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DETECTIVE MCGEE OFFERED to mention, Randy Crawford, Army’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, name during her press conference in exchange for a fast turnaround to determine if David Thurman was a member of the armed forces using his CJIS connections. The fingerprint Examination Section had already concluded that Thurman didn’t have any criminal record as his prints didn’t match any of the tens of millions of samples in the NCIS database. That was pretty bad because criminal history often told a suspect’s dark secrets, and detectives were listening.
CJIS stood for Criminal Justice Information Services, a part of the FBI based in Clarksburg, West Virginia. After a two hour wait, Detective McGee was back on the line with Randy. He had fantastic news.
“Your guys a former Army Captain, McGee. Not any other agency like FBI or Secret Service. And I hope you don’t mind me being a good guy and running his name through ABIS at Defense while I was at it. He’s never been detained by U.S. Forces. I hope that useful.”
“Well, it narrows some things and disproves a theory or two. Thanks, Randy. Next time I’m in West Virginia—”
His chuckled cutting her off. “Stop it. I’ll be in D.C. for a training at the State Department next month. Drinks and sex on you.”
“I look forward to it,” she said. “On your life, hun. Take care, Randy.”
Her next interaction was with Detective Bald Eagle. She shared the news, such as it was.
“No worries, my dear. We’re just getting started,” she told her partner. “It’s barely noon. We have a lot of day left.”
“And you’re right, Detective McGee replied, smiling. Another possibility has already wormed its way into her mind. “Were weapons found at the creep’s apartment?”
“Yes.”
“We need ballistics ASAP, and I want a team back at that apartment to look for the prints of anyone that’s been in contact with this trash.” She pushed back from her desk, and said, “Let’s go have a word with him. And please be civilized.”
“He killed a judge. I’ll try. But he doesn’t sound like the civilized type.”
“Says the bad cop.”
Detective Bald Eagle winked.