Puller didn’t even bother to stop. He sped up, but kept back a bit.

 

The last thing he wanted was to spook whoever was up there.

 

They passed the site where the fourth victim, the computer programmer Julie

Watson, had been found, and the van seemed to slow. Puller was praying that it

would stop and the driver would get out. Then Puller would do his questioning

with an M11 pointed in the person’s face.

 

But that didn’t happen. The van kept going. And so did Puller.

 

The two vehicles reached a main road.

 

Puller snatched his camera and fired a few shots at the rear of the van.

 

They turned onto another road.

 

It was nearly five in the morning now and early-rising commuters were out in

full force. This was a military community and those folks worked varying shifts,

but the one coming up now was one of the biggest.

 

The van sped up and got on the entry ramp for Interstate 64 heading east.

 

Puller had to fall back because of the volume of traffic. It was still dark and