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“What else?” Lucas asked, trolling for trust-but-verify answers.
Winston offered a few hard-copy photographs. “There was damage to the rear bumper and black paint transfer consistent with the vehicle she described, and…” He added another pictureto the pile. “…I found fur at the left front hood juncture from the deer she clipped.”
Lucas nodded. Trusted and now verified.
Next to me, Serena’s leg stilled. “Is the tracker how he found me in the mountains? I was sure he hadn’t seen me turn off the freeway.”
“Probably,” Winston said. “The accident report doesn’t give us anything else.”
“Serious stalker MO,” Constance said, taking the tracker from Terry.
“I emailed you the serial number,” he said. “Jordy, let’s find out who bought it.”
“I’ll try,” he said. “But that’s not so easy with these things.”
“If it were easy…” Lucas chuckled. “We wouldn’t need you, brother.”
The rest of us laughed politely, having heard Jordy’s warning and my brother’s comeback too many times to count.
Jordy started tapping on his laptop.
“What do we know about the Suburban in the abduction attempt?” Lucas asked.
“The guy’s a pro,” Winston reported. “He went into several areas with very limited cameras, but so far I’ve tracked him as far as the valley.”
Lucas nodded. “Keep on it.”
“Have you noticed anybody hanging around at work, in the parking lot, or around the house?” Terry asked.
“Let’s finish the physical evidence first.” That was Lucas, always one for logical progression.
Winston held up baggies containing the two notes. “They’re handwritten instead of printed, so likely not a professional. The writing is similar between the two. I’ll have them into forensics first thing, but I wouldn’t count on anything. I dusted the sidegate on the way in. Nothing. The guy was careful, I don’t even see a partial print on the tape.”
“Constance,” I said. “What’s your feeling about the text messages on Serena’s phone?”
“I agree with you,” she said. “I’d flag a message like ‘It would be a mistake for both of us if we didn’t get back together’ every time as a possible stalker.”
“Who is this guy?” Lucas asked.
“George Kittleman, her ex, and he sent flowers multiple times,” I added.
“How many times?” Lucas asked.
“Three,” Serena answered. “But I always threw them out, and I never answered his calls. He’s persistent but harmless. He never gave me a USB drive, so there’s nothing to want back.”
“Serena,” Constance said kindly, “the unassuming ones can be the most unpredictable.”
“He has the means to hire muscle,” I added. Jordy looked up from his laptop and pulled a disgusted face.
“Did he ever give you anything that might have hidden a USB drive?” Winston asked.
That was an interesting angle.
Serena thought for a moment. “No. I never got anything from him except flowers.”
I controlled the urge to grit my teeth.
Lucas raised a hand. “Okay, so Kittleman goes to the top of the list. Jordy, we need a digital workup. Work with Winston on that.”
