Ryder adjusted the largest monitor so that Catherine was the main focus and Jim and Miles were a smaller box in the corner of the screen.

“Catherine, can you hear me?” Matt asked.

“Yes.”

“Everyone, Dr. Catherine Jones, a forensic psychiatrist with the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit. She wrote the first profile of the Triple Killer three years ago with minimal information. It took months before we connected all six murders to the same killer. But we did, thanks to Catherine.” Matt introduced everyone to Catherine, and then said, “Before you begin, Catherine, I wanted to ask Jim about the evidence found at the lake today.”

Jim said, “We found a knife that could possibly be the murder weapon based on the size and type. We also found a large plastic bag of clothing, intentionally saturated with water. Miles and I have already started drying the clothing in a sterile, controlled environment and if there is any remaining evidence, we’ll find it. However, the biggest find was the gloves.”

“Were they with the clothing?” Catherine asked.

“No—they were in a smaller plastic bag and weighed down with a rock. The lake water cleaned them somewhat, and the killer may have assumed if we found them they would be completely devoid of evidence. But there was still a substantial amount of blood on the gloves. There’s no real current in the lake—no recent storms. No flowing water. Over time, the evidence would have been destroyed, but we found it sixty hours after he disposed of it. The Spokane lab has a pretty good setup—we’re going to focus on processing the gloves at this point while we wait for the clothes to dry. If there is any physical evidence from them, we’ll find it. We’re also processing Manners’ car—her missing shoe was found in the trunk. He may not have noticed—or didn’t care—that it had fallen off. Plus, I just received word back from the ME that he reviewed all the autopsy records that you sent over, Costa, and said that preliminarily, all the wounds are consistent and most likely created by the same person. The outlier is Anne Banks—her autopsy results are different enough that he wouldn’t commit.”

“Great news,” Matt said. “None of the other crime scenes have collected so much evidence in such a short time.”

“True,” Catherine concurred.

“Regarding Banks—we already have a theory as to why her stabbing is slightly different. The killer cut her initially from behind when he grabbed her.”

Jim nodded. “That’s consistent with the report.”

Matt continued. “I asked Catherine to give you all a rundown on the person we’re looking for—a basic profile. I’ve already filled her in on the new information about Anne Banks, the first victim, and her connection to not only Spokane, but Spokane General, where Victoria Manners worked.”

Catherine said, “The information I received three years ago was incomplete. I’ve been going through everything that we have from then and now, and we still have some big holes, though the information about Anne Banks is extremely valuable.” She cleared her throat and picked up a coffee mug, took a sip. “I’ve spent last night and today reviewing all the files I do have and confirming information. I’ll put that together in a formal report and send it to you, Matt, but to get you started I’ll go through the problems and tell you where we are.”