Beverly Connor - Dust to Dust
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- Название:Dust to Dust
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- Год:2009
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“That is a terrible story,” said Diane.
“It is, isn’t it?” said Lynn. “My parents wanted me to leave forensics and become a pediatrician. I told them no one was going to bring their children to me with this cloud over my head. I got a job in Atlanta, where I built my reputation back up. Let me tell you, that’s why, when I go to court now, I have every kind of documentation you can think of.”
“So,” said Kingsley, “you aren’t going to mind the fallout caused by a redo of his autopsy?”
“Mind?” said Lynn. “Honey, I welcome the fallout. I’m older now and have had a lot more experience in court.”
Diane called Frank to tell him she was on her way home. He said he was ordering Chinese and to ask Kingsley to stay for dinner. The delivery arrived at the same time she and Ross pulled into the drive. Ross waylaid the delivery man and paid for the food.
“You didn’t have to do that,” said Diane.
“Oh, it’s one of the perks of your being my consultant,” he said, and they carried it inside.
“Ah, it’s good to eat,” said Kingsley, sitting down at the table. “Sometimes when I’m working, I tend to forget to eat.” After a few bites and a drink of hot tea, he said, “Lynn Webber likes to have her ego stroked a bit, doesn’t she? I noticed that you’re a little shameless at it.” Ross grinned at Diane as he helped himself to some sweet and sour chicken.
“She does good work, she’s not afraid of politics, and she’s honest,” said Diane. “She also is good to her dieners. Yes, she likes people to notice her work. It’s a small price to pay.” Diane smiled back at him. Lynn was also supersensitive to even the most gentle slight, but Diane didn’t mention that.
“So, is she going to be reliable?” Kingsley asked.
“Yes, she’ll be fine,” said Diane.
“She seemed a little too eager to give Doppelmeyer the shaft,” said Kingsley.
“I’m sure she is very eager, but she won’t lie, nor will she exaggerate. What you will get is more corroborating information than you will know what to do with-and plenty of photographs. Of course, you realize her findings could agree with Doppelmeyer’s. In which case, Lynn will be very disappointed, but she won’t fudge the data,” Diane assured him.
“I got the impression she can be vindictive,” said Kingsley.
Diane nodded. “Perhaps. But as I said, she won’t lie. And she won’t get caught putting dead rotting fish under his house or frozen shrimp in his curtain rods.”
Kingsley put a hand over his mouth to keep from laughing and spraying his hot tea. “Touché,” he said, when he was able to talk.
Frank rolled his eyes.
“Today was a fruitful day,” Kingsley said. “I knew it was a good idea to ask for your help.”
“I’ll process the evidence we collected, but you’ll have to interview the army of possible suspects Jin pointed out,” said Diane.
“Perhaps the evidence will point us in a direction,” said Kingsley.
“Hopefully, the evidence and the new autopsy will give you enough ammunition to get the lead detective to reopen the case,” said Frank. “I’ve heard of the detective you said handled the case. He’s a little lazy and pigheaded, but I don’t think he is dishonest.”
“For the father’s sake, I’m hoping the solution will clear Ryan Dance of the murder that seems to have started this whole chain of events,” said Kingsley.
“Maybe you need to start retracing the steps of the young woman, Stacy,” said Frank. “If she was trying to clear her brother, she probably talked to the witnesses and to the family of the victim. They might point you in the right direction.”
“Oh,” said Diane, “I just had a terrible thought. From what you said, Ellie Carruthers’ family were certain it was Ryan Dance who killed their daughter. What if they were afraid Stacy might be successful in getting Ryan released from prison? They still think he’s guilty. It would be awful if it was someone in Ellie’s family who killed Stacy to stop her.”
“That’s an unpleasant thought,” said Kingsley, frowning. “I hope it’s not that.”
“There’s going to be some blowback with the new autopsy,” said Diane. “Is that going to be a problem with your employers?”
“No. The firm handles blowback. It’s usually good publicity. It shows potential clients that when we take a case, things get done. I think my bosses will like it. The more, the better. Our biggest clientele is defense attorneys.” Kingsley took another helping of sweet and sour chicken and rice. “So, what’s the thing with Jin’s technicians?”
Diane and Frank chuckled.
“As you heard, they’re identical twins and a bit eccentric,” said Diane, “and big Elvis fans. They’re also very detail oriented. Their reputation for accuracy was the reason Jin hired them-and the fact that they work very efficiently together. Jin’s extremely picky where the DNA lab is concerned.”
“Do they really dress like Elvis?” asked Kingsley.
“Not exactly,” said Diane. “If you saw them, you wouldn’t say to yourself, ‘Those guys are dressed like Elvis.’ You might think they look like they would make good Elvis impersonators. They’re more subtle than Jin portrayed them. I think the main reason they drive him crazy is they are constantly telling him how he could improve the efficiency of the DNA lab, and Jin doesn’t like anybody trying to step into his shoes.”
“Ah,” said Kingsley. “I see.”
Kingsley left not long after dinner. Diane promised to get him a report on the evidence as soon as she could.
“He seemed very pleased,” said Frank after they had cleared the table and put away the food. Diane poured Frank and herself each a glass of wine.
“It was very sad, but it went well. We’ll see how it goes from here. How was your day?”
He slipped his arms around her waist and danced her a few steps around the living room floor. “My day was fine. But why don’t we leave the topic of crime aside for the rest of the evening?”
Diane spent most of the next day working at the museum. She heard from Kingsley midday that the exhumation of the body of Stacy Dance was scheduled for the following day. Diane was about to go home when Andie forwarded a phone call to her.
“Hello, this is Archaeo-Labs,” said a voice. “We’ve been trying to get in touch with Dr. Marcella Payden without success. Your number is a backup number she has in her file.”
“Yes, Dr. Payden works here. I’m Diane Fallon, director of the RiverTrail Museum. How can I help you?”
“She uses our labs to identify species-specific protein antigens in bone-tempered pottery sherds.”
“Yes,” said Diane. “I’m familiar with her work on Texas pottery.”
“Well, she sent us some pieces from Georgia. Actually, she said it wasn’t archaeological, but relatively modern. And as in the archaeological samples, she wanted to know the species of animal used in the pottery. To tell you the truth, we don’t quite know how to proceed.”
“How do you mean?” asked Diane. “You don’t do analysis of modern samples? I’m not sure I understand.”
“No, it’s not that. We did the identification, but… well… the protein antigen is human.”
Chapter 18
Diane was dumbstruck for a moment. The caller must have thought she would be, because he waited patiently on the other end.
“Human?” said Diane. “Did she give you any information about where in Georgia they came from?” But Diane knew. Marcella dug them up in her yard.
“No,” he said. “She just labeled them Georgia .”
“I’m sorry, I didn’t get your name.” said Diane.
“Oh, I’m Justin Ambrogi. I’m the technician who runs the samples in the lab.” He cleared his throat. “What I’m wondering is, that is, some of my coworkers think the sherds, because of the human bone in them, constitute a body-legally, that is-and must be reported. I suppose it could be old bones that were used, but don’t the laws about the use of humans and their body parts apply to ancient ones too?”
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