Wise ran an ad in The Lunatic most weeks for his computer servicing. Steven and his parents moved here when I was about twelve, I guess. Where's the connection between Galloway, Max and the Wises?" "Could be coincidence, or maybe somebody's trying to tell us something.
They both have a blade of some kind in the chest." Then he let out a little breath, as if he'd been holding it. With looking close at the grisly pictures. "Put that aside and look at the board, Peter. But the killer doesn't toss the knife aside. Cryptic or obvious, depending on which angle you look from. "We ask ourselves how Galloway's murder, Max's death and the killing of a dog might be connected." He moved to the counter, started a pot of coffee. They use them to kill the dog, leave them where they'll be found. He eased a hip onto his desk, his eyes on the board. He pisses a lot of people off, so that's no stretch."
Another way we can look at it is, somebody wanted to cause Bing some trouble. Then he goes home and works in his garage." Kills him, leaves the knife and gloves figuring he's covered because he'd reported them stolen. So he decides to kill the dog, reports the knife and gloves as stolen, then goes off after intermission last night, knowing the Wises are inside. He stews about it, decides to teach them a lesson. Or Joe and Lara do something that aggravates him. Bing gets in an argument with Joe somewhere along the line. He's got a sheet, and most of it deals with assaults. He reported them stolen yesterday morning." "At this point I've got no clear motive for anyone killing that dog." Nate walked around to his desk, unlocked a drawer and took out the sealed knife and gloves. "Thinking they're related might be stupid." "You think what happened to Yukon's related to the others? I feel stupid, but I don't understand." Um, chief? Is that going to be just an open case board now? I mean, should we put copies of notes and other case-related items on the board?" I guess that's why I had some trouble with everything last night, too." Even when Steven went to college, I'd go over and see Yukon sometimes. My dad, he has the sled dogs, and they're great. I, well, Steven and I hung out together a lot, and.
"I feel like I should've been able to handle Mrs. As he pinned up the pictures he'd taken the night before, Peter came in. I loved that damn dog."Īfter they'd left, Nate uncovered his case board. Joe tried to calm me down, but I wouldn't be calmed. I shouldn't have come in here the way I did. "You helped save it, and that's the same thing to me. "I want-I want to apologize for the way I jumped on you before." If you think of anything else, you let me know." He's a good kid-just doesn't much like school, but he wouldn't have killed my dog because he was mad at me. "Oh God, Joshua couldn't have done that to Yukon, Nate. "I had to call Ginny Mann into the school because her boy hooked twice." Lara fumbled out a tissue. People get worked up over the Iditarod, and they've got their favorites." "I got into it some with Skinny Jim over the Iditarod. "How about the two of you? Have you had a problem with anyone lately? An argument?" He settled down, after he got out of the puppy stage, he settled down." But that was years ago, and Tim got kind of a kick out of it because the damn boots were almost bigger than Yukon. He used to bark if a leaf stirred.Īnd he got out once and chewed up Tim Tripp's boots from off his back stoop. "Well, maybe a few times when he was a puppy.