Rizzles Story

Chapter 34

At the Scene Continued

Maura: Three dead. Six gunshot wounds from what appear to be a .38. My guess is one killer with good aim and coordination.

Jane: Noreen Davenport. Looks like she was running for the door, but her heel broke. She might have made it.

Jill: Never run in Jimmy Choos.

Jane: She's still holding her blackberry, but her wallet's stripped of cash, and the tan lines say she was wearing a lot of jewelry.

Claire: Oh, look. A sock from before socks were invented. Hey, put this in evidence with the four condoms and the calcified raisinets.

Jill: Tell me that leg was already missing.

Jane: I think he left it in iraq. "Carlos Fuentes, " from his dog tags. He fought hard here, too. The shot through his hand is a defensive wound.

Maura: And then there's Rodney Boyce. Never knew what hit him.

Jane: "Go Green" t-shirt, hemp bag. Kid was fighting for a perfect world.

Maura: He's there now.

Jane: All right. By the size of that boot print, safe bet is our killer is a man.

Jill: What are you thinkin', spree killer?

Jane: No, a spree killer doesn't boost things from a crime scene. This guy's organized and precise. The boot print is all he left behind?

Claire: That and the forensics from the last-

Tom knocks on the window. Jane walks out.

Tom: All right, subway is shut down indefinitely. Mayor's on his way. I got a press conference. What do you got?

Jane: We don't even know yet if there was an intended target. The victims all seem unrelated.

Tom: Get unis to search the other subway cars for a murder weapon, trash receptacles, anything.

Jane: Korsak's on it.

Tom: We have to disconnect this subway car, move it downtown.

Jane: It's in the works.

Tom: What's Maura and Claire got?

Jane: Well, what don't they have? There's too much information.

Tom: All right. The politics on this are gonna be endless. I want you to find me when you have anything at all.

Jane: Of course.

Jill: I can't talk about the case, but it's big. I don't know when I'll be home again. Honey, let me, uh, let me call you back. Hey, what are you doing down here?

Cindy: I'm with Jane Isles. She's expecting me.

Jill: Excuse me, where do you think you're going?

Cindy: Hey, Jill, it's great to see you.
What a circus. Huh?

Jill: Yeah, how did you get by the uniforms?

Cindy: I told them I have a relationship with Jane.

Jill: You have a very loose definition of a "relationship".

Cindy: Not according to my last boyfriend.

Jill: Hey, you have to leave.

Cindy: No, this happened very quickly, so I didn't have time to alert you. I am on the crime desk at the "Herald" now.

Jill: You should be behind that desk as we speak. You'll get all the details at the press conference along with everybody else.

Denise: Jill, I need to talk to you.

Cindy: Denise Kwon. Cindy Thomas from the "Herald". As criminal division chief, how does your office plan to proceed?

Denise: A reporter on the crime scene?

Cindy: I am a crime reporter.

Jill: She was just leaving.

Denise: Look, sorry to throw you into the deep end here, but you were the only one to answer the phone. Obviously I'm gonna reassign this in the morning. Just take good notes.

Jill: Why would you reassign it?

Denise: You've never handled anything of this magnitude.

Jill: I have a 98% conviction rate on every case where I was lead counsel.
If you take me off of this, I'll have to challenge that decision.

Denise: Wow. From hello to over my head, and it feels like I just got here.
Okay. I'll give you a shot but you might wish I hadn't.