Liam Two days earlier, a patrol unit had logged a call near Diego’s school. Suspicious vehicle. Black Ford F-150 parked across from the east side entrance during pickup. Driver left before the unit arrived. A parent had recorded part of the plate. The partial plate matched one of Victor Reyes’s known vehicles. Not enough for an arrest. Enough to matter. I kept going. Victor’s public social media was mostly locked down, but one account was not. A gym account. Old posts. Bad lighting. Too much aggression in captions that were meant to look motivational. Four days ago, he had posted a story highlight from a gun range. The firearm in the video was not proof of ownership. It could have belonged to someone else. It could have been old footage uploaded later. It was not enough to prove

