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"The apartment wasn't disturbed otherwise, no apparent robbery," the chief said "On the face of it, Toas murdered between two, the time on the service receipt and six when Tony Hackett went to the apartment to pick hi and thinks closer to six," Goddard said "Hackett was to n speech Towson didn't answer the buzz Hackett phoned, no response The maintenance man let him in Hackett called out, walked around and saw the body in the bedroom"

"Did you check out Hackett?" Moran asked

"He's clean, I believe He was in Tallahassee overnight Friday," Goddard said, "and headed back around noon We checked his phone He called Towson three times from the Turnpike Last attempt was around five Got no answer the last tirees hat theand Reid's clothing to the lab We're waiting for the follow-up report fro every occupant of the building"

"I talked to Ta to her, she met Reid at the restaurant around twelve-thirty Reid left after thirtyto find Loraine Tammy went back to her office So Reid's whereabouts are unknown from one o'clock until I picked him up at six-thirty"

"Reid's the one, but an immediate concern here is Barner," Moran said "Get le, Chief If he's alive, then find hier plot What do you think, Goddard?"

"Barner could be the murderer and he ran He just happens to service the Towson's apart, and now he's ot in somebody's way and his body is now sprawled in his house I'd like to search it"

"Great idea, but you can't," Moran said "We'd never get a court order to go in there, not this early And if he's involved in thetossed out by the judge" He turned to Goddard and smirked "Yes, too bad you can't search his house"

"If that's all, I need to get back on the street" Goddard left knowing exactly where he needed to go next He looked up the address of Sonny Barner

Barner's small house was on a corner lot visible fro any vehicle parked on the street Goddard drove up a dirt driveway at the rear and parked unnoticed in the ragged carport At the rear door, he found an unde the jah to open the door