CHAPTER SIXTEEN
The state police arrived at the Deton police department at 11:05 in the morning. DeMarco had not yet managed to tap into Edgar Lee’s laptop and Lee himself had not yet started talking—not even so much as asking for a lawyer. With the arrival of what Barnes kept referring to as “the Staties,” the place seemed to go into a tailspin. News crews clambered for the best position, only to get a string of “no comment” from the state police, Barnes, and Kate. The bullpen at the station became a madhouse as the state police started coordinating with officers like Foster and Barnes, while also being filled in on the inner workings of the case by Kate and DeMarco.
Kate started to feel the start of a headache brewing behind her eyes as she and DeMarco sat down with Barnes and the stat
