INT. - 9TH PRECINCT INTERROGATION - AFTERNOON

Gerri stared through the glass into the interrogation room, a thin folder in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other. She'd immediately been assaulted-figuratively, if not literally-when she emerged from Patterson's office by the demanding and shaking Gaylene Striker.

"He killed her," she said as she stormed up to Gerri. "I know it."

It didn't take much to convince the woman to come downtown, just shortly after a ...