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Cam took Mrs Buffet’s hand when she thanked her She sat in her Toyota a moment to enter the man’s description on the FBI website, then texted Daniel to ent Aaron Poker in Las Vegas She wanted to know if he’d caught up with their eyewitness froer ood news for her

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Daniel’s Crown Vic pulled in right behind Cam’s Toyota in Missy’s driveway Ca Wait until you hear what I got froas We have an ID on our eyewitness--they got a DNA as, naht, with a rap sheet up to his elbow, so it makes sense he wouldn’t want to couns or assaults Aaron ean dancing with hiot our eyewitness And he didn’t see souy in a ball cap off in the distance, he was in the house with hi all over for him now It’s only a rinned down at her, and stopped dancing "Showshot of Marty Sallas, being booked for petty theft "We never would have identified hirainy video at Valley ER"

Daniel said, "I’ll bet he was bleeding too as, a mistake No matter how bad my hand was cut, I’d drive to Canada I’d be so afraid the Serial would find me"

She nodded "Aaron said he’d bet his next paycheck Sallas is hunkered down, still in Nevada, trying to get hi that hand, cursing his luck Aaron has already sent the local TV stations Sallas’s picture, asking theet reward money because the casinos don’t want this sort of publicity Do you think Sallas would call it in?"

"Probably not, too risky for him But this could be exactly e need, Wittier, if the cops find him Now you want to tell e belongs to Missy Devereaux We’re friends froh school I ran into her at the market and she invited me to stay with her I didn’t want her to be alone because she’s young and an actress, and she knew a couple of the victiood idea if the two of us talked to her, tried to find out ive us a lead"

They looked up to see Missy dash outside, her blond ponytail bouncing up and down Her face was clean ofa tanned flat belly, and Skechers on her seous Had Deborah been this beautiful? This full of life?

Missy yelled, "Ca out here?" Then she paused "Hey, who are you?"

Daniel stepped up, introduced himself

She looked him over, then met his eyes "A pleasure to finallyover, but I’, and heard talk about Deborah--it’s true? It’s really true? That monster killed Deborah Connelly?"

"Yes, I’ shaken "It’s horrible, horrible Poor Doc He and Deborah were going to get married--sometime in the misty future, Deb’d say, and Doc would kiss her hard and say, Not so misty"

Cam couldn’t believe it "You knew Deborah Connelly, Missy?"