Stories tagged “crime scene”
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Enter Mrs. Detective
The only thing that smells worse than wet dog is dead dog. I’d meant to wound the big idiot, but I’d also meant to not get pummeled. Priorities have a funny way of falling into place. “Thomas!” came the shrill call, preceding th...
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Just Like Dancing
I crouch down on the balls of my feet and look at the body. What a piece of art. Naked, bloody, left arm almost emancipated from the shoulder. It’s ten at night, the corpse relaxes, illuminated by the dimness of the street light above. Highway ro...
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No evidence, no witnesses.
It was only the third crime scene of the day and the similarities were ghastly. The detectives were perplexed as to what could have caused this repugnant scene. The bodies were so badly mutilated and decomposed that identifying them would prove challen...
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Apartment 704
Killing, whether being done by a man or observed, takes away one’s humanity. Killing another human being is akin to leaping off a tall building in the concrete jungle; it should not be taken lightly. When you see the spark go out in someone’...
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Details, Details, Details
“This is it?” Kilrain asks in confusion. The probie, startled, just nods his head. “There’s an elderly women who lives next door, that’s who called it in.” the probie says, answering Kilrain’s next question,...