people are talking or when it is cold outside and the heat is turned up. As Jack and Wex were reassessing the crime scene they also noticed that the heat was turned off, determining that two people were talking to each other before the murder. The linked case in Chicago also proved to be very interesting to Jack. Along with the Poe quote, other similarities were found in the victimology and with problems in the crime scene. Larry “Legs” Washington was the partner and friend of the detective who supposedly committed suicide, Jumpin’ John Brooks. According to Larry, due to a few facts he doubted the police department’s diagnosis of his friend’s suicide from the very beginning. Brooks was involved in a homicide investigation of a young black child who was brutally murdered. The young boy’s body was also found in a public park brutally mutilated and the killer had not been found, which greatly impacted Brooks. Brooks, like Sean McEvoy, also sought counseling due to job and life stresses. Brooks also was noted to be highly assertive and determined to succeed. Larry and Brooks were African Americans that grew up together in one of the worst ghettos in Chicago. McEvoy thought it was a miracle that they both survived the horrid childhood due to the conditions they faced daily, which also supported the conclusion of the victim’s desire to live. Larry new first hand that they had worked their way out of hell and he knew that Jumpin’ John was not about to go back by his own hand. Looking at the crime scene another factor seemed amiss. The gun that killed Jumpin’ John fired two shots, one in the floor and one in his mouth. Larry Legs seemed to think the first shot was the murderer killing John and the second was to get the GunShot Residue (GSR) on John’s hand. Now with two alleged suicide cases being reopened, Jack and Larry agreed that there is a high possibility that the...
