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It's just an ordinary Tuesday at the New York Police Department. No big crimes were committed this week, everyone and everything seemed to be typical. "Hey Cait, how's it going with the detective stuff?" asked Beth. "Beth, you know I hate to talk about this when no crime is happening in the streets. It makes me feel so anxious about what is going to happen," uttered Caitlynne. "Ugh, you always say that. Why did you join the police force anyways?" spoke Beth. "Well, I wanted to help people since I was very young," said Caitlynne in a dreamy way. "Oh well, see you later Cait!" Beth said cheerily. "Bye," said Caitlynne. At 12:20, something happened. Lorraine West called the police that her friend, Nicole Fields, is kidnapped. "Detective …show more content…

A gold plated lipstick holder with the letters "CT" engraved on it was left at the scene. Only one suspect came into mind. Charlotte Tress. Caitlynne remembered her because Charlotte stabbed two girls and almost choked another girl to death. Popular girls used to bully her before and she hated them ever since. Plus, the lipstick holder also has Charlotte's initials on it. "Beth, can you scan if there are any of Charlotte's fingerprints on the lipstick holder?" asked Caitlynne. "Sure thing Cait," Beth said. She looked at the results showing only Peyton's fingerprints on it. "Well, that could make sense," said Caitlynne to herself. "She could have been wearing gloves,". Later, the next day, the same thing happened. Another girl named Melanie Adkins gets kidnapped around 7:45 near the corner of an alleyway. Tobais Greene comes in as a witness and told Caitlynne that he was her ex-girlfriend. She studied his file and saw that he had many reports from his ex-girlfriends, they all dumped him because of his excessive love. She got a deep in the gut feeling not to trust him. She lists him as one of the suspects. When Caitlynne went to the crime scene, Beth told her that Melanie's pink purse was found. Something unusual happened Saturday morning. The anonymous kidnapper released Peyton by sending an anonymous text to everyone at the police station where she is. "if we

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