Page 47 of Only You

“Yeah. Maybe a sex worker, but she could have just been a drug user.”

That caught her attention. The last vic had been an upstanding member of society. She barely drank, from what her friends said. In fact, the mystery man was out of character for her. Since the mess of her last relationship, she hadn’t dated. Now, a possible drug user and/or sex worker?

“Drug user?”

“Nothing on the arms, but, looking between the toes, she was shooting up.”

“Which means she might have been trying to hide it?”

The ME nodded. A lot of IV drug users shot up between their toes to hide the fact that they were using.

“She was out here longer, but it was a Monday night. Not as much foot traffic.”

“TOD?”

“I would say five hours or less.”

Eileen drew in a deep breath. It was just now, just after five in the morning.

“Good to know. Hopefully, we can get some help from the cameras.”

“Fingers crossed. I’ll do a tox screen, of course. I’ll text you when I’m done.”

Eileen wasn’t one for standing around while the ME worked. There was no reason to hover when she was doing her work. It didn’t make the investigation go any faster, and she could have spent her time running down leads.

She walked back to Eddie, ignoring the puddles since she was wearing boots. “TOD is about five hours ago.”

“And another rainy night.”

She sighed. “I hope that isn’t this guy’s trigger because we’re moving into a very rainy month.”

April could be insanely wet for Baltimore.

“Yeah. Do you want me to drop you at home so you can change?”

“Mainly, so I can get my gun. I feel naked.”

Eddie made a face. “Don’t. It would be like seeing my sister naked.”

She smiled. “Let’s go so we can get in there and start reviewing footage.”

The moment they stepped closer to the tape, Eileen realized they had attracted the news. That was normal, but this hit right at early morning rush hour…

“How was she found?”

“Anonymous tip.”

“Dammit.” It had been perfectly timed to garner attention from the early morning news in Baltimore and DC.

“What?”

“Timing.”

Understanding lit his expression. “I can’t wait to find this asshole. He needs to be taken down.”

She slipped under the tape. “The Baltimore PD has no comment at this time.”

Questions were thrown in her direction, but one caught her attention. “Is this the same as Irene’s murder?”

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