Partners in Crime; A Jay Halstead Fanfic

Natural Born Storyteller

Yn's POV

"Hey, Yn. Can we talk" Jay asked me. "Uh, can it wait? I'm kind of about to introduce the new case" I say. "Sure. We'll talk later" Jay asked as everyone entered the bullpen. "All right, tender-age white child found dead in a black neighborhood. We're still waiting on the ME, but responding EMTs indicate that the kid's neck was snapped and he was also stabbed in the abdomen three times" I say. "And his wrists and ankles were bound with sailor's knots, for what that's worth" Al said. 

"His name was Jeremy Dolan. He was reported missing 36 hours ago from Rogers Park. He was eight years old. His parents are Richard and Rochelle. They're waiting at the morgue to ID the body" Jay said. "Rogers Park? That's three miles north of that house" Kevin said. "Well, he was probably killed elsewhere and transported to the scene. We've got no eyeball witnesses of the body being placed, though" Adam said. "Do we know who owns the house" Jay asked. "Yep, a local real-estate investors. It's one of 150 properties that they're buying and fixing up in that area" Kevin said. "I'll see if there's anything there" Erin said. "All right, we start in Rogers Park" Voight said. "I want to be there when the parents ID him. Al, will you come with" Antonio asked. "Yeah" Al replied.

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"So, uh, how well did you know the Dolan's Mister........." "Boyd. Damien Boyd. I've known Richie my whole life. I grew up down the block here. I don't live here anymore, though, so I wish I could help you. My friends are grieving, and I got to get these inside" Damien said. "Sorry. Our condolences" I say as the man and his son walked away. "So no one saw or heard anything" Jay said. "Nothing they feel like sharing" I say.

"Hey guys" Kevin said as we got back to the district. "Special Investigations Unit sent over the files for every registered sex offender in the vicinity of Rogers Park." "The ME found tissue under Jeremy's fingernails. The little guy went down fighting. There was also no sign of sexual assault, but that doesn't mean he couldn't have been made to do things" Erin said. "I don't know. This block he was snatched from, they're pretty tight-knit. It seems like an odd pool to pick your victims from" Adam said. "But if it was about sex, there's no logic. It's just impulse" I say. "Hey, this guy moved onto the block last year. He's in from Salt Lake City. His PO logged a complaint. He never registered in Chicago" Adam said. "What's his name" Erin asked. "Darren Woodhull" Adam replied. "Antonio and I will go talk to him" Erin said.

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"Hey, Jay. What's up" I ask as he walked over to my desk. "Darren Woodhull, our registered sex offender, he had a gash on his neck. He said he got it sailing, but the Boathouse says none of their guys administered first aid that day. He's lying" Jay said. "Do you have his 20" I ask. "The office says he popped home" Jay said.

At Woodhull's house, we only found his roommate, Vaughn Bash, who was also a sex offender, so we brought him down to the district. "Are you free at the moment" Jay asked me as I stood up from my desk. "To talk? No, sorry. I've got to speak to Voight real quick. Later, okay" I say. Jay nodded, and I walked off to find Voight.

"Voight, Mouse tried to ping Woodhull's cell but got nothing" I say. "What about his car? I mean, if he transported a body, he left DNA behind" Voight said. "Yeah, Woodhull said it's in the shop, so Olinsky's on his way to check it out now" I say. "Well, get the Dolans in here. I want to look them in the eye. I mean, a tight neighborhood like that, they've got a pair of sex offenders shacked up four doors down, they know nothing about it" Voight spoke. "I caught the tail end of that. Are you buying this? Guy got kidnapped from his house" I ask. "I don't think we're getting the whole story" Voight said. "Yeah, from who" I ask. "Any of them" Voight replied.

After talking to Rochelle, Jeremy's mom, we found out that her and her husband Richard had something to do with Woodhull's disappearance, so we tracked him down and found him and Damien Boyd, the man I had talked to earlier, beating Woodhull up. "Hey. Do you have a-" I cut Jay off before he could finish his sentence. "I've got to talk to Antonio. Excuse me" I say. I walked around Jay and headed downstairs where Antonio was.

"Hey, Antonio, we've got a problem" I say as he put Boyd in the cage. "I just got off the phone with Area North. His son is missing." "That's not possible. I saw him this morning" Boyd said. "How old" Antonio asked. "He's seven years old, in the first grade" Boyd replied. "He didn't make it home from school" I say. "That's some timing. You want to tell me what's really going on or get charged for kidnapping and assault" Antonio asked Boyd. "I swear to God. I don't know anything" Boyd said as we walked upstairs.

"The lab results got back. The blood in Woodhull's trunk is a match for Jeremy Dolan" Jay said. "How old was the blood" Antonio asked. "It's two days old. He was transported in that car" Jay said. "But the car's been in the shop for six days" I say. "Huh. All right, who had access to the vehicle" Voight asked. "It's the mechanic. I'll go" Jay said. "Hey, we're still missing the big picture here. We need to know why. Take Alvin" Voight said.

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"Our main target is Kurt Hollister. His last known location was his mechanic shop four hours ago. We've got Tac guys sitting on his residence and an Amber alert out on the vehicle and the kid" Antonio said. "The body in the freezer belonged to Ray Malone. He was 38 years old. He died a block from where he was born" Mouse said. "Malone is a knock-around guy, has misdemeanor priors. Somehow, he's the nexus. He went to high school with the father of the victim and the father of the missing kid" Adam said.

"So what's the motive? Why brutally murder a kid, take off with a second, and then leave an unrelated male body behind" Al asked. "He's out there, and he's holding a seven-year-old boy. He's not some mastermind" Antonio said. "We should have him in custody. We were right there. We talked to him" Jay said. "We all missed this. Let's just connect the dots. Who was Ray Malone to this guy? How's he end up in his freezer" Antonio asked.

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"All-call message went out on Hollister 30 minutes ago. I want to be apprised of any sightings" Voight said. "Sarge, Boyd's son, Conner, he was most likely snatched on his way home from school. I've got a team canvassing the route home right now. We've just got nothing useful so far" Adam said. "I flagged the plate on his car. Troopers are shutting down the ramps" Mouse said. "We've got to move. I just got a hit on that plate. Patrol's already down there. We've got to go" Kevin said.

We managed to take Hollister down, and now, I was getting my stuff from my locker. "Hey. Can we talk now" Jay asked and walked up to me. "Sure. What's up" I ask. "Were you avoiding me today? Every time I wanted to talk to you, you avoided me" Jay said. "What? No. I was just super busy with the case. What did you want to talk about" I ask. "You. Me. Us. We never really discussed what was going on between us after we kissed" Jay said. "Oh. Well, what do you want to happen between us" I ask. "I want to take things slow, and for now, keep us a secret" Jay said. "Okay. That's fine with me" I say. "Cool. Uh, Will and I are meeting at Molly's. Want to come" he asked. "I'd love to" I say.

At Molly's, Jay and I met up with Will. "Hey, Will. It's good to see you again" I say and give him a hug. "You too, Yn. How's my brother doing? Has he been giving you a hard time" Will asked. "The hardest. You wouldn't believe what I have to put up with at work" I say. "Are you serious? I'm the best partner you've ever had" Jay said. "I don't know. Working with Antonio was pretty amazing. If you'd like to change that, you can get me a whiskey" I say. Jay smiled and shook his head. "You better be paying me back" he said. "In your dreams, Halstead."