Chapter Six:
Chapter Six:
Just Theories
Matt and Emily followed Lia into the R-Sims room, Lia sat down to her computer and put in the disc. “Ok so I’m going to play you the audio clip. Get ready to listen” Lia said as she pulled up the file. Emily and Matt nodded their heads and Lia clicked play.
Over the speakers of the computer came a young girl’s voice in just above a whisper “this is Isabella Sanchez. Please help me, I want to go home. Someone please, please, help me. It is so dark here! I think they’re going to kill me"
Emily and Matt looked at each other, they couldn’t believe what they were hearing. Could this really be Isabella? However, the tape wasn’t over, they heard a loud bang followed by the girl screaming and the muffle words “No! Please No! And then the line went dead.
Emily took a deep breath before asking “Did you verify if that is Isabella?”
Lia nodded her head “I used the audio from the talent show DVD her mother gave us and ran a voice comparison. It is harder to get a match off a whisper but I checked and double checked and the sound waves match up. This tape is authentic, that absolutely was Isabella.” She replied
“You can trace it, right?” Matt asked hopefully
“Sorry. Isabella called from a disposable cell phone, impossible to trace” Lia replied. “However, the call didn’t come in until 7 this morning, it means she’s alive” Lia said looking at Matt and Emily hopefully.
“Yeah but a lot can happen in two hours and we’re no where near figuring this out” Matt said “and after listening to that tape, I think we might be running out of time”
"Don't be so pessimistic" Emily replied
"I'm not, just being realistic" Matt responded. Emily and Lia gave him a look "Look girls, I'm not giving up but we have to be realistic here"
Emily knew Matt was right but she would never admit it "Lia, can you isolate any background noise from the call? Maybe we'll get lucky and get a location from that" She asked
"I can try" Lia answered "But it might take some time"
"Just try. And can you send the call to my computer? I'm going to do an analysis on it, see if there is any hidden meaning in what she is saying that can lead us to her." Emily responded
Lia nodded her head yes as she opened the internal email system, clicked on Emily's name and added the attachment than clicked send "It's on its way" she said
"Thanks" Emily said. She turned towards the door and headed back out to her desk.
"Has Cheryl heard it?" Matt asked
"Nope, not yet. She's down with missing persons unit but I left her as well as Agent Johnson and Murphy a voicemail message about it" Lia replied
"Ok Mathers do your magic" Matt said smiling and taking a seat next to her as
she pulled the file up again and started to separate the different types of
audio found within the tape.
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"Arg!" Emily let out a cry of frustration. She had been working on the
audio clip for the past hour and she had gotten nothing from it. There was no
hidden subtext that she could find that would help them pin point where Isabella
was being held. Everything Isabella had said was direct; she had left them no
hints.
"What's the matter with you?" Frank asked as he came from the interrogation room, he and Duff had reinterviewed the Andersons since they found out Travis Anderson was having an affair with Mrs. Sanchez
"Have you heard this tape?" Emily asked.
Frank sat in his desk and nodded his head "Lia played it for me before you two got here"
"Well there is nothing here, she didn't leave us any clues to find her" Emily said in a discouraged tone.
"Emily, what did you expect? She's eleven and terrified. She's not thinking about leaving clues about her location, I would imagine all she's thinking about is there is a great possibility that shes going to die there. And it seems that she's in a confined space the likelihood of her even knowing where she is being held to is not likely" Frank said
"I know" Emily said "but it doesn't make sense"
"Let's hear your theory" Frank said
"Ok." Emily said getting up from her desk so she could pace around the office. She always paced when her mind started to race this fast, sitting still was impossible. "I was thinking Isabella is being held in some sort of confined space too after listening to the tape, whether it’s a basement, cellar, or some type of cell I don't know. But this is what don't make sense, how did she get her hands on a deposable cell phone?" Emily ranted
"Maybe when the kidnapper came down to check on her, she got it from him somehow" Frank answered
"Ok. But you just said she's probably scared out of her mind. Would she really chance making the kidnapper mad? The same guy who I'm sure has threatened her" She said
"Maybe not but wouldn't you fight back?" Frank said
"Oh most definitly but I'm not eleven and I'm trained to handle creeps. But for arguments sake let's say that's how she got a hold of the phone. She called the tip line not 911. Unless you've been listening to the news either on TV, radio or have seen the report online, you're not just going to know the number for the tip line. And we all just concluded she's in a confined space; does that make sense to you?" Emily said
"So you're thinking the call was faked" Frank said
Emily nodded her head "I don't doubt the caller was Isabella but I don't think she's in fear of her life. I think she faked that part and it was supposed to throw us off the trail" Emily stated
Emily could see that Frank doubted her "OK I know it sounds nuts but think about it. We already know that Isabella was taken by someone she knows, that's the only explanation that explains how her blood got taken from her over an extended period of time" Emily reasoned
Frank nodded his head it did make sense "so you're thinking either mommy or daddy took her" Frank said
"Maybe" Emily said "maybe Kelly Sanchez planned this whole thing so she and her kids could run off with Travis Anderson and than she wouldn't have to worry about a custody battle"
"That don't explain why she just took Isabella. What about the other two kids?" Frank questioned
"Too obvious if all three kids just disappeared" Emily said "or maybe daddy found out about the affair and decided to punish his wife by making her think Isabella was abducted." Emily said
Frank raised his eyebrow "you really think a person could do such a thing?" He asked
"I've seen people do stupider and sicker things for a lot less" Emily replied
"What about Jamie Anderson?" Frank asked "She found out that her husband was banging one of her good friends and took Isabella for revenge and now things have gotten out of hand so she just can't let Isabella go so she has her call the FBI and make it seem like Isabella is in danger" Frank said
"All makes sense" Emily said "but all of this is theories, we have no poof for any of it."
"True, but I tell you what, I just finished my interview with Travis Anderson, and I truly don't think he's involved" Frank stated
Just than Duff walked out of the interrogation room where he had been interviewing Jamie Anderson. He sat down at his desk.
"So?" Frank asked
"That is one stupid chick. She has no clue that her husband is fucking the neighbor" Duff said. Emily looked at him "What?" He asked "was that insensitive? Ok she has no clue that her husband is screwing... no wait banging, ok there is no better way to put it." Duff said. Emily just rolled her eyes at him.
Lia and Matt headed out of the R-Sims room and towards the bullpen. "Did you get anything from the tape?" Emily asked as she saw them approach
"Yes and No" Lia replied "Ok so you know when you're about to make an important call and you shush everyone around you"
"Yes and I'm waiting for the point" Emily replied
"Well that's what its like on the tape. Its like Isabella shushed her entire surroundings." Lia said "even if she's being held in a basement or whatever there should have been some type of background noise but there is nothing. Just eerie silence, which makes no sense"
Emily smiled "it does if the call was a fake. So who wants to hear my theories?"
Chapter Seven