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Sherlock said, "I wonder if he brought his oire, then saw Danny’s chain and decided that would do the job just as well"

Savich nodded slowly "Yeah, that’s probably right He would have co to kill him, no doubt in ot to be so for so Even the bathrooh The killer didn’t care, just destroyed, even the lass everywhere, all the pill bottles open, pills scattered on the floor He even ripped up the shower curtain Still, we’ll go over this place thoroughly, justfor"

"Or ed and wanted to destroy everything," Ben said

"That’s possible," Maitland said "But I hope you’re wrong, and the " Jimmy Maitland rose and went off toward the kitchen

Savich and Sherlock continued to examine Daniel O’Malley’s body "Do you smell that? It’s like the Fantastik we use to clean the counters and bathrooers and sniffed "The bastard scrubbed under his nails, cleaned away any skin and blood, any evidence of a struggle"

Savich said, "Dr Conrad is good If there’s anything to find, he and the forensic guys will find it"

They rose, stood looking down at the youngeyes, the smell of waste his body had expelled--no, Sherlock couldn’t see hi on the shore of Ireland Twenty-six years old and he was dead "He was so young, so--new Maybe Eliza rong, le under his ar for justice,kind of lawyer Why was he ood"

"No," Ben said "It doesn’t Why was the place torn apart?"

Sherlock said, "The killer was looking for so But what? What could a law clerk for Justice Califano have that was so important for him to find?"

Savich said, "There’s lots to consider here, but like I said, I have a bad feeling about this And about Danny Let’s speak to Danny’s girlfriend Hopefully she’ll knoas going on with hi both pale and furious when he walked back fro kid like this, why the hell did this maniac kill him?" He looked down at Danny O’Malley’s body "He was so daround"

Sherlock said, "You find out anything froirlfriend--her name’s Annie Harper--said she and Danny went to a ht, couldn’t tell me what it was She said Danny loved Italian flicks, the ones with subtitles She spent the night with him She said he was really upset about Justice Califano’s oing to shut up noant you guys to speak to her, forht now, incoherent really Came over here, had a key, let herself in and found hiht now," Sherlock said "They’ll probably want to sedate her And we’ve got to call her family"

Jio Hope to God she’ll knoas on hisyou, I really don’t like this

"Okay, letto leave it to Dr Conrad and the two forensic teahborhood The twelve tea roouard on her, just in case," Savich said

Maitland nodded

Five e of the s room When Maitland spoke, everyone fell silent "We want every person who knew Danny O’Malley interviewed again as quickly as possible Check alibis and phone records The canvassing of Danny O’Malley’s neighborhood hasn’t turned up anything yet, but we’ll continue pounding the paveet all the warrants we ask for