Thankfully Andie is a lot more cautious when it comes to driving a vehicle then she is on a four wheeler. She effortlessly maneuvered my jeep up the winding mountain trail back to the pack house,like a seasoned driver.
She didn't even panic when it started to rain and the tires of the jeep started to slip in the loose gravel on a steep incline.
Surprisingly her reaction was exactly what I would have done. Without even glancing in my direction for confirmation. She pulled the transfer case shifter lever down into four high. Climbed to the top of the hill then switched it back to it's original piston. Making me wonder if she would like to go take her written driver's test and get her learners permit.
Perhaps now that we are back in my office I should ask her. But first I need to mind link Skyler and check the video feed from the security cameras that over look the employee parking area.
So after closing the door behind us I pulled my girl into my lap and flipped on my computer. I then tapped at Skyler's mind to see if he was in the pack house.
'You back yet?' I sent, while I waited for my computer to load all the security feed from last week.
'Yeah,what took you so long?' He grumbled in my head.
' I took everyone at the office to lunch. What's got your tail in a twist?'
' That damn loon lady keeps calling again. ' Skyler grumbled 'You know the bitch that insists there's a pair of red throat loons nesting up by the mine at Harper's Rest.'
' I guess she didn't get the email I forwarded to her from the Department of Fish and game saying there's no red throat loons nesting anywhere around there. I'll send it again, but right now come on down here and tell me what Doctor Henderson found out about those assholes from the cave.' I sent back as I resent the email from the department of Fish and game to Mrs.Gladys Franks (AKA the crazy loon lady)
With in a few minutes Skyler sauntered into my office and took a seat in one of the leather chairs in front of my desk with two yellow file folders in his hand.
Keeping one for himself he slide the other one across my desk towards me" Doctor Death already had a report made up,so I ask him to print two copies of it." Skyler informed me jotting his chin towards the folder " I thought we could go over it together because some of the information didn't seem useful to me but you may find it pertinent to the case."
" Well let's see what we got here " I hummed flipping open the yellow folder to the front page.
My eyes landing on a bunch of medical jargon I didn't quite understand. Fortunately for me my girl can. I slip the folder on over towards her along with my request.
"Sweetheart read this and explained it to us in layman's terms."
Andie immediately took the file explaining all the medical terms with the efficiency of a college professor at a world renowned medical school. However like Skyler said there wasn't much useful information in that part of the report. It just stated that the assholes were all humans in their late twenties and in great physical condition.Well almost great condition, except for the bullet hole between their eyes and the large exit wound in the back of their skull that I personally left behind.
The the DNA profile and fingerprints did give us the information we needed to identify two of the assholes. One of them was a man named Bryan Williams a low profile professional hit man from Brooklyn, New York. Doctor Henderson had seen the asshole's picture in a pamphlet he had received from his nephew that works as a criminal profiler for the FBI and recognized him right away.
The other asshole that Dr. Henderson was able to identify. Was a man named Christopher Savage a fucking zoologist and private animal trainer from San Antonio Texas. His finger prints was in the National database from a previous arrest for the trafficking of exotic animals from Africa.
However the other two's identity still remains a mystery. But the lack of finger prints in the criminal and civil databases does eliminate a lot of people. We now know that they have never been arrested before and they have never been in the military. It also tells us that they have never worked on a boat or in an oil refinery here in the United States. Those are two jobs require a TWIC card which requires a full FBI back ground check along with your finger prints. And just by coincidence that's the two most available jobs here in Alaska.
Therefore I'm leaning towards the belief that these other two assholes are not from around here either. Which gave me an idea, it's a long shot but it might just help us identify these other two pricks and perhaps know who they might associate with.
"Skyler" I called my Betas name to get his attention, because like me he was also silently reading over the report scouring for anything that could be considered a clue.
"Yeah" He mumbled, as he kept reading.
" I want you to serch the web for any men in their late twenties who have gone missing in the last month. It's obvious from their physical condition that these other two aren't homeless."
" Good idea," Skyler agreed " Perhaps we will get lucky and a coworker or a family member has reported them missing."
