Detective Ln; An Adam Ruzek Love Story

Seven Indictments

Yn's POV

"All right, the tenant is Dan Llewellyn, 35. He's a contractor. Now, we didn't find a cell phone anywhere on the body or on the property. All calls to Llewellyn's cell have gone unanswered, and we can't get a signal location. We've reached out to his family" Erin said. "Body's at the M.E.'s office right now. They're trying to track for dental and DNA. Preliminary report says we got a male, 6'2 , maybe 6'3. That matches Llewellyn's height" Jay said. "All right, and the other victim? Was he from that LGBT home" Voight asked.

"Yeah, he's at Med. I'm trying to get an ID, but the home's director says all their kids are accounted for" Kim said. "All right, Ln, you and Rixton head over to Med. I want you there when he's ready to talk. And have his clothes sent to the lab. Have them checked for accelerant. He may be our firebug. CFD says we're not looking at a trained arsonist. All right, the rest of you... fire's an easy way to execute a homicide or cover one up. Let's figure out which and why we got two bodies at the same place at the same time" Voight said. "What do we have on the building's owner" Al asked. "Fred Teague. He's got six properties on the south side, and he's been dancing on and off with the city's Troubled Building Unit for the last few years" Jay said. "He's downstairs now" Kevin said as he got off the phone.

I walked into the locker room to grab my jacket, and Erin and Jay followed me in before shutting the door behind them. "We need to talk" Jay said and motioned for me to sit down. They had told me earlier that someone from the gun range said to watch your back around Rixton. And while I didn't believe Rixton was a bad guy, I still wanted to hear what they had to say, and find out if it was true.

"I talked to a guy who I trust. He said indictments are being handed down to Rixton's old unit" Jay said. "Seriously? For what" I ask. "I don't know. He didn't say." "So, what? Rixton bailed on a sinking ship" I ask. "Yeah, or Voight threw him a life preserver" Jay said. "I mean, what are we all supposed to do? Just wait around for IAD to handle it" Erin asked. "Because I figure if his old unit is bent, what kind of cop is he?" "What do we even know about this guy, aside from the fact that Voigt rubber-stamped him" Jay asked. "I'm gonna call Antonio. I mean, if indictments are coming down, he's gonna know about them" Erin said. "Listen guys" I say and stand up. "Rixton seems like a nice guy. And he's one hell of a partner. So do whatever you want, but please, keep me out of it." I then got up and exited the locker room. After that, Kenny and I went down to the hospital.

"Patient's name is Kyle Harvey. Dr. Rhodes is coming down" the nurse said. "Great. Thank you" Kenny replied. "Hey, fellas" Dr. Rhodes said and walked up to us. "So, I'm sorry, but your victim was triple zeroes when he came in. We did everything we could, but he died of massive blunt force trauma from the explosion." "Thanks, Doc. Think you could send those clothes to the lab for us" I ask. "You got it" he said. I looked up to see a woman walking towards us.

"Did you know Kyle" Kenny asked. "I'm Angie McCallister, from Reynolds, the LGBT home next door. Kyle was one of ours. Kyle was released two weeks ago. His mother passed away a year ago. He and his father were always at odds. Six months ago, he tried to take his own life, and he was placed with us. We'd been working with Kyle and his dad. They'd come so far" she said. "Did you have any issue with the tenant next door" I ask. "Dan? No. He was a great guy. He fixed things around the house. He was really nice to the kids. And some people in the neighborhood just weren't as welcoming, you know? He stood up for our kids" Angie said. "Did he stand up to anybody in particular" Kenny asked. "One guy, yeah. Like, two weeks ago, he and Dan got into a fight." After talking with Angie, we went back to the district.

"The M.E. says no dental work or recent surgeries on our victim" Erin said. "Canvass says it may have happened too early for witnesses. No neighbors saw or heard anything until the explosion" Kim said. "Hey, Sarge, um, we gotta ask you about Rixton" Jay said when Kenny wasn't in the room. "Not this again" I say. "What about him" Voight asked. "We heard that indictments were being handed down in his old unit" Jay said. "What does that have to do with you?" "I want to know who's got my back." "I imagine Kenny'd like to know who has his as well" Voight said.