Gene said. “If we have a collector, then this will keep going. We’re not lucky enough for this to be three and done.”
Yeah, that was the other option Ethan had at the back of his mind, but as of yet, there was no way to tell that unless they caught another body.
The one cop raised his hand.
It was clear that Dannie was confused.
“Then, what’s with the see no evil bullshit?” he asked. “Because there’s only three in that saying, and this person did three people. Is this going to keep going, too? Like some loop of cuckoo where the person has selective amnesia regarding the bodies they dumped?”
Ethan shrugged.
“Possibly. It depends on why this person is doing it, and if it’s a traumatic response to something. It could keep repeating. We won’t know unless someone else is killed.”
Well, that was shitty.
Having to wait for a victim sucked.
Leah was direct.
“I’m beginning to think that this profiling is bullshit. It’s sounding more like throwing ideas at a wall to see if they stick—and they aren’t.”
Gene lifted a brow and went there because he absolutely didn’t like her tone or attitude.
