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I was done with the file when Frank Fitzroy got back He said, "Well? Get anything?"

"Not a whole lot I made a few notes Mostly names and addresses"

"They may notlives change"

God knows o I was a detective on the NYPD I lived on Long Island in a house with a lawn and a backyard and a barbecue grill and a wife and two sons I had h it was sometimes difficult to detered

I tapped the file folder "Pinell," I said "How sure is it he didn't kill Barbara Ettinger?"

"Gilt-edged, Matt Bottled in bond He was in Bellevue at the time"

"People have been known to slip in and out"

"Granted, but he was in a straitjacket That has that set the Ettinger killing apart from the others You only notice them if you look for them, but they're there"

"Like what?"

"Nuer had the lowest nuht victinificant Plus all the other victihs or legs, no punctures Thing is, there was a certain a the other victims He didn't stamp out these er didn't stand out at the tihs, you can look at it that he was rushed, he heard soht he heard soive her the full treat that uy who cooled her, well, you knohat that was"

"The eyes"

"Right" He nodded approval "All of the victih each eyeball That never made the papers We held it back the way you always try and hold one or two things back to keep the psychos fro you with false confessions You wouldn't believe how s down the street"

"I can iine"

"And you have to check 'eation, and that's the real pain in the ass Anyway, getting back to Ettinger The Icepick guy alent for the eyes We kept the wraps on that detail, and Ettinger got it in the eye, so what are you going to figure? Who's gonna give a shit if she got it in the thighs or not when you've got an eyeball puncture to run with?"

"But it was only one eye"

"Right Okay, that's a discrepancy, but it lines up with the fewer punctures and the no wounds in the thighs He's in a hurry No tiure it that way?"

"Anybody would"

"Of course You want souess I'll pass ure it now, Frank?"

"Ettinger? What do I figure happened?"

"Uh-huh"

He scratched his head Vertical frown lines creased his forehead on either side of his nose "I don't think it was anything complicated," he said "I think soot turned on by the stories about the Icepick guy You get these iination to think up their own numbers so they hitch a ride on somebody else's craziness Soht an icepick"

"And happened to get her in the eye by chance?"

"Possible Could be Or it could be it just struck hi leaked"