Chapter 72
SEVENTY-TWO
Ellie jumped into action. “Captain, send an ERT. I’ll meet them and the ambulance at the Glasser house.”
“I’ll go with,” Derrick said.
Ellie shook her head. “At this point, we have several avenues to explore. Time is best served if we divide our resources. Derrick, question Benton and the lawyer who represented Minnie in her DUI.”
Derrick looked reluctant but conceded. “You’re right. If one of the people on the murder board is our killer, we have to check them all out. Maybe run surveillance.”
“I’ll go with Ellie,” Cord offered.
Ellie addressed the team. “Shondra, question the counselor at the hospital and see if she has any information about Jordan Orwell’s baby’s adoption. We need to know the adoption agency that arranged her infant’s placement.”
“Jordan’s mother didn’t know?” Shondra asked.
Ellie shook her head.
“On it,” Shondra said.
Ellie turned to Deputy Landrum. “Dig up everything you can on the abduction and assault of Dana Jo Glasser.”
Deputy Landrum nodded. “Copy that.”
“Everyone keep in touch and send updates, and I’ll do the same.” Ellie adjusted her holster and headed out the door, anxious to speak to Dana Jo’s mother and find out exactly what happened.
A cold gust of wind chilled Ellie as she and Cord walked outside, leaves on the trees swirling down in a sea of red, orange, yellow and brown.
Fall and the Day of the Dead decorations lit up the streets, the reality of the season evident in the change of the seasons as if winter might seize the mountains prematurely, killing the beauty of colorful foliage as an upcoming storm promised destruction.
Already the local meteorologist had forecasted sleet and ice.
She and Cord jumped into her Jeep, and she flipped on the siren to maneuver through town. They couldn’t waste time.