“Well, you’re up late, or you’ve never been to bed. I know you two nuts. I’m calling because I found some things, and I think they might help you guys out.”
Well, freaking hallelujah.
They needed it.
“What did you find?” Gene asked. “Because we just got sideswiped on the case.”
There was a pause.
“What happened?” he asked.
They told him about the new body, the tongue burn, and how the other detective was involved.
“What’s her name?” Greyson asked.
That was odd.
“Uh, why do you need that?” Gene asked. “Did you find a list somewhere or were you leaving offerings to the Devil for us.”
He snorted.
“I have been called the silver-eyed devil before by a pretty lady I met in…”
Ethan cut him off.
“Grey, we’re fucked and not the fun way we like. I’m running on a two-hour nap last night, and Gene’s rawdogging it without pain meds. Can you just tell us what you found? Her name is Leah Balo,” he offered. “Her father was killed by someone, and he was a cop. Does that play into it by any chance?” he asked.
Oh, shit.
Gene wanted to double-check in case Greyson didn’t look for something.
He pointed at the cop and slid his laptop over so the man could get them any information in the police database.
Just.
In.
Case.
“No, that’s not a name I found, but I may have gotten you something helpful. I found four victims whose bodies were all degloved like that. Two don’t make sense, one is on a reservation nearby, and the last one did pique my interest.”
That had their attention.
“What?”
He shared.
“I found an inmate that was in a federal prison for some interesting charges. When I dug into his name, there was a sealed file that I had to tap dance to get open. That’s why it took me over eight hours to get back to you.”
Both feds looked at each other.
“Okay, what was the arrest for?” he asked.
Greyson told them.
“Someone had improper conduct with underage girls. In fact, someone at a school had improper conduct with students there. That’s why it caught my attention. This person did time in Nevada, but the crime went down in Utah inDamascus.”
Holy.
