Chapter 53

They went to the approximate site of the shooting. Dave got down on his haunches once they reached a clearing and ran his hand around the stomped or smoothed down tall grasses. He checked for heat but found none. He ran his hands through the tall grasses looking for and hoping to find a shell casing but came up empty-handed. There was no evidence left behind if indeed this was the place the shooter stood within to make the shot. The flattened grasses could have been made by a deer or some other animal bedded down for the night.

"Pretty clean shot from here though," Chief Carr said as they looked to where the pickup sat with Tory and Sue. "You and Tory were really lucky the shooter wasn't a very good marksman or markswoman."

"What makes you think it could be a woman?" Dave asked.

"A lot of women around here hunt with guns and bow and arrows. So it stands to reason it could be either," Brandon answered.