>>It’s best to give Maryanne a wide berth so you can slip past her. You just let the detective lady do her thing, and walk past her and Marten in the vague direction of Conrad. Yep. She’s not even looking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“We’d like to see the body.” “Yeah. Sure.” >>Try to find out what’s going on, since the cops are willing to play nice with us for the moment. You are shocked at how easily the new cop agrees to your[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Wallace and Wallace. Here to inspect the body.” “Uhhh….” “Hey, Mido, this is not what I was expecting when you said Detective Wallace was on his way.” >> Come on, you are semi-official detectives here. Bike up and greet the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Police! Uh… you can’t be here…” >> Look around at the sound and announce that you are police. Probably just kids who heard there was something exciting going on and will contaminate the crime scene. I told you to get[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Huh… where have I seen these before?” >>Check to see if those print actually match up with any local wildlife. You’re no expert but you can think of a few animals that might make tracks like that. Deer. Coyotes. Maybe[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Ground around the body was all torn up.” >> Have we looked for any evidence not on the body? You ask Jack if he saw anything around the area of the body while he was taping things up. Marten: “Sure.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Did you see that thing in his mouth?” “Looked like a branch to me.” >> Er. What’s in his mouth? You didn’t get a close look at it, but it seems that your new partner did. A branch, shoved in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Mark Jeffries’ kid, Phil. He’s… he was the captain of the football team…” >>Um. Okay. Ignore his weirdly casual attitude for now and fill him in. You all have a job to do. It’s not surprising that he’s more casual[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
>> Check in with him. Being from different areas there are probably things you can learn from one another, anyway. Maybe there’s a reason he uses so much tape. You cross the street, stepping into the trees where Officer Marten[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
>> Grab your gear (because of course you have gear) and get going. You grab your backpack which has all your important gear in it. You have a disposable camera, miniature tape recorder, notebook and pencils, flash light, box cutter,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…