Milk Carton Murders 18

We pretty much pick up where we left off last week. (Minus a few spoiler paragraphs.) Investigator Pepper Black is still over at Dave's house questioning his father, Hal, on his connection to the murders of the three girls 20 years earlier whose remains were found at Wiscoy Creek. Pinned to each was a piece of a milk carton with their photograph as part of the missing children campaign of the 1980s and 90s. Only problem is they are different than the ones that came from the Center. Hal worked at one point in the print shop at the dairy.

As always, the words in italics is the "other" voice in Dave's head. 

(Some creative punctuation to keep it in the 8 sentence limit.)

“You’re telling me someone who worked at the dairy switched the layouts?" said Hal. “That’s ridiculous. Why would they do that?”

“I don’t think the why is as important as the who,” Pepper answered, “and it would have to have been someone who worked in the print shop; they had to know how to do the process.”

“Well maybe the Center is missing a few of their layouts,” said Dave, “there were over 8,000 children.”
   
“I know that, and the Center can account for every single one of them,” Pepper said, “and as you pointed out, Dave, the font style on our carton pieces doesn’t match the font that the Center For Missing and Exploited Children used—even the layout style itself is slightly different.”

Two points for Pepper, Davy boy. You better come up with something or poor, old Hal here will be spending his retirement in Attica.

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BLURB:

When three small coffins are unearthed near the Wiscoy Creek during a routine dredging operation, it’s the last thing DAVE ROBERTSON, of the Lamont Weekly Times, expected. Pinned to the skeleton’s clothing are pictures from milk cartons of missing girls.

Dave is stunned to find that one of the girls is Sally―a foster child his parents had cared for through the Friends of Foster Families (FFF) program. Cold case files reveal the girls disappeared over 20 years ago. Knowing his house was the last place he saw Sally alive, he can’t help but suspect his dad.

How can he write the biggest story of his career if his father turns out to be the killer? If the voice in his head would shut up and let him remember, he might figure it out before he loses his mind and his dad is charged with murder.

Full blurb and snippet recap here.