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Buck Schurman was excited when he burst into the office.

"The tech people did it! declared Schurman, waving a photograph around. We have a clear image of our second image."

"Let me see it! said Ivory as she excitedly snatched it from his hand.

Buck, I want you to go give the tech people a big kiss for me."

"I'll leave that to you," laughed Schurman.

Ivory's jaw nearly dropped to the floor when she saw who their suspect was.

"I can't believe it, said a stunned Ivory. I would have never suspected him."

"Who is it"? inquired Reynolds, who had just returned from his food run.

Ivory passed the photo to him. His reaction was the same as Ivory's as he looked at the snapshot.

"What can his motive be for killing his players"? asked Reynolds.

"I don't know, replied Ivory with a shrug. This case has been weird from the start."

"Do you want Buck and I to go pick him up"? asked Reynolds.

"Have they found a match for that stray fingerprint that was found in Romney's car"? asked Ivory.

Before anyone could answer the telephone rang. With a weary sigh Ivory picked it up.

"Hello, said Ivory. Uh Uh. Yeah. Okay. Thank you."

Reynolds and Schurman both notice the pale look that suddenly came over Ivory's face.

"That was Louis, said Ivory. Broncolski's been murdered. His body was found a few minutes ago".

Ivory drove the three of them to the stadium, where a patrolman directed them to a dumpster.

The dumpster was in the stadium parking garage not far from where Romney was murdered.

A wide area was marked off by a yellow crime scene tape. Just inside the taped off area, lay the body, an electrical cord tied around its neck and missing both feet. Some members of the CSI team were searching the dumpster for fingerprints, while others were searching through garbage bags for the missing feet and the weapon used to cut them off.

Broncolski's body had been lying on top of some bags just inside the dumpster and had fallen out when the dumpster was being emptied.

"Were there any fingerprints on the dumpster"? asked Ivory.

"To many to count," replied the CSI guy.

"Okay. Who found the body"? asked Ivory.

A patrolman introduced her to Ike Bensen and Larry Small, the two men who were on the back of the trash truck.

Ivory jotted down a few notes as she chatted with the two men.

"Can you come to the police station and be fingerprinted so I can eliminate you two as suspects"? asked Ivory.

The two men quickly agreed to come in after work.

"I appreciate your cooperation," said Ivory.

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