Apprehended (Amber Alert Series Book 3) Read Online Free
Author: Sara Schoen
hope that we would find the link soon—we needed a lead before the bodies started to pile up wither with him taking more girls, or him starting to eliminate them.
Chapter 4
"I don't understand why he chose these girls. They have nothing in common, and there are no similarities between them besides their looks," I stated as I slid another file off the pile and into my hands.
"Well it could be just as simple as their looks," Callum suggested. He lifted his head momentarily to look at me before he put his cheek back to his fist.
"A broad range of people fit this description, it could be anyone that's taken next," I said as I flipped open to the picture of Tegan. She had short blonde hair with blue eyes, and when compared to the other girls it was obvious that there wasn't a strict image of the type he wanted, but only a basic description.
I could see why people thought it was a Steve Bennett copycat because Anna and Audrey looked similar to these girls, but then again all blondes kind of look alike if you look at enough of them. Sure the hair color could be a little different by a few shades, but they will always be about the same. Just because the girls were blonde and have similar age didn't mean anything. He could be using these girls for something other than Steve Bennett ever did.
That was clear from the fact that no more bodies had been found yet . Steve always got rid of one girl before getting another one. This guy was collecting them, but for what I wasn't sure. I was about to ask Callum what he thought of my theory, but I glanced up to see him asleep on the table. His head had been hanging dangerously low to the table for a while now, and it looked like sleep finally took over. We had been awake for almost twenty-three hours straight trying to find a break in the case.
Of course, we ran into more dead-ends than breakthroughs, but it was understandable. The team was sleeping in shifts so that we could have eyes going over everything we had around the clock. It wasn't hard since we didn't have a lot of information to go on. Callum had pulled reports of the girls that the copycat had killed when the team last called in for help. A chill raced up my spine at the thought.
What had made him suddenly kill all those girls? There were ten found in quick succession, all kidnapped prior, some for years, but now it made sense where they had gone. They didn't runaway or leave their families, they were taken. The answer still remained, why? Those girls he took earlier didn’t look anything like the girls he took now. Why did he take them, and what caused the change in his targets?
It had to be something small, I decided as I tried to look over the files again. The answer is in here somewhere, I just need to see it. I wanted to find out why it was these girls so that we could prevent more being taken, but what could it be?
I was about to ask Callum if he thought the girls that were found dead were unrelated from the Bennett kidnappings, but when I saw him with his head on the desk I decided not to. Callum and I typically got the last shift for sleep. We were awake for twenty-three hours before getting to sleep for seven. It didn't seem like a fair trade off, but we had to do something.
Each shift meant that there were fresher eyes on the material and new ears to listen to the calls from the tip line. There was someone out there who had seen something, but didn't think it was important enough to report to us. There were known cases where a witness had cracked the case open. I recalled one from a case study from school, but before I could let the thought wander I suddenly realized how these girls were taken from all over the country, it wasn’t much, but maybe it could lead us somewhere.
"Callum, wake up," I said as I placed a hand on his shoulder to shake him awake. He quickly jumped out of his chair and away from the touch as if he thought I was going to hurt him. We stood there
Chapter 4
"I don't understand why he chose these girls. They have nothing in common, and there are no similarities between them besides their looks," I stated as I slid another file off the pile and into my hands.
"Well it could be just as simple as their looks," Callum suggested. He lifted his head momentarily to look at me before he put his cheek back to his fist.
"A broad range of people fit this description, it could be anyone that's taken next," I said as I flipped open to the picture of Tegan. She had short blonde hair with blue eyes, and when compared to the other girls it was obvious that there wasn't a strict image of the type he wanted, but only a basic description.
I could see why people thought it was a Steve Bennett copycat because Anna and Audrey looked similar to these girls, but then again all blondes kind of look alike if you look at enough of them. Sure the hair color could be a little different by a few shades, but they will always be about the same. Just because the girls were blonde and have similar age didn't mean anything. He could be using these girls for something other than Steve Bennett ever did.
That was clear from the fact that no more bodies had been found yet . Steve always got rid of one girl before getting another one. This guy was collecting them, but for what I wasn't sure. I was about to ask Callum what he thought of my theory, but I glanced up to see him asleep on the table. His head had been hanging dangerously low to the table for a while now, and it looked like sleep finally took over. We had been awake for almost twenty-three hours straight trying to find a break in the case.
Of course, we ran into more dead-ends than breakthroughs, but it was understandable. The team was sleeping in shifts so that we could have eyes going over everything we had around the clock. It wasn't hard since we didn't have a lot of information to go on. Callum had pulled reports of the girls that the copycat had killed when the team last called in for help. A chill raced up my spine at the thought.
What had made him suddenly kill all those girls? There were ten found in quick succession, all kidnapped prior, some for years, but now it made sense where they had gone. They didn't runaway or leave their families, they were taken. The answer still remained, why? Those girls he took earlier didn’t look anything like the girls he took now. Why did he take them, and what caused the change in his targets?
It had to be something small, I decided as I tried to look over the files again. The answer is in here somewhere, I just need to see it. I wanted to find out why it was these girls so that we could prevent more being taken, but what could it be?
I was about to ask Callum if he thought the girls that were found dead were unrelated from the Bennett kidnappings, but when I saw him with his head on the desk I decided not to. Callum and I typically got the last shift for sleep. We were awake for twenty-three hours before getting to sleep for seven. It didn't seem like a fair trade off, but we had to do something.
Each shift meant that there were fresher eyes on the material and new ears to listen to the calls from the tip line. There was someone out there who had seen something, but didn't think it was important enough to report to us. There were known cases where a witness had cracked the case open. I recalled one from a case study from school, but before I could let the thought wander I suddenly realized how these girls were taken from all over the country, it wasn’t much, but maybe it could lead us somewhere.
"Callum, wake up," I said as I placed a hand on his shoulder to shake him awake. He quickly jumped out of his chair and away from the touch as if he thought I was going to hurt him. We stood there
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