2:55 pm
FBI Headquarters
Nikki had spent the better part of the morning tracking Luis Garcia and came across a suicide in Shreveport, LA. just as Simon outlined in the blog. Garcia was found outside his place of employment where he apparently jumped to his death. A suicide note was found on the roof and the case was closed as an apparent suicide. The local field office was going through the physical evidence again, but Nikki knew it would be futile.
Nikki had turned her attention to her Panty Snatcher casefile and was going through some recent evidence reports looking for something they can use to track PS when the Jaws theme sounded. Nikki was glad for the distraction as she was getting frustrated with the lack of progress. She took a deep breath and opened Simon’s email:
“Dear Butterfly,
Thank you for the coordinates for the Snatcher case, I have cross referenced the list of coordinates and times that we know he was at and I have enclosed satellite photos of those exact times and locations. Please don’t ask how I obtained the images. I don’t have the time to process the photos any further or obtain any video footage from the surrounding area businesses and traffic cameras. I know you have a whole team of people looking for this guy and hopefully this will at least turn up a vehicle or an ID for the Snatcher. I am working the same angle on Bernard now and hoping to narrow a location for him soon as well.
I have a bad feeling about this Snatcher guy Nikki, you need to keep your eyes open and your head on a swivel. I know you are a trained FBI agent, I just can’t shake this feeling that something is wrong. Please take care of yourself Butterfly, I am trying to finish up here as quickly as I can so I can come and find Snatcher if your team isn’t able to find him with the enclosed data.
All my love,
Simon”
Nikki printed out the attached data and took it to SAC McShay to update him. To say he was impressed would be an understatement. He gave Nikki a knowing glance, understanding where the data came from, but he wasn’t going to look a gift horse in the mouth either. He quickly called in the tech team and they went scurrying out of his office several minutes later like their feet were on fire, happy to have any actionable intel on this guy.
Nikki walked back to her office with a little more spring in her step as well, hoping the tech team would be able to get something useful out of the data so they can put an end to this monster. As soon as she entered her office she stopped dead. There was a flower arrangement sitting on her desk and because she has more than a passing interest in botany, Nikki recognized the flowers as Ladyfingers and knew immediately who sent them. She quickly grabbed Rob and they summoned an evidence tech before removing the attached envelope. Inside was a photo of Nikki leaving her house…. this morning. 2 words were printed on the photo, “It’s time” ….