" Sweetheart." I murmured shuffling the paper in my hand back to the medical report on John Doe one and John Doe two, sliding them back in front of Andie. " Can you tell me if there's anything in this report that might indicate what type of job these two might have."
Andie glanced back over the medical report and hummed "Their mussel mass and contents of their stomach tells me they spend a lot of time in the gym or work out at home everyday. They also follow a high protein diet to build muscle. The lack of callouses on their hands and the lack of dirt under their nails indicates that they don't have physical jobs like say a construction worker or a ranch hand. But I really don't see anything that points to a specific occupation. However if I were to guess what occupation they might have it would be something in the medical field."
"Medical field?" I questioned, " Why do you think that sweetheart?"
"Because" Andie shrugged gazing at me with those big blue eyes full of knowledge as she began to explain her theory." There's a lot of jobs in the medical field that takes a good bit of physical strength to perform. And it just makes since to stay in shape if you happen to choose one of those professions. Like for instance being a physical therapist or a CNA where you're required to help move patients with a disability around. Sometimes even doctors need to use a lot of physical strength to reset bones and preform certain other medical procedures. And like I pointed out earlier there's no dirt underneath their nails indicating that they wash their hands frequently. Therefore my best guess would be something in the medical field."
" Bingo " I heard Skyler shout bringing my attention back to him. " Found one of those cocksuckers." He grinned holding up his phone with the screen facing in my direction. Showing me a picture of John Doe number one, a name Doctor Henderson had assigned to one of the dead men in question.
" Who is he?" I ask, curious not just about his identity but also his occupation now that my girl has shared her theory with me.
" Twenty nine year old local business owner Tanner Mason missing from Madison Wisconsin." Skyler rattled off the headline of the article.
" Does it say what type of business Mr. Mason owned?"
Skyler grinned " Yep, The article said he was a Mortician/ funeral director at his business Mason Funeral Home."
" Well that's one Occupation I didn't really think about" My girl chimed in." But I can certainly see where the Medical file would point in that direction too."
" But your observations of what we should look for was right on the money by suggesting an occupation that required clean hands and physical strength."I acknowledged my girls brilliants for being able to pick out those fine details from just a few lines in a autopsy report.
"Does that article say anything else about that asshole?"I ask Skyler hoping it gives us more clues to who he was working for.
Skyler cleared his throat and glanced back down at his phone to read the rest of the article. " It says Tanner was last on Wednesday June 26 2024 by his girlfriend Miss.Tracy Coleman at their home on Blackwood Road around 7am. Miss.Coleman reported to the local police that Tanner left the house on Wednesday morning June 26,2024 to meet up with some friends from college for an annual fishing trip. She said Tanner was supposed to return home on Sunday June 30,2024 but when he failed to show up or contact her she called the local police department to report him missing."
" Fishing trip my ass" I grumbled sliding my phone over towards my girl. "Sweetheart check if Tanner Mason has a Facebook page. Maybe he's friends with the rest of these pricks and the ones we don't know about yet."
"Good idea." My girl praised. "I'll check Facebook for the other two also. Perhaps our unknown guy is connected to them and just maybe we can find out who he is."
" Skyler you keep searching through missing persons and I'll check the security feed from the camera that over looks the employee parking lot." I suggested as I began to check each frame of the security feed from last week and letting my mind wonder how someone might use each of these pricks to form a kidnapping ring for a werewolf child.
So far we have three individuals who seem to have nothing in common. A hired assassin from New York, a scumbag zoologist from Texas, and a mortician from Wisconsin.
Now don't get me wrong I can definitely understand hiring the assassin. I can see where his services could come in handy when infiltrating a pack house full of werewolves. And perhaps some misunderstanding about our kind could possibly lead someone to hire a zoologist/animal trainer. But I see absolutely no use for a Mortician to be among this group.
"Zack " my girl called out, and tugged on my arm.
" Yeah sweetheart" I ask, spinning my head around in her direction.
" In this picture here" she said pushing my phone in front of me. "isn't this the unidentified dead guy with the zoologist. And look there's two more guys in this picture but I don't believe either one is the assassin from New York." My girl pointed out.
" I think you're right sweetheart, go to that guy's friends list and see if you can see who those three are."