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the missing children cases in the past eight years. See how many of them happened at a public venue. There may be more victims attached to this guy.”
    “You’re a genius,” Cord said.
    Julie shook her head. No, not a genius. Justtrying to connect the dots and find Will. He could be only one of a string of children this sicko had abducted over the years.
    Just thinking about their families and the pain they’d had to endure made her want to scream in rage.
    Agent Hurt’s phone buzzed, and he quickly connected the call. “Yes? Right.” A slight hesitation, his brows pinched. “Got it. We’ll be right there.”
    He closedhis phone then looked at her. “Another robbery in Amarillo. This time there was gunfire. Let’s go.”
    Julie grabbed her bag and rushed out the door behind her boss, her pulse racing. Normally they wouldn’t be involved in a routine robbery case, but since Will’s photo had popped up, they had to look at every instance.
    By the time they reached the convenience store, two police cars wereon the scene, an ambulance was pulling away and spectators had gathered outside.
    They jumped out, introduced themselves to the officer in charge, and listened while he filled them in. “Two teenage boys, both wearing black hooded sweatshirts, held up the owner at the gunpoint. Escaped with around five hundred in cash.”
    Julie watched the ambulance racing away. “Was anyone hurt?”
    The officer shrugged. “Nothing serious, but one of the customers tried to play hero and the oldest kid hit him with the butt of the gun.”
    Julie’s chest clenched. If that was Will, then he’d just added assault and battery to the charges against him. The felony charges were racking up.
    “Is the man going to be all right?” Chief Hurt asked.
    “Yeah,” the officer said. “Paramedics tookhim in for observation.”
    “Can we talk to the clerk?” Julie asked.
    “Sure. We already have officers canvassing the area for witnesses now.”
    “Good work,” Chief Hurt said. “Let me know whatever you find.”
    They bypassed a couple of kids huddled next to their mother, obviously scared to death, then spotted the clerk talking to another officer as they entered.
    “What happened?”Chief Hurt asked.
    “Two kids, seemed suspicious, nervous when they came in,” the officer said, referring to his notes. “They waited until they thought all the customers had left then pulled a gun and asked for cash.”
    “How about the man in the ambulance?” Julie asked.
    “He was in the john,” the clerk said. “Came out and saw what was happening and tried to take the boy with the gunout.”
    Julie grimaced. The teen would probably claim he was defending himself. But he’d still be charged.
    Agent Hurt gestured toward the camera. “Did you record it on film?”
    The man nodded, then the officer led them to the camera and flipped it back for them to watch. Julie grimaced as the images spieled onto the screen. Just like the other robberies, the boys had tried to hide theirfaces, but one angle caught the boy with the gun and it was the same boy in the other photos.
    “Did they say anything?” Chief Hurt asked the clerk. “Call each other by name?”
    The clerk rubbed a shaky hand over his chin. “Yeah, now that you mention it. The younger kid seemed scared, called the other boy Kyle.”
    Kyle? Julie gritted her teeth. Either they were wrong about this teen beingWill or he was using another name.
    Her cell phone buzzed, and she checked the number. Brody.
    She nudged Chief Hurt. “Excuse me, I’ll be right back.” Her finger itching to answer the call, she stepped aside.
    “Julie, it’s Brody.” His voice resonated with worry. “I just saw the news report about that other robbery. Was it Will?”
    Julie clenched the phone. “It is the same two teenagersin the other robbery,” she said. “But I told you we can’t be sure until we get DNA.”
    “I know that,” he said. “But I saw the picture on TV.”
    Julie hissed.