Horatio gave an agreeing nod. The Mayor was their next priority, for sure. Perhaps they might crack the case if they interviewed him, given what they knew about him, and what he was suspected to have done. Even if Chesterfield wasn't behind these attacks, or at least culpable in them, he still had to be punished for the murder of his wives. And afterwards, if Brother Samuel hadn't waken up yet, they might well interview Nate Blake. It seemed unlikely the scoundrel had any useful information at this point, but it might not hurt to check, anyway. Cover all their bases.
"Thank you, Jeremiah. You've been very helpful," Horatio kindly said to the boy.
He would have promised to get his sister back, but...well, he didn't want to make a promise he couldn't keep. Besides, the boy seemed confused enough about what sort of person this Azrael was...the boy was thankful the man had killed that bastard of a father of his, no doubt. But the poor kid had no idea Azrael was just lying to him. Honestly, though, he didn't have the heart to break it to the kid. It seemed...unnecessarily cruel, in a way. It wasn't necessary either...if they did get back Jeremiah's sister, it was likely his sister would set her brother straight.
Horatio and Anna left Jeremiah shortly thereafter, exiting the small church of Red Road a moment later. The Mayor's Office wasn't far off, Horatio could see...just a little ways up the street.
The older Dog turned to his partner, wanting to get her take on things. "How do you think we should approach this, Anna? The Mayor's guilty of something, that's for sure...but we have no way of knowing if he's culpable in these murders. He killed his wives, I have no doubt about that...but it may not be the case for these ranch murders. If we come at him too hard, he might clam up, and excessive...force might then be required to...persuade him to tell us the truth. If we come at him too soft though, he might not feel pressured enough to tell us something useful."
It was a dilemma Dogs faced all the time, when interviewing potential suspects. A dilemma Horatio had faced more than once in his career. Back in the day, he hadn't been above using force to get the information he needed...nowadays though, he didn't try to do that unless he saw no other option. In his experience, torture rarely gave good information...the person they were hurting was liable to say anything, to make the pain stop.
Still, he wanted to get Anna's opinion on the matter. He made a habit out of consulting his fellow Dogs during missions, and he wanted to challenge Anna a little, see how she'd handle this matter. She wasn't a Pup anymore, but she was still relatively new to the job. It was the first time they'd been partnered together too, so there was that, as well.