“Detective Jensen, this is Lou over at SHEN. I need to speak with you about Leine.”
“Is she all right?” Santa leaned forward in his chair.
“That’s what I want to talk to you about. I’ve been trying to reach her since early this morning. She’s not answering her phone.”
“She was on her way back to Tijuana last I saw her.”
“I’m aware of that. I’ve been monitoring her location through a locator we installed on her phone. For some reason she ended up in Ensenada. That wouldn’t have been a red flag in and of itself. She could have gone there to check out a lead.”
“But?”
“But the program quit logging her location a few hours ago.”
“So either her phone died or it’s been disabled.”
“It’s a distinct possibility.”
Santa clenched his jaw as unease morphed into worry.