"The official answer of course is there is no connection and there seems to be a strange variation of rabies working its way across the midwest." Dealing with reporters was always a pain in the ass. At least this one wasn't dumb. Just annoying.
"Off the record?" She nodded with a know it all smirk. "I'm going to catch this guy in his tracks and bury him."
Opened the door to the gas station and we went in, a few more cops standing around the bodies bullshitting. Stepped in and pulled the sheets off, not even flinching at the dismembered, chewed up remains. "Someone was hungry. Bite impressions?"
The forensics guy was still writing up his preliminary report and handed me a page. "Non human, non canine of any known breed or species. Helpful."