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The call was answered by a female voice.
“I was calling Gary McIntyre,” he said.
“Gary’s not here anymore,” the woman said. “This is Investigator Henic. How can I help you?”
“This is Harry Bosch, Los Angeles Police Department. I usually deal with Gary. I need to get the service package for a suspect we have out here in a double homicide investigation.”
“Gary’s been gone a long time. What was your name again?”
“Harry Bosch.”
“Let me see if he’s got your name in the contacts he left me.”
“It should be there.”
Bosch heard typing on a keyboard, then a few moments of silence before Henic reported her findings.
“He’s got you down here as working for San Fernando PD.”
“I was there for a couple years, then I came back to the LAPD. I work cold cases now.”
“How can I help you?”
“I want to get the package for a guy named Nelson Hastings, DOB three-sixteen-seventy-six.”
“Okay, I’ve written it down.”
Now came the hard part. Bosch needed the information sooner rather than later and had to finesse Henic’s cooperation.
“Did you say your name is Henic?” he asked. “I want to update my contacts.”
“Yes, sir,” she said.
“Could you spell it? I want to make sure I have it right.”
“Hotel-Echo-November-India-Charlie.”
“Thanks. How about a first name?”
“Sarah with anh.”
“So, Sarah with anh,what kind of time frame are we talking about on this? I’ve got a clock on this case.”
“Well, you’re on the list. We usually take these in the order they come in. What sort of a clock?”
“If we’re right about this guy, he’s a serial killer. We need to take him down before he kills somebody new. And I need the military history to see if he can be placed in certain locations during certain years. We get that, and we can start pulling the net closed and get him off the street before he hurts somebody else. Nobody wants that on their conscience. You know what I mean?”
There was a beat of silence before Henic responded.
“I get it,” she finally said. “Give me twenty-four hours, and I’ll get back to you. Gary has your number and email on here. Those are still good?”
“Still good,” Bosch said. “So … tomorrow’s Saturday. Does that twenty-four hours carry over to Monday, or do you think I’ll hear something tomorrow?”
“I’m on duty tomorrow. You should hear from me.”
“Many thanks, Sarah with anh.”
Bosch disconnected and started his car. He then headed across the parking lot and back to the Ahmanson Center.
