n the One Three One. Nothing."
"Okay, this's getting funky. No evidence?"
"Missing."
"The file was checked out?"
"Might've been but it's not in the computer log. It should've been there if somebody took it or it got sent somewhere. But I got the name of the case detective. He lives in Queens. Just retired. Art Snyder." Pulaski handed her a sheet of paper with the man's name and address on it. "You want me to talk to him?"
"No, I'll go see him. I want you to stay here and write up our notes on a whiteboard. I want to see the big picture. But don't do it in the lab. There's too much traffic." Crime scene and other officers routinely made deliveries to Rhyme's. With a case involving crooked cops, she didn't want anyone to see what they'd learned. She nodded toward Rhyme's exercise room, where his ergometer and treadmill were located. "We'll keep it in there."
"Sure. But that won't take long. When I'm done, you want me to meet you at Snyder's?"
Sachs thought again about the Mercedes. And she heard Sellitto's words looping through her head: . . . The trunk of a car at JFK long-term parking . . .
"Naw, when you're through, just stay here and help out Lincoln." She laughed. "Maybe it'll improve his mood."
THE WATCHMAKER
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CRIME SCENE ONE
Location:
* Repair pier in Hudson River, 22nd Street.
Victim:
* Identity unknown.
* Male.
* Possibly middle-aged or older, and may have coronary condition (presence of anticoagulants in blood).
* No other drugs, infection or disease in blood.
* Coast Guard and ESU divers checking for body and evidence in New York Harbor.
* Checking missing persons reports.
Perp:
* See below.
M.O.:
* Perp forced victim to hold on to deck, over water, cut fingers or wrists until he fell.
* Time of attack: Between 6 P.M. Monday and 6 A.M. Tuesday.
Evidence:
* Blood type AB positive.
* Fingernail torn, unpolished, wide.
* Portion of chain-link fence cut with common wire cutters, untraceable.