religion attacked.”
“Look, all I’m trying to say is that I think under the present conditions your knowledge of the practices will be useful.” Matt said.
“You’re kidding right?” Perry said.
“No, I’m not.” He focused his attention on his upset partner. “If these killings are religiously motivated, then who better to help us understand and capture them than an expert in the field?”
“You want me to help you smear my religion.” Rishards stood defiantly.
“I want you to help us get this killer; Baptist, Buddhist or whatever. If these are religiously motivated, then your personal knowledge could stop us from making errors in analysis.” Matt said. “If someone is using your religion as a reason to murder, I would think you’d want to stop that.”
“I won’t sit still for hounding innocent people because their faith.” Rishards said.
“Good that’s what we need.” Matt said.
“Yeah, all we need.” Perry said under his breath.
“She is your superior Perry and you are dangerously close to insubordination. If you have a problem with her, then I suggest you take it up with the chief.” Although he disliked conflicts, Matt allowed his voice to raise enough to express his seriousness to the young officer. “Personally I think that our chances just increased significantly.
“Okay.” Rishards turned to Perry. “I know religion is out of fashion, but if you disrespect me again you’ll be on park patrol till you retire.”
“Yes, detective.” Perry turned his attention back to the screen.
“I want to review this data, and then I would like to see the murder site.” Matt said.
“In person?” Rishards sounded incredulous.
“Yes.”
“But Dales, we have everything we need here. All the recordings, scans files. What could going to the scene do for us?”
“I won’t know till I see for myself.” Matt said.
“Why?” Perry asked. “Seems like a waste of time.”
“What is the floor there like? Was it slippery when covered in blood? Do shoes squeak when someone walks down it? Where was the terminal the message left? How far is it from the murder sight? How long would it take the ventilators to spread the smell of death? How many people might have been the position to see something they don’t even realize is important?”
“Okay, I get it.” Perry conceded.
“You wanted to learn how we did it on earth. This is where the lessons start. I have to stand there, feel where it happened and try to put myself into the mind of our killer.”
“I’ll go, “Rishards said. “Perry, I want you stay here with your keyboards. We’ll stay in contact. We might need access to the synapsis while on site.”
“Good.” Matt said.
“One thing Detective Dales?” Officer Perry was hesitant.
“Yes.”
“About the warrant?” Perry looked hopeful.
“The chief said he’d take care of it. For now he wants our full attention on this case.” Matt sat and started to study the data running down the monitor.
“Shit. Zimmerman told me to back off it too.” Perry said.
“Well, it is her case now.” Matt said. “We have enough to do without worrying about her job.”
“I get the feeling she’s not going to follow up on this.” Perry continued.
“Then we’ll look into it when we solve this one. Look, I’m with the chief on this. A serial killer trumps drug dealers.” Matt said.
“When this is over I need you to help me. I have a hunch there’s something more to this.”
“I’d just drop it if I were you. Trust the chief to look into it. We don’t need the distraction.” Rishards said.
“She’s right. Besides take it from me, hunches just lead to trouble.” Matt added.
Officer Perry sullenly returned to his display. The detectives scrutinized the documents one last time. Matt wanted to have all the information fresh in his mind before he went to investigate the site of the first murder.
Chapter 17
Matt wanted to walk to the site, but Rishards insisted on taking the transit car. The
“Look, all I’m trying to say is that I think under the present conditions your knowledge of the practices will be useful.” Matt said.
“You’re kidding right?” Perry said.
“No, I’m not.” He focused his attention on his upset partner. “If these killings are religiously motivated, then who better to help us understand and capture them than an expert in the field?”
“You want me to help you smear my religion.” Rishards stood defiantly.
“I want you to help us get this killer; Baptist, Buddhist or whatever. If these are religiously motivated, then your personal knowledge could stop us from making errors in analysis.” Matt said. “If someone is using your religion as a reason to murder, I would think you’d want to stop that.”
“I won’t sit still for hounding innocent people because their faith.” Rishards said.
“Good that’s what we need.” Matt said.
“Yeah, all we need.” Perry said under his breath.
“She is your superior Perry and you are dangerously close to insubordination. If you have a problem with her, then I suggest you take it up with the chief.” Although he disliked conflicts, Matt allowed his voice to raise enough to express his seriousness to the young officer. “Personally I think that our chances just increased significantly.
“Okay.” Rishards turned to Perry. “I know religion is out of fashion, but if you disrespect me again you’ll be on park patrol till you retire.”
“Yes, detective.” Perry turned his attention back to the screen.
“I want to review this data, and then I would like to see the murder site.” Matt said.
“In person?” Rishards sounded incredulous.
“Yes.”
“But Dales, we have everything we need here. All the recordings, scans files. What could going to the scene do for us?”
“I won’t know till I see for myself.” Matt said.
“Why?” Perry asked. “Seems like a waste of time.”
“What is the floor there like? Was it slippery when covered in blood? Do shoes squeak when someone walks down it? Where was the terminal the message left? How far is it from the murder sight? How long would it take the ventilators to spread the smell of death? How many people might have been the position to see something they don’t even realize is important?”
“Okay, I get it.” Perry conceded.
“You wanted to learn how we did it on earth. This is where the lessons start. I have to stand there, feel where it happened and try to put myself into the mind of our killer.”
“I’ll go, “Rishards said. “Perry, I want you stay here with your keyboards. We’ll stay in contact. We might need access to the synapsis while on site.”
“Good.” Matt said.
“One thing Detective Dales?” Officer Perry was hesitant.
“Yes.”
“About the warrant?” Perry looked hopeful.
“The chief said he’d take care of it. For now he wants our full attention on this case.” Matt sat and started to study the data running down the monitor.
“Shit. Zimmerman told me to back off it too.” Perry said.
“Well, it is her case now.” Matt said. “We have enough to do without worrying about her job.”
“I get the feeling she’s not going to follow up on this.” Perry continued.
“Then we’ll look into it when we solve this one. Look, I’m with the chief on this. A serial killer trumps drug dealers.” Matt said.
“When this is over I need you to help me. I have a hunch there’s something more to this.”
“I’d just drop it if I were you. Trust the chief to look into it. We don’t need the distraction.” Rishards said.
“She’s right. Besides take it from me, hunches just lead to trouble.” Matt added.
Officer Perry sullenly returned to his display. The detectives scrutinized the documents one last time. Matt wanted to have all the information fresh in his mind before he went to investigate the site of the first murder.
Chapter 17
Matt wanted to walk to the site, but Rishards insisted on taking the transit car. The
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