Hellhound Eat Hellhound

Tracking Footsteps

Zack and Sweets then enter the lounge and meet up with the parents of Adrianne. Mariposa was in tears and was struggling to drink her coffee. Douglas on the other hand was more stable, but you can tell this was also awful for him to deal with.

Zack: I know this is hard but, we need to know why your daughter would've been in that alley.

Douglas: Adrianne and her friends were having a day out together. She knew how to be responsible so we didn't want to interfere with her.

Mariposa: Her friends are a mix of ages. 16, 15, 18, 14, 19. They were really responsible little ladies.

Sweets: Is there any specific shop in an alleyway they all like?

Douglas: There's an ice cream parlor next to the alley. Gluten free, dairy free, multiple ice cream types and flavors.

Zack: That sounds like my kind of place.

Mariposa: Yeah... *Sighs* My god I knew something was wrong when her friends called us.

Sweets: Wait, called you?

Douglas: While we were in the park, Adrianne's friends called, asking if Adrianne came to us. We told them no and then they freaked because Adrianne separated from them. She went ahead without them because she had no shopping bags and she wanted to make it home.

Zack: Oh no... *He covers his face*

Sweets: Even though it's probably unlikely, do you think any of her friends could do this?

Douglas: Oh fuck no they were sisters to her.

Mariposa: They even told us and showed us the route they took.

Mariposa shows a map on her phone of the route Adrianne and her friends took. The route showed it started at the park, then the ice cream shop, then around the corner for some shopping stores, then up that street to a theater.

Zack: Can the friends prove Adrianne was with them?

Douglas: *Shows photos on his phone* See for yourself.

Sweets: *Looks at a horde of photos of Adrianne and her friends* Well all of them are held accountable. You can see all of them in the photos.

Zack: The good news is the photos are timestamped. *Sees the photos at the theater were at 11:45AM, 12:10PM, 1:02PM, and 1:58PM.* So that means Adrianne was killed after the group went to the theater.

Sweets: *Raises a brow but realizes Zack's onto something* How can you rule that?

Zack: Take a look. *Shows photos with all six friends together in the theater, at the same row.* All of them were together before AND after the movie. The time of death is around 2:00PM - 2:20PM, and this development is close to the alley where her body was found.

Sweets: And the only way to enter it is either around the corner of the theater and go behind it, or beside the ice cream shop.

Zack: But that's a lot of ground to cover. Adrianne might've tried to shortcut it and go through the alley. But the killer must've been in the alley as well, and waited for Adrianne to approach in the direction of the ice cream shop.

Sweets: Adrianne was by herself and no one was around her. Our killer then pounced and pulled her back into the alley very quickly. That would explain the dragging marks on her feet and dress.

Zack: Exactly! *Sees Mariposa in slight distress* ...You okay?

Mariposa: No, I just feel like we failed our sweet Adrianne. I'm still thinking back when we first adopted her, she was so adorable. That cute old silver pendant she was wearing was like the "cherry on top."