Page 124 of State of Alert

“What’s up?”

“Is it possible to determine whether a car was used during a certain time frame?”

“If there’re any tolls, you can get a warrant for the E-ZPass.”

“Are there tolls leaving Arlington?”

“Some, but that’s based on which direction they went. Depending on what kind of car it is, you may be able to detect acceleration, braking, idle time, driving patterns, Bluetooth activity and navigation use.”

“If we seize the car, will we be able to tell if it was driven at a certain time?”

“Again, depends on what kind of car it is and how old it is.”

“Thank you for the help, Max.”

“No problem. I was going to call you to say that while we found no outside fingerprints in the house—yet—there were fingerprints on the bat, which means the killer must’veremoved the gloves to dispose of it. The prints aren’t in the system, but the blood was a match for Elaine Myerson.”

“That’s confirmation of our murder weapon. Send over the full report when the lab is finished with it.”

“Will do.”

Sam put down the phone and went to consult with Cameron. “Are there pictures of Zeke’s car on his social media?”

“I think I saw something. Let me check.”

While he did that, Sam went back to the office to finish typing up the affidavit.

We’re further investigating both daughters and need access to their financial data to detect whether there were any significant withdrawals in the last few weeks. We believe the warrant is fully justified in light of the information we’ve been given about the state of their relationship with their murdered mother.

Cameron came to the door. “He’s got a two-year-old Mustang convertible.”

Sam picked up the phone to call Archie again. “I also need every piece of data from Zeke’s phone and Zoe’s after two p.m. Sunday.”

“That’s easy enough. I’ll send a report to your email.”

“Thanks.”

“What’re you thinking?” Cam asked.

“I want to know if there was any activity in Zeke’s vehicle or on their phones during the time he and Zoe were supposedly hunkered down at his house.”

“Why don’t we consult with Arlington Police and do a canvass of the neighbors around his house to see if they saw anything?”

“That was going to be my next thought, but you beat me to it. Can you arrange that?”

“Yep. I know people there.”

“That’s handy.”

After Cameron went to see to that, she called Malone. “I want to seize Zeke Bellamy’s Mustang.”

“For what reason?”

“I want to see if we can prove that it was used during the time that Zeke and Zoe say they remained at his house. We’ve got the phones showing them there for the entire six hours, but phones can be left behind when people leave to commit murder.”

“I’ll request a warrant to seize the car.”

“Thank you. I’ll have the affidavit for financials on the Myerson daughters and the boyfriend momentarily.”

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