CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR
Kate and DeMarco had searched the area around the trailer for any signs of where the blood had come from but found nothing. DeMarco had found where the stench from within the house had come from, though. There had indeed been a dead cat beneath the trailer. In fact, there had also been a dead dog as well. The dog had been very recently killed, a slit tearing it open from its jaw to its hips.
Kate was thankful that the media had not discovered this grisly tidbit. Somehow, they had learned about Black’s arrest; when they arrived at the police department in Roanoke, there were already two news vans parked outside, waiting, with a third roaring down the street in search of a place to park.
As Kate and DeMarco quickly escorted Black into the station, Palmetto came rushing
