Chapter 65
“No, Sir,” I said, “but that’s all we’ve got. Hopefully, a heavily publicized search will flush him out of hiding.”
“Well, I think you’ve done well,” Mr. Murchison said. “We’d pretty much given up hope that the murder would ever be solved.”
“Humph,” was Mrs. Murchison’s comment.
“We’ve also filed a notice with eBay,” I said, “advising them that the seller in question was dealing in stolen goods. However, even if they close his account, he’ll probably start again under a different seller name. We tried to trace him through the IP address of his computer, but he was smart enough to make all contacts using computers in libraries and Internet cafés.”
“Where is the item that the lieutenant purchased?” Mrs. Murchison said.
“In our evidence room,” I said. “It will have to stay there until the suspect is brought to trial.”
“Humph.”