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“Here, look at the time in the top right. Three a.m.”
    “Is that significant, AJ?”
    “When was the van found? Around five-ish? That means the engine was running for over two hours, and no one else noticed it in that time?”
    “Let’s be fair. It’s not as if there are a lot of folks lingering in the streets at that time of morning, thankfully. Can you imagine the shit uniform would have to deal with if that was the case?”
    “I suppose so,” AJ admitted.
    “Run the disc for me.” Lorne leaned in, trying to make sense of the fuzzy image. “Not the best picture in the world, is it?”
    “Nope, I doubt if I’ll be able to clean it up, either. Wait—see what happens in a few seconds.”
    Lorne screwed up her eyes and got even closer. She could make out two figures at the base of the screen. “What are they up to? Do you think they’re the killers?”
    “Looks that way to me. That’s nothing. Keep watching.”
    Lorne shuffled to the edge of the chair and watched the two figures—she was unable to work out if they were both men or not—carry what appeared to be a rolled-up rug and throw it into the back of the van. The two figures then disappeared from sight and emerged from the van a few seconds later, carrying the rug under their arms, looking smaller than it had before. “So they dumped the body and then removed the rug. Interesting. Can you tell if the engine is running at this point, AJ?”
    “It isn’t.”
    “Do we have footage of the van actually arriving? Can we make out who was driving from that?”
    “Sorry, I should have said. The van arrived. One of these guys was driving it. The other one travelled in the dark vehicle off to the left.”
    “How strange! I wonder why they didn’t shove the body in the back of the van before they arrived at the scene. Why take the risk of having trace evidence being left behind in the other vehicle? What’s that all about?”
    AJ shrugged. “It does seem odd. There’s no point doing a thorough search of the vehicle or the crime scene then. Is that what we can gather from this?”
    “I wouldn’t say that. Some form of DNA might be found at the scene. We shouldn’t give up hope on that front, AJ. Let’s see what happens next… now they’re rigging up the hose to the exhaust pipe. I’m getting the impression that we’re dealing with professionals here, aren’t you?”
    AJ turned sharply to look at Lorne. “As in contract killers?”
    “I don’t think we can rule it out. If not contract killers, certainly people who have killed before. They’re confident about their next movement. Not concerned in the least about leaving trace evidence in the car already. Pure arrogance, yes?”
    “What’s this?” Lorne hadn’t heard Katy approach.
    AJ explained what they were watching.
    “Crap, it’s not very clear. Can’t you do any better with the image, AJ?” Katy asked, straining her eyes at the dodgy image.
    “Nope, believe me, I’ve tried. The best thing we can do is send the disc off to the forensics lab, see if they can define the pictures better for us. Other than that, there’s no hope of catching these bastards, using what we have here. No judge will accept crap images in a conviction.”
    “Okay, can you sort that out ASAP?” Katy asked, shaking her head in disappointment. “So they pulled up in two cars, took the body out of the boot of the car, and tossed it into the back of the van. It doesn’t make sense.”
    Lorne nodded. “Yep, that’s what we were just saying. Why? There must be a good reason, but what?”
    “I know it’s dark, but did the camera pick up any of the plate on the car?” Katy asked.
    “Nothing. Not even a single digit.”
    “All right. You know what I’m going to say next, don’t you, AJ?”
    “I can hazard a guess. You want me to check all the footage in the immediate area and try and locate the van and car, yes?”
    “Yep. The sooner we get the answers, the better, too. I agree with you both that