"Well, if we’re going to make it to the funeral on time, we’d better get moving," Zenya said.
Jordan checked his watch and nodded. "Hope its not being held too far from here."
"Shouldn’t be a problem," the sheriff said. "Only a couple miles. I can show you where it is, if need be."
"Do we have cars lined up," Leo asked. The group was already headed toward the rental counter, following Jordan’s lead.
"We just have to sign for them."
"We should talk to the medical examiner, too," Vanessa said
Sheriff Jackson nodded. "I told him to be expecting you. I’ve got copies of all the reports related to the case for you, too, if you want them."
The team waited while the rental papers were signed, then headed out to the parking lot toward a pair of Tauruses.
Vanessa and Jim were, unsurprisingly, teamed together. As the security specialists, their role might not be quite as demanding during this investigation - at least in that respect. This case was still puzzling to Jim however. He had studied the criminal mind at University and at Quantico. Although his degree was a joint honours, his project had managed to involve the two disciplines. He had built an automated database for containing information on serial killers. Some of the stuff had been much worse than this. It was the supposition about the abortion that got to him. He was still in two minds about his own feelings on that, although he did think a woman had the right to choose for herself. The question was, if abortion was the motive, who would have access to the information needed.
"Vanessa and I will check at the abortion clinics, both here and in Denver. We'll see if we can get any results there, although I guess people give false names in some of these places. There's no chance of finding out from the Denver murder victims if they had an abortion. Not unless the clinics turn something up."
"OK Jim. You and Vanessa get on to that. I am going to the funeral. What about you two?"
NRPG: Zenya and Leo can fill in here.
They headed off to their respective destinations, with Jim and Vanessa heading to the Sherrif's office in order to get on the 'phones and make enquiries.
NRPG:
I know this is short but I have a tight work schedule just now. EEK!! :-(
Respectfully submitted, FCO Ensign Olivier Patru, USS ORION NCC-1997, Starfleet. Private Eoin McDonald, Ranger, TEAM LEO, Ragnarok. Special Agent-1 Jim Reaper, X-Files Division, FBI. aka Peter Shillan.