about 1400 hours. He handled the paperwork in his in-tray and walked into the conference room a few minutes before 1500.
Pat took the podium.
“Good afternoon, guys and gals. I know that everyone is ready for this roller coaster ride to be over, but we’re not there yet. We now have three bodies on our hands in five days. We’re not sure that the one last night is related, but we’ve not eliminated it.”
“Chief?”
“Yes, George.”
“We might have a connection. The ME removed two slugs from the crispy critter. They look like 9 mm’s. It looks like two shots to the head, same as Curtis Gee. I dropped them off at ballistics before coming here. We should know for sure within the hour, Chief.”
One of the IAB Detectives got up to leave and Pat took immediate notice.
“Excuse me, gentlemen, but no one should leave until we are finished. You can tell Harry Doogin the latest when we’re out of the briefing.”
The IAB detective became flushed in the face and immediately sat down, staring at the floor.
“I also remind you of our orders from the Queens DA We have to play these cases close to the vest. No leaks!”
“Mary, can you give us an update on any developments since our last briefing?”
“Absolutely. Most of you know the details from the car fire over by Queens College. The car was a 1990 Chevrolet Caprice that was jacked up like the one in the photograph. There’s no identification on the victim yet. The car is registered to a George Montgomery, also from Queens. Mike and I’ll be going by his last known address to see if we can find out anything. He has no rap sheet as we can tell.”
“Thanks, Mary, and I’d like to introduce someone to you guys. Those on the scene last night have met him, but we have Fire Marshal Sparky McGregor with us today. Sparky and I have a lot of history together in Queens. He has arrested more arsonists than anyone I know. Is there anything else you can tell us about the fire?”
“Thanks Chief, it’s a pleasure to work with you guys. This was definitely a torch job. The ME says that our victim was dead from chronic lead poisoning, if you know what I mean, before he was lit up. Gasoline was the accelerant based on the fire patterns.”
“Thanks. Sparky, I appreciate your help.”
George McBain raised his hand.
“Go ahead George; do you have something for us?”
“Yes sir, Chief, it’s not a ‘maybe’ anymore. Our crispy critter was killed with Tony Rodriguez’s Glock 19. The lab made a positive match on the 9 mm slugs.”
“Well, then we’re officially working three homicides now, and I’m sure the Caprice was the one that dumped the body. The pieces are starting to fall together, but this case is becoming littered with bodies. We need to close this one fast. Does anyone else have any developments? Okay then, Captain Flannery please give us an overview of our adventures tonight over in Queens.”
“We’ll be pulling out all the stops, trying to generate leads in all these cases. We’re going to do some zero tolerance enforcement on street crime and drug sales. We want to squeeze these perps for information and let them know that the NYPD will not stop pursuing this case. At the same time, we’ll be handing out flyers. The reward is $30,000 in the Tony Rodriguez murder. If this doesn’t work, we’ll raise it to $50,000. The Detectives’ Endowment Association has agreed to kick in some money if needed. We aren’t exactly sure what our manpower will be, but if everyone comes through, we’ll have about 150 officers. We need to find Tony’s car and get this case closed. We’ll have more specific assignments tonight, but the task force will be primarily responding to debrief people arrested or any more witnesses located. We want to make sure that all three crime scene locations are heavily hit. If there are any witnesses out there who can help, we want to find them for Chief O’Connor.”
Pat was quick to respond.
“I appreciate the
Pat took the podium.
“Good afternoon, guys and gals. I know that everyone is ready for this roller coaster ride to be over, but we’re not there yet. We now have three bodies on our hands in five days. We’re not sure that the one last night is related, but we’ve not eliminated it.”
“Chief?”
“Yes, George.”
“We might have a connection. The ME removed two slugs from the crispy critter. They look like 9 mm’s. It looks like two shots to the head, same as Curtis Gee. I dropped them off at ballistics before coming here. We should know for sure within the hour, Chief.”
One of the IAB Detectives got up to leave and Pat took immediate notice.
“Excuse me, gentlemen, but no one should leave until we are finished. You can tell Harry Doogin the latest when we’re out of the briefing.”
The IAB detective became flushed in the face and immediately sat down, staring at the floor.
“I also remind you of our orders from the Queens DA We have to play these cases close to the vest. No leaks!”
“Mary, can you give us an update on any developments since our last briefing?”
“Absolutely. Most of you know the details from the car fire over by Queens College. The car was a 1990 Chevrolet Caprice that was jacked up like the one in the photograph. There’s no identification on the victim yet. The car is registered to a George Montgomery, also from Queens. Mike and I’ll be going by his last known address to see if we can find out anything. He has no rap sheet as we can tell.”
“Thanks, Mary, and I’d like to introduce someone to you guys. Those on the scene last night have met him, but we have Fire Marshal Sparky McGregor with us today. Sparky and I have a lot of history together in Queens. He has arrested more arsonists than anyone I know. Is there anything else you can tell us about the fire?”
“Thanks Chief, it’s a pleasure to work with you guys. This was definitely a torch job. The ME says that our victim was dead from chronic lead poisoning, if you know what I mean, before he was lit up. Gasoline was the accelerant based on the fire patterns.”
“Thanks. Sparky, I appreciate your help.”
George McBain raised his hand.
“Go ahead George; do you have something for us?”
“Yes sir, Chief, it’s not a ‘maybe’ anymore. Our crispy critter was killed with Tony Rodriguez’s Glock 19. The lab made a positive match on the 9 mm slugs.”
“Well, then we’re officially working three homicides now, and I’m sure the Caprice was the one that dumped the body. The pieces are starting to fall together, but this case is becoming littered with bodies. We need to close this one fast. Does anyone else have any developments? Okay then, Captain Flannery please give us an overview of our adventures tonight over in Queens.”
“We’ll be pulling out all the stops, trying to generate leads in all these cases. We’re going to do some zero tolerance enforcement on street crime and drug sales. We want to squeeze these perps for information and let them know that the NYPD will not stop pursuing this case. At the same time, we’ll be handing out flyers. The reward is $30,000 in the Tony Rodriguez murder. If this doesn’t work, we’ll raise it to $50,000. The Detectives’ Endowment Association has agreed to kick in some money if needed. We aren’t exactly sure what our manpower will be, but if everyone comes through, we’ll have about 150 officers. We need to find Tony’s car and get this case closed. We’ll have more specific assignments tonight, but the task force will be primarily responding to debrief people arrested or any more witnesses located. We want to make sure that all three crime scene locations are heavily hit. If there are any witnesses out there who can help, we want to find them for Chief O’Connor.”
Pat was quick to respond.
“I appreciate the
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