Bill Crittenden:
"My connections have provided me with a little information regarding the kidnapping of a prominent musician a few days ago - you may have heard about it?"
"Fiora Cutler, lead singer and composer for the German band Nachtuhu was snatched on Saturday night following a sell-out concert up in Boston. Five roughs with uzis broke into their hotel hotel as the band returned from the show. Four security men, six hotel employees, an off-duty police officer and two friends of the group were killed. Cutler's husband, guitarist Richard Kalmer, and five others were injured."
"The Boston police have exhausted all leads, and even the FBI is baffled, since no ransom has called for. So far, the only clues in the case are the eyewitness reports of black-clad roughs bursting into the hotel hallway, the use of 9mm ammunition, a blown·in service door, and the bodies of hotel employees in the main service stairwell. The police officer was killed when the kidnappers made their getaway in a stolen van, which later turned up abandoned in Lawrence, Massachusetts, with no prints and no further leads. The attack has been estimated to have taken just three minutes, with the main hallway assault taking just over 55 seconds. The FBI is looking into left-wing hate groups as possible culprits due to Cutler's right wing leanings, but no luck so far."
"Along with several very famous rock musicians from all over the place, the bands manager, Roosevelt Scott, is offering a substantial reward to rescue Cutler."
A fax sent to a Mr George McClan in Havana, Cuba. The fax reads as follows:
"J.S. Smith of Portland requires a 1 Mil Bag, no comebacks, for client. Details provided by Confcall: @)&(!%)(@&."
George McClan:
"Jason Lewis Smith. Shitbag at law," he drawled.
"Do anythin' fer a price."
Jack Random:
"Antonio and I checked out Boston while you were getting a tan down in Cuba. Spoke to the police and surviving band members, their roadies and hotel staff, even a few groupies still hanging about."
"Everyone says basically the same thing. Black-clad roughs burst into the hotel hallway via a service stairwell after blowing the fire door. They used 9mm uzis, and killed six hotel employees in the service stairwell. Four of the bands security and two friends of the group were killed in their rooms and out in the hallway, while one off duty police officer was killed when they made their getaway in a stolen van, which later turned up abandoned and burnt out in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The attack was estimated to have taken just three minutes, with the main hallway assault taking just over 55 seconds.
"No prints were found and besides the copious amounts of brass and the doors broken in with a sledge hammer, no other traces were left."
"Fiora's husband, guitarist Richard Kalmer, and five others were injured and are still in hospital. Two are still critical with one of them not expected to live."
"The FBI is looking into left-wing hate groups as possible culprits due to Fiora's conservative leanings, but that trail is going nowhere."
"The attackers were brutal. One of the security had surrendered when it looked suicidal to keep fighting. One laughed as they shot him in the back of the head on the way out."
There are a number of possible listings for Smith in the Portland phone book, but all are residential.
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