The 6th Target
“The air was blue with smoke from Tracchio’s vile cigar, and the speakerphone crackled on his desk.
The line was open to the Whittens’ home in Boston, and FBI agent Dave Stanford came back on the line.
“The Whittens are clearly rattled,” he said, “but I got the story out of them. Their youngest daughter, Erica, was kidnapped along with her nanny, Helga Schmidt, eight months ago.”
Was this it? Finally, a string that connected to the Ricci/Tyler case?
But if Erica had been kidnapped eight months a...go, why in hell hadn’t the Whittens reported it to the police?
“No one saw the kidnapping,” Stanford continued, “but the Whittens found a note under their door about an hour after the time Erica and Helga were expected home from Erica’s school. A half-dozen photos came along with the note.”
“It was a ransom note?” Macklin asked, his voice a muted explosion.
“Not exactly. You got a fax machine over there?”
Tracchio gave Stanford the fax number. Voices inside the Whitten house could be heard in the background — a man and a woman quarreling softly but urgently.MoreLess
The line was open to the Whittens’ home in Boston, and FBI agent Dave Stanford came back on the line.
“The Whittens are clearly rattled,” he said, “but I got the story out of them. Their youngest daughter, Erica, was kidnapped along with her nanny, Helga Schmidt, eight months ago.”
Was this it? Finally, a string that connected to the Ricci/Tyler case?
But if Erica had been kidnapped eight months a...go, why in hell hadn’t the Whittens reported it to the police?
“No one saw the kidnapping,” Stanford continued, “but the Whittens found a note under their door about an hour after the time Erica and Helga were expected home from Erica’s school. A half-dozen photos came along with the note.”
“It was a ransom note?” Macklin asked, his voice a muted explosion.
“Not exactly. You got a fax machine over there?”
Tracchio gave Stanford the fax number. Voices inside the Whitten house could be heard in the background — a man and a woman quarreling softly but urgently.MoreLess
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