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Savich said, "Duke told me about those crooks in suits in Philadelphia--two bankers and three of their lawyers, was it?--you took down for fraud and embezzlement And recovered twenty ratulations He told me he did a punk-rock duet with you as your reward"
"Thank you, sir It was a lovely reward, since Duke likes to dance when he celebrates The only problem is he had no idea how to dance to punk rock, but that sht
"He told nment with you, sir But he didn’t tell me what it was about"
"Call me Savich or Dillon"
She tried it out "Dillon Please call tiuts than the queen" She shut up, seeing his s athose overdressed scue smile on the federal prosecutor’s face, she knew she had an "in," that Duke nment Who knew Dillon Savich would request her?
"Caround investigator Your boss tells ood interviewer, gifted at getting people to trust you Let me add that Sherlock recos around her neck at the gyest plus you have for this assignment are your LA connections Even Mr Maitland believes you’ll be a perfect fit for this particular case Let me add you’re a lifesaver, since the unit is swamped"
She basked in his words "Sir-- Dillon, ould you like eles who broke pattern and juas Saturday night, and that o to LA and coordinate with all the various sheriff’s departuy"
She held back fro her fist, but her eyes were shining "Myme up to date on those as hit the news yesterday, said she’d worked with that young woht she was talented, could really sing and dance, and she was still wide-eyed and sweet, not to eous Same MO, killed in her own bed like the other four? About e since the third serial murder It was in the Colony, you know, in Malibu, and a lot of people knew the irl, Constance Morrissey She was always nice, Mo with Theodore Markha her his house, not that anyone cared And then that fourth actress was murdered in North Hollywood My parents had never worked with her, didn’t know her"
Savich nodded "We don’t have as--I think we’ve caught ourselves a break I spoke to Police Chief Moody, who knew all about the Serial and was happy to hand it off to the FBI There are ano so far forward in her chair, Savich was afraid shethe alarh the back door But in this case, however, a glass cutter was used to cut a circle out of ain the second bedroom to open the lock Chief Moody tells lar in the victilar saw the Serial or the murder scene and ran for his life He threw hied shards of glass outside and he cut hi away from the house The shape of the blood splatter showed the woundedall out
"Believe it or not, the saet his hand stitched He used a phony name and address, paid cash We have hi a hoodie, so the cah of his face to identify, but the blood ht away The chief put a rush on it"
"Going to a local ER wasn’t especially bright," Caht, he’d have wrapped it up and driven a hundredwith the doctor who stitched hias"
Her eyes lit up "His narinned "Special Agent Aaron Poker requested Las Vegas, said he knew he’d fit right in, and evidently he does I’ it’s his own little joke He’s been there four years now, and has a good close record I spoke to Aaron this , and needless to say, he’s pumped, and all over this"
Caht identify the Serial Now there’s irony for you"
"If he pans out, and talks, I’ll personally offer to clean his slate, buy him a beer and a pizza
"You’ll have a lot of politics to untangle in LA" Savich looked at MAX’s screen "The first murder was February 26th a twenty-four-year-old actress, Davina Morgan, from Lubbock, Texas That was in Van Nuys, LAPD jurisdiction The second was April 2nd, in San Dimas, which is a sheriff’s jurisdiction Her nao Constance Morrissey, your parents’ neighbor, was ain a local sheriff’s jurisdiction The fourth victiia She was killed in North Hollywood, LAPD, June 2nd For whatever reason, the Serial then traveled froer this past Saturday
"Cam, I told you one of the reasons we selected you is because of your LA connections You were born and grew up in Malibu, and as you know, Connie Morrissey’s murder happened in the Colony, in Malibu, not far from your parents’ house Your folks are actors They’re still active, aren’t they?"
"Oh yes I guess you could say acting is their life They play stock characters now,as much as Michael Caine, Dad told ave hi nice white teeth and a diators in this particular swamp and they’re a special breed Their brains, well, they don’t work quite like ours do"