Chapter 15 - The Federal Warrant**
By 9:00 AM, the news of the bridge collapse had reached the Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Special Agent Clara Thomas stood in front of a digital map of the Blue Ridge sector, her eyes fixed on the blinking red markers.
"Senator Reed has been using state resources to hunt a domestic target across state lines," Agent Thomas noted to her team.
"The local sheriff claims Miller kidnapped his own daughter," a subordinate officer reported.
Agent Thomas pulled up the secondary mirror footage sent by Detective Jenkins thirty minutes prior.
The video played on the large monitor wall, showing Samantha raising the wooden bat over young Maya in the sunlit room.
Agent Thomas's expression hardened into an icy mask as she watched the horrific scene unfold.
"Issue an immediate federal arrest warrant for Samantha Reed and Senator Richard Reed," Agent Thomas ordered firmly.
"Charge them with child abuse, witness intimidation, and conspiracy to commit federal trust fraud," she added.
"What about Ethan Miller?" the agent asked.
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"Send an extraction team to escort him to the federal courthouse in Richmond," Thomas declared. "He's not a fugitive... he's a key witness."
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