It took Sable three days to run the partial name against every database she could access, cross-referencing missing persons filings, employment records, and utility account holders tied to shell entities in the region until she narrowed it down to a single match that fit every piece of the scratched letters.
She called Hunter into the office the moment she was certain.
"His name was Desmond Achebe," Sable said, turning her laptop toward him. "Thirty-four when he disappeared. Worked in industrial maintenance, similar profile to you and Carver, similar physical exposure risk. He worked at a facility with a documented equipment failure eleven months before he vanished."
"Vanished how," Hunter asked. "Officially, I mean. What does the record say happened to him."
Sable's expression tighten
