Gun Games - Faye Kellerman [128]
“And when will the principal be back?” Marge asked.
“He’s in Europe.”
Oliver said, “You should notify him right away. He’ll want to know.”
“I will as soon as we’re done here,” Punsche said.
“That’s going to take a long time,” Oliver told him.
“I realize that but I have to watch the procedure . . . to make sure that nothing’s planted.” Feeling the heat of Oliver’s glare, Punsche said, “No offense.”
“None taken,” Marge said. “We want everything done correctly. We’re going to videotape every single piece as it goes into an evidence bag. And Detective Oliver is correct when he said that it’s going to take a while.”
So much time that Marge called Decker, explaining to him what they had recovered. “I know you can’t do anything that involves you directly, but I don’t see why you can’t call up the court and get a time on Dylan Lashay’s arraignment.”
“I’ll do that.”
“Who’s the D.A. in Lashay’s case?”
“Nurit Luke.”
“She’s a shark,” Marge said. “Exactly what we’ll need. She should come down and look at all the evidence before she presents. Seeing what the kid amassed, I should be there as well.”
“I think Nurit is on her way to B and W right now. I’ll call the courts. I’m glad I can do something.”
“Did Lee talk to you about a search of your house?”
“Yes. I gave him written permission. JJ Little’s attorney is going along with him.”
“Does Gabe do drugs?”
“So far as I know, he doesn’t.”
“Tell Lee to call me after he’s done with the search.”
“I will. What else?”
“I need some detectives to come down here to video and bag everything we took out of Lashay’s locker. I can’t leave all this deadly stuff unattended while we search other lockers, and if we have to bag and label the stuff ourselves, we’ll be here forever.”
“Hold on. Let me look around and see who’s available.” He came back on the line a moment later. “I’m sending Whittiger, Katzenbach, and Marin from Burglary.”
“Thanks. That would be perfect.”
Twenty minutes later, the three Burglary detectives showed up, allowing Oliver and Marge to concentrate on the two lockers belonging to Cameron Cole and Kyle Kerkin.
“Let’s do Kyle first,” Marge said.
Oliver did the videotaping this time. Once the locker was open, Marge looked around before she touched anything. There was a slightly off odor emanating from the space. No weapons upon first glance. There were several bags of weed judging by the look and smell. By and large, the contents were school related or junk food related.
“Okay, here we go.”
Oliver began narrating as Marge pulled out the material inside. There were books, school papers, and a lot of trash and garbage—old school work, decayed food, and a wrinkled shirt that covered a dozen gay porn magazines. It took them another hour plus to finish off Kyle’s locker. Again, everything was neatly laid out on towels, just waiting for the Burglary trio to finish up with Lashay and move on to the next array. At least the contents of Kyle’s locker didn’t contain anything lethal.
Marge’s cell buzzed. “Dunn.”
Decker said, “Lashay’s arraignment is around six in the evening. But that’s an estimate. It might be later.”
She looked at her watch. It was already three-thirty. “Thanks.”
“I’ll keep calling. I’ll let you know if there’s a change in the docket.”
“Did Lee Wang and Little’s attorney go through Gabe’s room yet?”
“Rina just called me. They’re finishing up. The kid made it easy because he’s real neat. The hardest part was going through all the junk that my sons left behind.”
“Anything damaging?”
“No. But they took Gabe’s computer.”
“Par for the course. We’ve just gone through Kyle Kerkin’s locker. Drugs and gay porn but no weapons. We’re on to Cameron Cole. I know Lee came back to the station house and brought the search warrants for the houses. Who’s on what?”
“Brubeck is on Lashay, Wanda is doing Cameron Cole, and Messing is doing Kyle Kerkin. Holbein and Asaroff are being detained at Juvenile Hall. Both of their attorneys are willing to deal so we’re just waiting on the D.A. to sign off. By the way, Little’s attorney found out that