Capítulo 69: Chapter 70

Mark leaned back in the chair at the kitchen table, his laptop open in front of him, looking at Ric Garza's image on his screen. They were about two minutes into the video call and both men were showing frustration in their voices.

"I wish I could tell you more," Mark said. "Sheriff Torres is being more than cooperative. He made a public announcement he was reopening the Melinda Leblanc case. Even gave an interview to the newspaper that serves the whole county. And he's posted flyers everywhere warning people to be on the lookout for stray or strange animals."

Ric worried his neatly trimmed mustache with his thumbnail. "Did he also tell them to be careful of any strange humans?"

Mark snorted. "Wouldn't he like to. But we don't really know for sure if there's a human factor involved so we can't really go there."

"Have you discussed the possibility that the human factor could be as simple as someone transporting this animal or animals to different places and dropping it off?"