Rizzles Story

Chapter 73

In the Cafe

Jane and Maura walk in.

Nicole: Anything?

Jane: No, not yet.

Angela: You were right. He just keeps on drawing.

Maura: Oh, wow. I like how the waves move against the lighthouse. Did your family take a vacation in Maine?

Joey: My dad's always working.

Nicole: No. No, we've never been. Why?

Maura: Well I guess you like lighthouses, then, huh?

Joey: Not really.

Jane: Joey, let me see. He is drawing a lot of lighthouses.

Nicole: He's never done that before.

Jane: Joey, Is this the car that took Mandy?

Joey: Mm-hmm.

Jane: Look at the smoke. What's the smoke from?

Joey: From the back of the car.

Maura: Tailpipe.

Jane: No, it's the muffler. Joey, d-did the car sound like, "pop-pop, pop-pop," like that?

Joey: Mm-hmm. It was loud.

Jane: The car had a broken muffler. Uh, Nicole, can I borrow your laptop?

Nicole: Yes, of course.

Jane: Well, maybe he saw the license plate, but he doesn't realize it. Okay. Did the blue car maybe have a Connecticut license plate that looked like this?

Joey: Yeah. Maybe.

Jane: I'll let you know if we find something.

Maura: Good job.

Upstairs in BRIC

Jane: Frost, track Connecticut vanity plates, the lighthouse ones. See how many were cited for defective equipment in the last month. I think the kidnappers' car had a bum muffler.

Frost: Think we're gonna find her on that?

Korsak: Hey, they caught the son of Sam on a parking ticket. State troopers are relentless on equipment-violation tickets.

Frost: Found two -- a And an '89 Dodge Dynasty. It's blue, Jane.

Jane: Who's it registered to?

Frost: Heidi Rodman, 35.

Jane: Show me her face. Where's Amanda? You got the plate, Korsak?

Korsak: Yeah, putting out a BOLO on it. We'll have every cop in the state on it in two seconds. Hey, put out a BOLO on a Connecticut plate --

Jane: Let's get all the locals to her New London house.

Frost: It's not gonna help.

Jane: Why? Y-you've got her address right there. 800 Harbor View Drive.

Frost: It's bogus. The address is to a shopping mall.

Jane: Oh, damn it. Is she married?

Frost: No marriage certificate on file.
No joint accounts.

Jane: All right, print up her driver's-license photo. I want to show that to Joey.

Frost: You got it.

In the Cafe

Jane: Take your time.

Joey: That's her.