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Elman stepped to the head of the table, leaned his elbows on the podium and spoke in his deep rich voice into the ent Caton and Detective Daniel Montoya from the Lost Hills Sheriff’s Department, who first identified the killer as a Serial

"As you all know, the Serial as over the weekend, and that brought the FBI into this case Agent Wittier will be leading the investigation" He nodded toward Cam and she took her place behind the podiu until Daniel had sat down at thethe sheriff’s detective and the LAPD, and remained silent until every eye was focused on her She knew local distrust ran deep because still, more often than not, when the FBI showed up, local cops were relegated to gofers

She saw some sneers on a couple of male faces, a smile from the only female detective But , when she’d faced whole roo theut But not any time

She said, "I’ve read all of your murder books, seen the hard work you’ve done" A hand shot up into the air "Yes, Detective Jagger? You’re out of Van Nuys You handled the first an, on February 26th"

A flash of surprise on the older cop’s pale eyes "Yeah, that’s ent Wittier Your folks are actors, live in Malibu, live in the la-di-da Colony Is that why the FBI sent you here instead of using the LA Field Office? Because they think since you’re connected, you’ll find out the truth faster than we can?"

She honestly couldn’t tell if he was shooting off his ger’s partner, called out, "Stick a sock in it, Morley, let’s hear what she’s got to say"

Caed expression One shot was okay She wondered which one of those two drove the bus She’d bet on Corinne Hill, based on that exchange She didn’t put up with any guff Cam said, "The fact that both my folks and all the victims are in the business certainly went into the FBI’s decision to send me out here, which means, contrary to some local opinion, there are soton"

That tried-and-true chestnut gained her a couple of laughs Caain, studied their faces, leaned forward "After Detective Montoya connected the first two murders to the murder of actress Constance Morrissey in the Colony in Malibu on May 3rd, he realized we had a Serial at work and notified Supervisor Eleared up ever since With the fourth murder of Heather Burnside in North Hollywood on June second, you’ve brought eventhis man--I say man because statistically most serial killers are as is found and brought in" She briefed thelar he surprised there "I’ve been in touch with Agent Aaron Poker at the Field Office in Las Vegas, and will continue to be The details of his investigation will be available on a daily basis to each of you A each of you has studied all the other murder books and familiarized yourselves with the details of all the other s Glen Hoff of a hotshot, she’d thought when she’d first read his bio, called out, "Hoffman, North Hollywood People in this room have worked cases like this before Sure, there’s an obvious group of victile actionable clue We’ve processed some suspects, but none of them turned out to be viable

"Look, there are hundreds of Serials busy at work in the US as we speak, and noe’ve spotted one of the hiht not happen no matter how hard we bust our chops and read profiles issued by your FBI buddies What are you going to do to help us?"

Daniel’s first inclination was to haul the jackass outside and bust his chops himself, but he knew Cam would deal with him Odd, but after only a couple of hours with her he was sure of it

Ca all the resources of the FBI, Detective Hoffether Until we find that clue he’s going to leave sooner or later, we have to use the nature of his crimes the young actresses, using the sa their laptops and cell phones Let’s start with that Why does he take them? What does he do with them? Why do you think, Detective Hoffman, that the Serial takes only those two items?"

Hoffman stared at her a mouy is that crazy I believe there’s so on the laptops or tablets and cell phones that could tie him to the victims, or maybe leads him to other victims"

Hoffman’s partner, Detective Frank Alworth, world-weary, and not far from retirement, added, "That’s the proble actresses, beautiful It doesn’t take a lot of iination to think he uses the laptops and cell phones to look at their pictures and posts after he’s killed thees, al actresses have them now, or look at their Twitter accounts, or their YouTube videos, for thatthat’s not available on social reed And there’s not a lot he could cover up by taking those laptops and cells There are few secrets today that can’t be traced through the Internet I know you’ve been looking through the victies, their activity on social media What else could it be?"

Detective Allard Hayes of the San Diether, tried to think outside the box, explore what isn’t obvious Maybe it’s part of his ritual, part of how he kills theain The laptops and cell phones represent their ties to life itself and he takes those ties, as he takes their lives That sounds new age dippy, but we have to consider the Serial’s brain isn’t necessarily running on the rails"