“All the victims died from stab wounds and blood loss. We’re awaiting the full toxicology results. The lab was completely overwhelmed today, so it’s taking a while, but the smell of alcohol was pervasive. We’ve established time of death for all the victims between eleven and eleven-fifteen.”

“So the whole thing went down over the span of fifteen minutes,” Gonzo said.

Lindsey nodded in agreement. “All of them had engaged in or were in the process of engaging in some form of sexual activity at the time of death.”

“Agent Hill?” Gonzo said. “Anything to add?”

“My cyber team is getting close to isolating the physical location of the IP address from which the photos and video of Brooke Hogan’s assault found on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram originated. I’ll pass along that information as soon as we have it. We’re also processing the laptop and iPad retrieved from Brooke’s room at her school in Virginia to see what we can find out about the party planning and other people she may have heard from in reference to the party.”

“We appreciate the assist,” Gonzo said.

“Happy to help.”

“Until we’re able to speak to Brooke and track down her friend Hoda, I think we should split up the victims and go back to the parents to try to get some insight on who else might’ve been at the party,” Gonzo said. He went down the list, dividing the victims among the detectives. “Try to get a handle on their other friends with addresses and phone numbers and then follow up to see if you can find anyone else who was there. Ask about boyfriends, girlfriends, exes, anyone who had a beef with one of them. We also need more info about who had easy access to the Springers’ house. Arnold and I will take that angle and look into the maid’s story to make sure her alibi checks out.”

Sam and Freddie were assigned Todd Brantley and Kelsey Lewis. Sam’s stomach turned at the thought of knocking on the doors of grieving families in search of information. It had to be done, but she hated doing it and knew the others did too.

“I suggest we keep an eye on social media,” Archie said. “These kids love to air it out online. I can put some of my people on monitoring what’s being said about the party and the murders. We can also mine the victims’ individual accounts for people expressing condolences and making comments on their walls.” As he spoke, Archie was typing into his phone, no doubt issuing orders to his IT detectives.

“Excellent,” Gonzo said. “I expect that we’ll end up with a long list of people to follow up with, so everyone should work their own lists and keep me apprised of anything you uncover.” He glanced at Sam. “Anything to add, LT?”