“That’s right, Chastain. Now, I know nobody’s had much sleep. My thinking is that some of us keep working and knock off early, some of us go home, take a nap and come back in fresh tonight. Any problem with that?”

Again no one said anything.

“All right, this is how we break it up. I’ve got three boxes of files from Elias’s office in my trunk. I want you IAD guys to take them and go back to Irving’s conference room. You take the files, pull out names of cops and anybody else to be checked out. I want a chart made up. When we get legit alibis we scratch the names off the chart and move on. I want this ready by the time the bureau arrives tomorrow. When you have it done, then you guys can knock off for the night.”

“And what are you going to be doing?” Chastain asked.

“We’re going to run down Elias’s secretary and his clerk. Then after that, I’m going home to take a nap. Hopefully. Then tonight we’re going to talk to Harris and chase down that Internet thing. I want to know what that’s all about before the bureau comes in.”

“You better be careful with Harris.”

“We will. That’s one reason we’re waiting until tonight. We play it right and the media doesn’t even find out we talked to the guy.”

Chastain nodded.

“What about these files you’re giving us, they old or new?”

“They’re old ones. Entrenkin started on the closed cases.”

“When are we going to see the Black Warrior file? That’s the one. The rest of this is bullshit.”

“Hopefully, I’ll be picking that up later today. But the rest isn’t bullshit. We have to look at every damn file in that office. Because the one we skip is likely to be the one some lawyer shoves up our ass in trial. You understand that? Don’t skip anything.”

“I got it.”

“Besides, what do you care so much about the Black Warrior file for? You cleared those guys on it, right?”

“Yeah, so?”

“So what are you going to find in the file other than what you already know? You think you missed something, Chastain?”

“No, but . . .”

“But what?”

“It’s the case of the moment. I think there’s gotta be something there.”

“Well, we’ll see. All in good time. For now stick to the old files and don’t skip anything.”

“I told you, we won’t. It’s just a pain in the ass to know you’re wasting time.”

“Welcome to homicide.”

“Yeah, yeah.”