Once inside, the women there comforted him, and the two Feds kept working.
“I’m sorry about that,” Robert offered. “They were really close.”
Ethan brushed it off.
The last thing they were doing was browbeating friends of the victim. He knew this was a hard time for them. Hopefully, they didn’t hear how she died.
“Don’t stress it. Just focus for us. Did she ever mention anyone bothering her to either of you?” Ethan asked. “Randal included?”
Robert shook his head.
And so did Rodney.
“She was always upbeat at lunch. I hate to think that she was keeping something like that to herself.”
Yeah, them too.
Robert shared.
“She never said a word to me. Never. In fact, I didn’t know about her ex.”
Well, that was a dead end.
Ethan glanced over.
When he nodded, his partner knew what he wanted. So, Gene pulled up pictures of the other two women.
“Can we ask if you recognize Ivey with either of these women?” he asked.
Robert took his phone and looked at the driver’s license photos of the two other women.
He shook his head.
“No, never. Have you seen these women?” he asked Rodney.
The man did the same thing.
“No. Are they teachers? From what I heard, Ivey spent most of her time with the friends she had here,” he said, finishing his photocopying.
Blackhawk shook his head.
“No, they weren’t teachers.”
Well, the man shrugged.
“Sorry, I can’t offer more,” he added. “Ivey didn’t really share personal things with me,” he stated, and then, he pointed toward the principal’s office. “I’m going to check on Tristan. He’s struggling with this,” he admitted.
When he walked away, Robert put two and two together and figured it out.
“Are they also dead?” he whispered. “Are they the two other women the media reported being dead, too?”
Gene nodded.
“Yes. They were found with Ivey.”
His face said it all.
“Is this a serial killer?” he asked. “Do we have one hurting women?”
