You've got to be kidding me.
A possible eyewitness?
What a joke.
When Lake heard Joe say that, he felt as if today were April Fools' Day. He desperately racked his database for any relevant memories. At most, there might have been a videotape preserved from that assassination back then—but what the hell did he mean by an eyewitness?
Fine.
Even if an eyewitness existed, what use would that be? Even if there had been one, they were probably dead by now.
Lake shook his head and looked at Joe, still somewhat confused. "Even if this eyewitness exists, reopening the investigation should be the FBI's job. How did it become our NYPD's?"
The NYPD was a regional law enforcement agency. For any case that occurred in New York, the NYPD had absolute priority in exercising law enforcement authority.
But...
The Howard Stark couple hadn't died in New York. They hadn't even died anywhere near New York. As far as the conditions for reopening the case went, the NYPD would be the last agency in line, no matter how you looked at it.
Were the New York State Police and the FBI nonexistent?
Joe said, "Have you forgotten the principle that the NYPD is responsible for protecting New York?"
Lake frowned. "What are you getting at?"
Joe shrugged.
When the NYPD had been established, it had been tasked with managing order in New York City and the surrounding areas, as well as protecting the safety of New York's citizens.
In theory, for any case involving damage, threats, or potential threats to New York City or its citizens, the NYPD had absolute law enforcement authority.
However, that provision was rarely used. Or rather, ever since the NYPD had been established in 1845, it had never invoked it, because they had later discovered