Chapter 4 - Another Suspect Comes Out of the Woods-1
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Chapter 4 - Another Suspect Comes Out of the Woods
“He’s in interview, Sheriff,” Deputy Gates said, as he walked into Mel’s office. “Sorry it took so long.” He set an evidence bag down on her desk, in front of her.
Mel opened it and took a peek inside. She squinted in at what she saw and then looked up at Gates. “A trail cam?”
“Yup. We found him at his house...sort of. He was coming through the woods, up to the main house, on a quad, when we got there. Once we filled him in, he insisted we go over to that cabin where Lafferty was found, before we brought him in here. He made Davidson climb a tree about 100 yards down a trail, back behind the cabin, for that thing.”
“He must think it’s important. We’ll see about that.”
Gates turned and walked out of her office.
Mel closed the bag and picked it up as she got up. She started to leave with the bag and then thought better of it. “Gates, hang on,” she called after him.
As he turned, she held the bag out and walked toward him with it. “I’m not going to take this into interview with me. Go ahead and check it into evidence and tell Mason it’s there but tell her not to draw it until she hears from me.”
He accepted the bag.
Before she let go of it, she asked, “Do you hunt, Gates?”
“Not anymore, Sheriff. Not since my dad passed on. I used to hunt with him.”
“Ever use trail cams?”
He shook his head. “Dad was all about the hunt. We didn’t bait deer either.”
She released her grip on the bag. “Something tells me Knox only wanted this one collected because it gives him an alibi. That’s a good-sized chunk of property he has and that he hunts out there. Where there’s one, there’s usually several.”
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