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I’m pretty well known for writing about serial killers and what not. I can say I want to rule it out as a possible kill of the Honolulu Strangler.”
    “She was shot. They will question you right away, and then people might start talking,” Adam said. “You know how people are.”
    She nodded. “But I have a reputation for being extremely thorough. Plus, remember, why would they even notice if I ask for all deaths during the time period of women from the ages of thirteen to thirty? It will just be included.”
    Del nodded. “Get that going. I’m going to have to tell the mayor and the governor about it though.”
    “You get to have all the fun,” Elle said with a smile.

Chapter Three
    G raeme was looking over a report on his last assignment when there was a knock at the door to his office, and seeing his boss wearing a grim face, Graeme knew it was going to be bad news.
    “So, I was talking to the mayor and the governor.”
    Graeme let one eyebrow rise. “At the same time?”
    Del rolled his eyes, and walked into Graeme’s office. When he shut the door behind him, Graeme’s worries increased. If he wanted privacy, it couldn’t be something particularly good.
    Del grimaced as he sat in the chair in front of Graeme’s desk. “No, although that would have been preferable. Sort of like ripping off the bandage. Get it all over with in one hard tug.”
    “What’s up their asses?”
    “The case.”
    “You might want to be more specific, since it seems we’re handling about five at once.”
    “The cold case. Jenny Kalani.”
    Graeme nodded and leaned back in his chair. “They want us to take it up?”
    “As of right now, the HPD does not know of the link. The governor and the mayor agreed with me on keeping it quiet, and the only way to do that is officially investigate it under TFH.”
    That made him pause. It usually took a lot to get either man to assign TFH a case. It was when they felt it was better to put up with the hassle from HPD or the feds. An assigned case usually meant a bloody mess in the media.
    “They think HPD might interfere with the case?”
    Del shook his head. “No, but you know that they are much more integrated into the community than TFH. Someone will let it slip. Then it will end up on the news. We want to make sure that we keep this out of the news as long as possible.”
    “For the sake of their reputations?” Graeme asked, not even trying to hide his irritation with the situation.
    “Partly. The HPD got a lot of crap at the time for it. But it wasn’t totally their fault. They were knee-deep in the Honolulu Strangler case,” Del explained.
    “Their first serial case?”
    “Yes, and they were very overwhelmed by that. Remember, this was the eighties, long before DNA was being used in cases. Computers were barely used, and there was no national database of anything. No Internet. They were in over their heads, and the FBI was no use to them either. If the FBI couldn’t find a serial killer on an island, there was a sure bet the local PD wouldn’t, not then,” Del continued.
    “But, you’re saying that the public got irritated over this Jenny Kalani case. Apparently, they didn’t seem to complain enough. I’ve lived on this island a year. The public noticed and were horrified by her death. From what I can find on the case, Jenny came from a good hard-working family. She was just on her way back from the store with a gallon of milk when she was shot. But, with the fear and outrage rising about the serial killings, Jenny’s murder faded into the background.”
    “And she wasn’t tied to the Honolulu Strangler case?”
    “No. She was shot and not near any area where the women had been abducted. Those victims were strangled. Jenny was much younger than the other victims, and there was no sexual assault, as you said. I have Elle hunting down the ME’s report so she can start going over it.”
    “Hunting it down?”
    “Remember, this was before computers. Everything I