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The paperas tedious but didn’t take as long as it od ax-wielder in the cemetery hadn’t come to Apparently the shot to his head was quite severe, and the h, were taken at the hospital and run through the police system, so before they left, John Alden came and reported to Sa to you?" he asked them both

They shook their heads

"He’s in the system for misdemeanors in Boston Seems he has a crack habit, too That’s expensive But he wasn’t really out to rob you, was he?" John asked Jenna

"Nope Definitely there to kill," she said flatly

John scratched his head "I don’t knohat the hell is going on here He didn’t kill the S held in Boston on drug charges the night that the Smiths were killed"

"Gun for hire We need to track a money trail on him," Sam said

"I told you, he wasn’t the Ses," John said

"Yeah, and you’re hedging Come on, John Like you said, crack is an expensive habit He was hired to kill Jenna And you really know, soe There’s a killer loose here, because you’ve got the wrong suspect behind bars"

John stared at him "Don’t you dare tell ued "You were right to arrest Malachi--he was covered in blood It’s my job to prove he didn’t do it"

John waved a hand in the air "Get out of here Ever since you drove in, ht," Sa in the !"

An officer dropped the her for walking into danger

Jenna hugged him fiercely in return

"You’d have been in trouble if Saela and Jackson kept discreetly silent

Sam found that he had to step up to the plate "Actually, Jenna does knohat she’s doing, Jaruntled Jenna shot Salance that held a speculative, wry stoo dangerous!" he protested

"Uncle Jaerous I love what I do It’s iet to the bottoer head-on when you have to fight it"

Jaet the stew," he said at last, then gruffly added, "You set the table forto her feet

They co the day Saravely to Jenna as she explained what she was certain the crime-scene photos told her "It wasn’t as if I could say, ‘Oh, the person who did was left-handed or right-handed’ or anything like that But it appeared that the Andres ton reater violence, and the S violence is often part of the profile of a serial killer, but, in this instance, I can’t help but think there are distinct two killers"

She looked at Saht that myself today," he told her

They both looked at Jackson, who nodded

"So, we think that Andy Yates and Sa sure that they each have an alibi for ela clarified, a statement ood one," Jenna said "I know that Michael Newbury, Jr, believes that David Yates has been disappointed in his father, that he believes his father hasn’t stood up for hih What better way to prove your love than kill the faave David the evil eye?"

"Why the others?" Angela mused

"Peter Andres--because he chastised David Yates," Saton?" Jamie asked "What did he do to anyone?"

"In that instance, I believe that he was just there, collateral da out who had killed Peter Andres was growing cold Bring it close to the Smith home--and have a son ill swear that he saw Malachi couy I think that the Earnest Covington murder was a setup, and when that didn’t work, the faton was such an easy mark He lived alone He never locked his door," Saht?" Ja for a trail on that But," he told Jackson, "you should get your co to find out that any huge checks have been written We need to look for alternate indications of ela said

Sam’s lips formed into a white line "Expensive? That’s relative Apparently, the guy from the cemetery was on crack The kind that willfor ela asked

"Jenna’s death?" Sah "I don’t know if our killers knohat you all do, with ghosts and spirits and all that…but I do think that the killer is afraid of her He or she--or they-- believe that she can see more than most people, somehow"