A Sinister Crime Book 8 [Sample]

Chapter Three: [Edited]

Chapter Three

"Okay, so if Johnny Velva isn't the suspect, then who is," says James, to Ben.

"I mean, I don't know. Let's see, I had spoken to his mother, she hasn't seen him in years. So she probably doesn't know much about her son's death. And his father is deceased, so that's not much help. But I still think someone in John Wayne's life and who was close to him, had killed him. Johnny Velva said that John Wayne worked for Ray Thompson and that he's dangerous," says James.

Ben sighed. "Dangerous how?" wondered Ben.

James nods his head no. Until James was called to the scene again the same day Johnny Velva was interrogated.

After James and Ben went to another crime scene, James asked Melinda what happened. There was a woman lying on the ground, dead. She looked like she was tortured and then killed. Iamss asked Melinda how long did it take for this woman to die. Melinda said she was stabbed and killed and she died around possibly seven to eight this morning.

"Okay. Cause of death she was stabbed and it looked like she tried to fight for her life and unfortunately whoever killed her, got her good," says James.

"You don't think Ray Thompson has something to do with this woman's death," says Ben.

"Okay Ben, let's not jump to conclusions," says James, sighing.

At the medical examiner's office this time, James was with medical examiner Melinda once again and Melinda was explaining to James as an NYPD detective that the woman's name is Alisha Williams. She was twenty-three and suffered from blunt force trauma. And it showed semen on her thigh.

"She was raped?" says James.

"Yeah. And I also examined the uterus, and it showed a fetus after I took a tissue sample. She was about ten weeks pregnant," says Melinda.

"Okay. So she was raped and then stabbed and killed. And I do see on her wrist that it looks like marks from being tied with a rope or something," says James.

"Whoever hurt this woman, I'd say he did a number on her," says Melinda.

"Okay. Thanks Melinda," says James, before turning around and leaving the medical examiner's office.

James walked back into the police department, and as he walked into the squad room, he heard Ben talking on the phone. Eventually Ben hung up the phone.

"Hey," says Ben, as he looks at James.

"Hey," says James, sitting down in his chair, at his desk.

"So have we found anything from the DNA lab to confirm who killed Alisha Williams," says James.

"No. DNA hasn't come back yet. But we did find more footage of the incident. It's the same guy wearing a ski mask and black clothing. As shown on the surveillance video. But doesn't show his face," says James.

"Yeah." says Ben.

"I'm gonna have to say that Ray Thompson has something to do with this. I mean first a bank robber is murdered, then a woman is murdered possibly by the same killer," says Ben.

"Yeah. I don't know. I mean in both footage, it showed that the same guy wore a ski mask and black clothing," says James.

"Okay so, who would probably kill John Wayne and Alisha Williams," says Ben.

"Alisha was ten weeks pregnant. Melinda confirmed that she was raped," says James.

"And she died from blunt force trauma," says James, continuing to speak.