The following day Captain Brown asked, “Are you done with the footage?”
Nathan replied, “Almost. It’s sure that the van that dropped Ms. Crawford’s body was from Chicago. Its license plate is still in active registration. Only the passengers could not be identified properly because of the face masks. Those weren’t worn to prevent viral contamination of COVID-19. But those were masks used in burglaries, bank robberies.”
Captain Brown mentioned, “Jack has identified the Meatloaf members, Tony, Timothy and Miranda. From the footage of the gala night. Also, he exclaimed that Ms. Crawford left the party in Ms. LeRoy’s outfit and vice versa. Do you know anything about it, Adams?”
Before Nathan could answer, Lieutenant Kelly interrupted, “Pardon me Captain. Got a call about an abandoned warehouse on Seventy fifth street near Kenosha Business Park, with lots of blood, discovered and reported by the property manager while she was checking it before handing it over to a new tenant. We presume the warehouse being the primary crime scene in Susan Crawford’s murder. We’ve sent the blood samples to the lab. As soon as we get the results, we’ll inform you and Detective Adams.”
Nathan added hurriedly, “From other footage from the library, I saw a female teenager, hanging the gown from the library shelf. I showed a photo of the female to several children. Most of them told that she was asking around about Jack O’hara while in the library. To some of the children, the female identified herself as Miranda.”
In the evening, at Little Abode for Children shelter, Nathan met Jeremy. Nathan knew from the footage of the day that Jeremy did not come to the station by Metra train, like other children. Rather, he came from a motel on seventy fifth street.
Jeremy asked everyone at the center, “Do you know where Jack lives? I miss him. He’s my best friend. I’d like to meet him.”
Nathan replied, “What’s the rush? You’re now going to live here till you graduate from high school and learn a trade. You’ll meet Jack, anyway. This’ a small city.”
Then Nathan texted Captain Brown, “Please ask Jack to make his Facebook page live. Tonight's the night.”
Then he received a text message from Lieutenant Kelly, “The blood sample matches the DNA of Susan Crawford. Also, traces of it match DNA of Timothy Cooke, Anthony Parsons, Jeremy Wilson and Miranda Boyd.”
Later in the night, a police raid led by Lieutenant Kelly on Pine Ridge Motel on seventy fifth street nabbed Timothy Cooke alias Tim, Anthony Parsons alias Tony and Miranda Boyd. Nathan was there.
Around the same time, Captain Brown’s home was invaded by someone. As that person entered the dark bedroom mentioned by Jack on his Facebook, the room was lit up and he found himself surrounded by cops. Captain Brown uttered, “Jeremy Wilson, you’re under arrest for murder of Susan Crawford and attempted murder of Jack O’Hara. You’ve right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you. Do you understand the rights I have just read to you? With these rights in mind, do you wish to speak to me?”
Later in the year, with the testimony of the four arrested persons, the entire Meatloaf gang was brought down.
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