The Little Girl in the BayouJ. R. Ferguson
Mack Crawford walked into the Moss Bayou Police Department. The officer behind the desk glanced up but quickly returned his attention to the crossword puzzle on his desk.
“Excuse me, I'd like to talk with one of your detectives,” Mack said.
The officer took a deep breath, then shook his head as if dealing with a complete i***t. “I decide who you talk to. What’s your problem?”
Mack gritted his teeth. He knew better than to get on the bad side of small town law enforcement. He took a picture from his shirt pocket and held it up for the officer to see. Riddled with water spots and slightly faded from the sun, it clearly showed a young girl wrapped in fish net. Even though the child was fully dressed in shorts and a tee shirt, the picture portraye
