Chapter 4: The Case
We were going over all of the information Lacey and Savannah gave us with our ADA Casey Novac and Cragen. There were way too many similarities between the two rapes. Their attacker had to be the same guy. If it wasn't I don't know what we are dealing with.
"They both said, the guy had brown hair, grey eyes, probably in his 20s and looked about 6 foot tall." I said to everybody.
"So we are looking at a serial rapist." Fin said.
"Yes, that's what I think." I replied.
We looked over all the evidence over and over making sure we got nothing wrong. Then we ran the DNA from the rape kits of Lacey and Savannah into the computer hoping we got a match so we could end the suffering of these two girls. There was a positive identification, Harold Gordan.
"Liv, take Elliot and bring Mr. Gordon in." Cragen said.
"Captain, maybe I can go with Liv instead of Stabler." Amaro said.
"No, I'm going with her." Elliot said before Cragen could tell Amaro no. Elliot grabbed his things and walked out with me and put his hand in the small of my back guiding me out to the squad car.
"What's up with that guy Amaro?" Elliot asked me while putting on his seatbelt.
"Well he was my partner after you left. He's a really protective guy. He has had my back and even helped me through the tough times I had after you left." I answered.
"I think it's because he likes you." Elliot said chuckling to himself.
"No, he can't." I said laughing at the thought of Amaro liking me. I think of him as a really good friend and thats it.
"I wouldn't be surprised if he did Olivia. You're amazing. Any guy would be lucky to have you. I am just happy you chose me." He said looking at me quickly and then he put his eyes back on the road. I blushed and looked away so he wouldn't see, but he already knew how I felt about him, and I know that he feels the same way.
"I've been meaning to ask you something." Elliot said.
"What is it?" I asked looking at him curiously.
"Would you like to go out to dinner with me sometime?" He asked.
"I would love to." I said smiling. We got to the address and knocked on the door. We waited a couple minutes for a guy who looked exactly what Lacey and Savannah described.
"Mr. Gordon?" I asked when he opened the door.
"Yes?" He asked seeming a little nervous.
"We would like to ask you a few questions." I said.
"About what?" He asked getting nervous.
"The rapes of two girls." I said. His eyes widened when I said that ha she ran from the front door. He tried to run and escape on the fire escape, but didn't get far before Elliot grabbed him, tackled him and handcuffed him.
"Harold Gordon, you're under arrest for the rape of Lacey Williams and Savannah Bryant, You have the right to remain silent, if you give up that right, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law, you have the right to an attorney, if you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you. Do you understand these rights as I have read then to you?" Elliot said escorting him to our car. We got back to the precinct and put him into an interrogation room.
"Where were you Tuesday and Thursday night?" I asked.
"At home alone." He replied. We got further into the interrogation when he lawyered up.
"I know it's him." I said to Cragen.
"Get him in a line up. Let's bring down the girls to ID him." He said.
After I called Lacey and Savannah's parents and asked if they were able to do a line up, and their parents said they could. I told their parents to bring them down to the station and they agreed. When both Lacey and Savannah along with their parents got here, Lacey went first.
"Do you see the man who raped you?" We asked her. She looked down the line passed by numbers 1,2 and 3 she got to number 4 and froze.
"Number 4, that's the man who attacked me." She said. Cragen knocked on the glass and they took the guys out.
"Thank you for coming down Lacey. I know this is difficult for you." I told her. She smiled at me.
"No problem. I just want him to be put away, so no other girls will have to go through what I went through." She said hugging me and then walked to her dad.
When we brought Savannah into the room. She did the same thing as Lacey did, she froze at number 4.
"Number 4, that's the guy who raped me, and he's the guy who took Lacey, I remember." She said. Cragen knocked on the glass again and the guys in the line up were escorted out.
"Savannah thank you so much for coming down here. I know how difficult this is for you." I told her.
"I just want the guy to be punished for what he did." She replied smiling back at me. She walked back to her parents and I turned to Casey and waited for her to say something.
"We got our case." She said smiling at me. I smiled knowing that Lacey and Savannah would get justice but also no other girls would have to go through what they went through.
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