“Well, Lieutenant?”
“Nothing, Captain. Not a single break in the Cotner Case.”
“Only a matter of time, Lieutenant. Continue to monitor Facebook, and keep your staff on Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube. Something could be posted at any time.”
“Can do, Captain. But, er…”.
“But what, Lieutenant?”
“Wilson had an idea, sir. What if the perp didn’t take a phone with him?”
“The diabolical cunning! No! I refuse to believe we’re dealing with a mastermind of that….”
“Sir?”
“What is it, Sergeant?”
“He’s here again, sir.”
“What does that crackpot want?”
“I wanted to tell you Watson has the culprit in the Cotner case outside in the rickshaw.”
“What? How did….”
“When neither the crime nor the loot was posted to social media, we realized the culprit must be someone who did not use such venues. After that, it was simple. We checked every name in the latest census records against the Internet and found only nine people who fit the profile. As three of them were in prison, and the other five are bedfast in other institutions, the ninth name had to be the culprit.”
“Well, you’ve done it again! This should take your success viral!”
“No, Captain, no. I prefer that the police department get the credit. It is best if the public knows officers of the law are at their posts.”
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