> "Hey," Nick called up from the ground outside, scowling at his discovery
and
> calling up to her "There's prints out here.. fresh, I'd place them in the
> last 8 to 10 hours."
>
> Julia looked at Alex and then at Rachel, asking quietly "Did you or Nick
> leave her at any time last night?"
>
> Alex nodded and answered "We went downstairs to eat dinner. Twenty
minutes
> tops."
>
> Julia turned back to look at Nick, calling down and asking "Can you take
an
> impression?"
>
> Nick nodded and headed toward the car, the equipment in his trunk.
>
> Julia had just reached the item she had been reaching for and inspected
it.
> Black Nylon and by the stictching it was either a leg or sleeve cuff..
>
> "Did you find anything else?" she called back down to Nick when he came
back
> and started to take the impression inside the bushes.
>
> "Broken limbs here but nothing anywhere else around the house."
>
> Julia frowned thoughtfully and looked at Alex "Derek's going to want to
see
> what Nick turned up."
>
> Alex nodded and left the room to go tell Derek about Nick taking an
> impression outside, in case he wanted to go study it himself "Wait until I
> get back before climbing out there."
>
> Julia raised an eyebrow but Alex was already gone.
>
Derek:
Derek was just getting off the phone when he noticed the shouting going on
outside. He moved to the door to find out what was going on as Alex came
down the stairs. "Alex, is something wrong," he asked curiously.
