Criminal Case: Grimsborough

Chapter 13: Bomb Alert on Grimsborough-Part 2

After Jones got back from the chief's office, Marie asked, "Well, what did King say?"

"He said he'll look into it and he'll let us know what he finds," Jones said and he soon sat at his desk.

Hours later, the two of them were still waiting to hear from the chief. Marie then said in a bored tone, "If Henry's killer intends to detonate another bomb, they're sure taking..."

Suddenly, Ramirez ran into the room and said to Jones and Marie, "You guys! We got a situation here! I just received an anonymous call about an imminent bomb attack on Main Street!"

Jones then stood up quickly and said, "I guess the saying be careful what you wish for us right. Let's go Marie!" And Marie nodded in determination and the two of them left the station quickly.

Once they got to their location, the two officers started searching around for anything that resembles a bomb. Before they got there, Jones informed Marie to act casually so they wouldn't panic anyone around them and Marie agreed to that idea. Cause if a bomb does explode, with a lot of office buildings around, it'll be more than murder; it'll be a massacre. After searching, Marie found the bomb underneath one of the cabs.

Jones saw her find it and he started to break out in a sweat after he saw that the bomb could blow any minute. It then started counting down from three and Jones grabbed Marie and the two of them soon hit the dirt waiting for the impact. But when they didn't feel anything, Jones and Marie saw that it hit an error and the two officers breathed a sigh of relief glad that they're alive. Marie then bagged the faulty bomb for Alex to analyze so he can tell them who built it. Marie then looked on a hot dog cart and found an old picture on it.

She then looked closely at it and saw it was a picture of their victim and another man. Jones saw that the text on the picture was illegible and Marie decided to use fingerprint powder to reveal the pen's tracks. After brushing the powder over the picture, Marie and Jones saw that the man standing next to Henry was named Donald and there was also a date on the picture with the year 1975 on it. Jones asks Marie where she found it and she said, "I found it on that hot dog stall."

"Well that doesn't make sense? As far as I know, Alfred the vendor has been blind since birth," Jones said curiously and he suggested that they talk to him and ask what he was doing with a picture of the victim.

Jones also suggested that they talk with Harriet Meadows since Henry had a beef with Greene Banking she may know more about it. The first person they decided to talk to was the hot dog vendor Alfred Ziegler. Jones introduced him to Marie and the two of them shook hands with each other and Jones told Marie that Alfred makes the best hot dogs in the city. Alfred smiled brightly and said, "You're going make me blush! So, what brings you back here so soon?"

"We found a picture of our latest victim on your stall Mr. Ziegler. His name was Henry Crosby, did you know him?" Marie asked the man and as soon as he heard the name Alfred's face fell.

He then said, "Did I know him? You're telling me Henry's dead?! I knew something was wrong the last time we talked; he sounded a bit agitated!"

"The picture shows him with a man named Donald. Does it also ring any bells?" Jones asked curiously and Alfred just shook his head and told them that Henry just gave him that picture and told him to hold onto it.

Alfred explained that Henry mentioned some "ghost from the war" and he left. After they thanked Alfred for his information, Jones and Marie headed towards the bank to talk to Harriet Meadows. While they were walking towards it, Marie said, "It seems like Henry acted as if he knew something was going to happen. I wonder if he gave Alfred this photo as a trail to follow and this man named Donald might've played a role in his death."