Why didn't you tell me sooner, doctor?" Gallagher said evenly, trying to control his temper. "Because we wanted to run tests on it first, to be accurate. I wanted to ascertain any forensic connection with the Taylor girl." Gallagher was now turning red in the face, "Dr. Lowe, tell us what you found!" His voice was now a bit more strident which took the good pathologist a bit by surprise. "Well, sir, we found a locket with some kind of a bird on it. But, the fibers did not match up with the potential victim and it appeared it had been outside a lot longer than the day she disappeared We assumed one of the students had accidentally dropped it." Gallagher was now marching strongly towards the podium, his manner definitely intense. As he got to the pathologist he stopped inches from his face and announced, "What in God's name were you thinking? Did it ever occur to you that it might belong to the potential abductor?
