The day was slow as I expected almost all days with the park rangers to be. That was most likely why it was filled with old men and anorexic women. They were more security guards, than sworn officers of the law. They did however have the power of arrest not in the parks but in the whole city. They had that more to hold the mooch till the real cops arrived, than to deal with infractions of the law. Everyone agreed that those actions were best left to the real cops. At that time even I agreed. I fully expected it to change before my two years were done, but slowly.

I managed to get down to the police station to get a copy of the file on the dump job, as I had come to think of it. The file wasn't all that thick,which led me to believe it went cold quickly. From the crime scene crew's notes I got the exact coordinates of the body when it was discovered. I made a note of them.

I also got the approximate time of death from the autopsy report. I did some math as to how long the body was in the water. The dumpee could have been in the water almost two days. It would depend on how long after death she was pushed into the reservoir.

What I wanted to know was could she have been tossed from the campground. Would the body have made it a half mile from the campground to the pickup spot in a lake with no real currents. The water moved from the feeder creeks to the overflow, which fed the family park with all the attractions. That movement was the only current and it should have been insignificant.

I had to admit I just didn't know enough about the science. What I lacked in science, I made up for with organizational skill. I figured a specialist would need the current rate as small as it might be, the wind speed and directions during that time, and a good map of the lake to work with.

So before I began looking for an expert, I worked on assembling those things. I called the water and sewer chief engineer. When I finally got him on the line I began with, "This is Chief Burke with the park rangers, yes I promoted myself, I need to know the rate of flow in the city's upper reservoir and marina."

"I have it somewhere. can I get back to you in a couple of hours?"

"That's fine just call the office at the marina they can take the information, if I'm not available." I suggested. "Oh one more thing, if the rate of flow varies, I will need to know the factors involved."

"Sure I can tell you now, it will depend on the amount of rain in the last 3 months. More rain the more current. I can get you a copy of the current chart broken down by rainfall. I have it somewhere on the computer. Give me your email address."

"Hold on, I'll get it for you." Maybelle provided the email and I passed it on to the city's hydro engineer. Maybelle also arranged for me to change the password on the account.

While I waited for the chart of current flow in the reservoir, I convinced Jane to stop by and pick me up again. Once in the car I asked, "Do we have a boat with GPS?"

"Sure our power boat has that," she informed me with great pleasure. Jane liked being a teacher and guide.

"Okay let's get it and go see the pickup site for the dump job last spring."

"We don't need GPS for that, I have been there a couple of time helping with the evidence search."