INT. - RICHARDS HOUSE - MORNING

Gerri's boots touched down on the hardwood floor of the hallway, thudding down the hall to the small kitchen where Officer Candice Mills waited for her with a grim expression. The young officer tipped her head to the detective before speaking in a low, intense voice.

"Parents are in the living room with Purcell." She was learning, still a rookie, but not as green as she had been when they first met. Gerri almost grinned. "The second ...