“Hey, Kel. What’s up?”
“Did you know there was blood on that dog hair you sent? I would have appreciated the heads-up.”
“What dog hair?”
“The white one, three inches long, and had blood on the end.”
“I saw burn marks. Not blood.”
“It was actually blood. It matched your victim. The shooting victim, not the burn victim.”
“Thanks, Kel. Did you find anything else?” It wasn’t Cody’s job to solve the case, just to use the science to back up any findings. But she’d trained as an investigator originally—and she’d been married to Sebastian Lorcan for five years, after all. The guy was always trying to puzzle things out. It had rubbed off.
Cody and Kelly had just connected Wade Heathers to Jon Mundy. It might be enough for Sebastian, Paige, and Al.
“Fingerprints at the Delasi meth lab matched a reference sample. A Deputy Carroll. They’re still processing the rest. There have been a lot of people in that little meth store.”
“Sounds like it. Thanks again, Kel. This might be what they need to move forward.”
“Anytime. I’ll let you know what else I find. I’m about to get started on the leather jacket you sent now. It should take me most of tomorrow, though. There were a lot of contaminates.”
Cody had expected no less. It wasn’t like it was on television dramas. Even with PAVAD having a strong enough staff to ensure the lab was fast and effective, there were times the teams just had to wait—either for results, or for their turn on the line. Nothing anyone liked, but it wasn’t about to change. It was just reality.
But while Team Three waited on forensics, what they’d just learned might give them another direction to take.
Because if Jon Mundy had killed Wade Heathers, there still remained the question of who had almost killed Jon. “Thanks, Kel. Keep me posted, will you?”
“No problem. I’m bumping you to the front of the line.”
“Thanks. Any reason why?”
“I don’t like it when my friends get blown up. Brings back too many bad memories.”
“Totally understand.”
“How are they?”
“Tough as nails, of course.”
“Aren’t we all? Aren’t we all?”
PAVAD did seem to draw a particular kind of woman, after all.