"We've already called her, she's on her way," the chief said.
Goddard said. "Also I have new evidence on who Towson was having the affair with."
"You already told me, Norma Martin," Moran said.
"That was because we had her DNA from a cigarette butt, and it matched the DNA found in the bathroom. Now I have her daughter's DNA from a tissue she used and it also matches.
"Of course," the chief said, "the mother-daughter relationship would give you a preliminary match."
Moran said, "So, tell the lab to do deeper DNA probes. Until then, we won't know which of them was up there in the apartment. In fact, both of them could have been up there."
Goddard continued, "The mother is married, sixty-something and spends her life in a restaurant kitchen. Towson would likely go for the daughter, Elena Duarte, who is footloose, twenty years younger and an absolute knockout."
"And you come to that amazing conclusion all by yourself," Moran said.
"So you think his lover was Elena Duarte," the chief said. "But it means nothing as far as her guilt is concerned. Doesn't even mean she was up there Saturday."
"How did you find all this out?" Moran asked.
Goddard didn't want to reveal Sandy as his source. "We have hearsay. Elena Duarte told Sandy Reid that the affair was a sham setup by Cuban-American gambling interests to embarrass Towson's candidacy. All the hearsay fits what we know and provides a good explanation of what they were up to."
"Damn it. I'm the prosecuting attorney. Don't pull that hearsay bullshit on me."
Goddard continued. "What we don't have is any evidence someone intended for the setup to go further and include murder. It's possible the entire affair scheme was just a campaign dirty trick and had nothing to do with the murder."
"The hearsay, Goddard! Go back to the hearsay. How does it happen you know what Elena Duarte told Sandy Reid?"
The chief interrupted, "You don't want to know."
"Yes, I do." Moran stood and faced Goddard. "You got that info from Reid's sister didn't you? Let's hold your lame explanation of why you're talking to her. Probably across the pillow. Just how is it that the suspect's sister finds a possible suspect before you do?"
"Elena Duarte would never have talked to the police," Goddard said weakly.
"That didn't answer my question. Did you have anything to do with the sister meeting Elena Duarte, or was it all the sister's idea?"
"Unfortunately, I had nothing to do with it. Sandy Reid told me hoping I'd give her inside info in return."
"Did you ever get a statement from the mother?"