- Nov 22, 2014
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Rafa had only done mock interviews before. Now it was the real thing.
He spoke to some of the other cheerleaders first. Younger ones, the girls who knew Kayla the best. He had seen pictures of her, chased her scent all over the Academy. Cute kid. Reminded Rafa of a crush he had in high school.
He didn't want this to be another murder case. He wanted it to be... to be some kind of runaway, maybe. She could still be alive out there, somewhere, and he clung to that hope. He listened, stoic, to tear-filled descriptions of a pubescent best friend. He had an account of where every one of those girls was that night, what they knew about her relationship with the other students, and it all added up so far.
If this was a murder case - and Rafa hoped to whatever God there might be that it wasn't - then he had three primary suspects . First, there was the ex-boyfriend. They had a nasty breakup, according to the other girls, and he didn't take it very well. Lots of petty teenager stuff. He didn't see it escalating to murder, but it was worth checking out. Second, there was the Mad Doctor. Felix was off investigating the case from that angle. As much as it wrenched Rafa's gut, that was probably the most likely thing. Another life snuffed out by that sick son of a bitch.
Finally, there was Emily Strong. Known murderer, currently undergoing rehabilitation. She was deemed safe enough to return to the school for her education. He studied the files on her, then had an administrator pull her from class to come talk to him. They would whisk her into a borrowed office, and he would be waiting. He was wearing his police uniform - he wasn't a detective like Felix, so he wouldn't be running around in plain clothes like him.
"Hello, Emily. I'm Officer Quinn. I just wanted to ask you a couple of questions, but first - would you like a soda? Water? Juice?" He had a small selection of drinks in a cooler that he had brought. A token of good will - and a way to collect fingerprints. An interrogation trick older than time itself.
He spoke to some of the other cheerleaders first. Younger ones, the girls who knew Kayla the best. He had seen pictures of her, chased her scent all over the Academy. Cute kid. Reminded Rafa of a crush he had in high school.
He didn't want this to be another murder case. He wanted it to be... to be some kind of runaway, maybe. She could still be alive out there, somewhere, and he clung to that hope. He listened, stoic, to tear-filled descriptions of a pubescent best friend. He had an account of where every one of those girls was that night, what they knew about her relationship with the other students, and it all added up so far.
If this was a murder case - and Rafa hoped to whatever God there might be that it wasn't - then he had three primary suspects . First, there was the ex-boyfriend. They had a nasty breakup, according to the other girls, and he didn't take it very well. Lots of petty teenager stuff. He didn't see it escalating to murder, but it was worth checking out. Second, there was the Mad Doctor. Felix was off investigating the case from that angle. As much as it wrenched Rafa's gut, that was probably the most likely thing. Another life snuffed out by that sick son of a bitch.
Finally, there was Emily Strong. Known murderer, currently undergoing rehabilitation. She was deemed safe enough to return to the school for her education. He studied the files on her, then had an administrator pull her from class to come talk to him. They would whisk her into a borrowed office, and he would be waiting. He was wearing his police uniform - he wasn't a detective like Felix, so he wouldn't be running around in plain clothes like him.
"Hello, Emily. I'm Officer Quinn. I just wanted to ask you a couple of questions, but first - would you like a soda? Water? Juice?" He had a small selection of drinks in a cooler that he had brought. A token of good will - and a way to collect fingerprints. An interrogation trick older than time itself.