Fields
Moff.. You still up?
Moffet
Yeah, can't sleep.
Moffet
Still going over the phone records.
Fields
Same here. I've read these text convos forwards and backwards. Can't put my finger on the motive.
Moffet
The perp says one thing over and over though.
Fields
I know. "Be home soon".
Moffet
Yeah, but Sheriff's office has been on the girl's lawn since last night. Says there hasn't been any red pickup trucks.
Moffet
No cars at all for that matter.
Fields
So the guy is full of shit, yeah? Trying to scare her into submission. He targeted the husband. Think he has a personal beef with her?
Moffet
Maybe, but he was at the Johnson house too last night. Michael Johnson was found face down in his own blood.
Fields
So you think it was about business? Mike and Ethan were partners. Real estate. Angry past client?
Moffet
Something about all of this seems strange.
Fields
Well yeah, we've got a dead body, two missing persons, and a girl in hysterics back at the station.
Fields
Which makes me think, why take Mike's wife at all?
Moffet
We don't know that he took her. Boys are looking for her now.
Fields
Her car was still in the garage, yeah?
Moffet
What we need are those phones. They're probably covered in prints.
Fields
Nah, our guy is a smug son of a bitch. Too confident to make a mistake like that.
Fields
He texted her the address of crime scene #1 for god's sake.
Moffet
Btw, where are we on traffic cam footage? A cam points right at the side of the house he went to.
Fields
They said it should be in by 3:00 am. That was 2 hours ago. Figures.
Moffet
speak of the devil, email from Sandy at traffic just came in.
Fields
Nvm, I've got it too.
Moffet
Watching now, nothing so far
Fields
here we go, check 18:06. Red truck pulls up
Moffet
Yeah, that's Ethan. Goes around to the side door then out of frame.
Moffet
Still have the texts in front of you? When did he text about the suspect pulling up?
Fields
Like six mins later. I'm scrubbing forward.
Moffet
um... Where's the other car?
Fields
I'm like 20 minutes forward. No one else has pulled up Moff.
Moffet
Wait wait, look there, 19:02. Is that Ethan coming from the house?
Fields
Nah, different wardrobe. Looks stockier.
Fields
Aaaaaandddd... He drives off in the truck? No Ethan? No struggle?
Moffet
You can see him type the text. That's the guy, but when the team did the sweep of the house...
Fields
Yeah, no Ethan. No blood. No nothing.
Moffet
Ethan walks in, an hour later our perp walks out.
Fields
But when did the perp get there? Did he sneak in the other side?
Moffet
The text from Ethan says he saw the guy pull up. But I don't see any other cars for the whole hour.
Fields
we have a problem Moff.
Fields
No, not that. Chief just called....
Fields
Hope isn't at the station anymore.
