22 Washington, D.C.Katie had no answers for them. Instead, she shut down.
Cunningham could see that Gwen had expected it. But of course, she had needed to ask the question. She understood the urgency. She had told him once during another investigation that in medicine, they called it “the critical hour.” Those first forty-eight hours were crucial as to whether a patient moved toward recovery or slipped away.
So Gwen understood that the same concept applied in criminal investigations. If there was no lead, a suspect or an arrest within forty-eight hours, the chances of solving the case were cut in half. With eyewitnesses it was even more important to capture their accounts while it was fresh and not manipulated by hearsay, the media or second-guesses. But when that eyewitness was tragical
