Desideratum:Obscure Cases

Chapter 1-2: The Witnesses

" Detective, I think they are ready."

" That's great! You really put a great job, Cart. "

" Oh, flattering!"

I entered the cold room at the rear of the house. There were three persons sitting with each other, nervous. I can see it in their eyes that they may help.

"Good afternoon, I am the new detective of this state. And I want you to ask some que-"

"And we don't know about that sir."

"Sir, don't hide what you know. You have nothing to be afraid of. You're safe."

"I don't know."

"I am not yet asking sir. I know you know something. So please answer calmly and only quite true. Okay. Did you saw someone 2 to 8 meters away from the house?"

The first one spoke and said:
" The time I was cleaning the windows of my house, I saw Mrs. Earls trimming grasses on their lawn. That was afternoon. And then a young man approached her. They're arguing. And then Mrs. Earls shouted at him and the young man looks scared so he ran away."

"Did you heard any of their conversation?"

"Unfortunately, I didn't detective. I was inside the house."

" Okay?" I grabbed a pen and jutted down all he said.

"And then time passed, the evening came. I heard screams in their house, like a very loud scream. It startled me. And then the guy approached her that noon, came out of the backdoor."

The second guy talked:
"That's all true. I also heard screams. I was on my house that morning, everything seems to be normal. Except that Mr. Earls skipped his work, I thought he's sick or something. But that noon, I am not around, cause I went to my aunt's house at Raville.
I also saw him came at the house the night before this horrible thing happened."

"That night, what did you saw?"

"The guy wearing black hoodie came out at the backdoor. And I also heard screams. Woman screams around 10:30-11:00 pm."

"Thank you for your statements ."

The third and last guy spoke:
"All I know is Mrs. Earls, has schi-, sho-, nia-. What's that?! Something to do with brain. Deficiency."

"Schizophrenia."
I said.

"Exactly!"

"That would be helpful! So thank you! I assure your security. If anything happened to any of you, the bureau's open. "

As soon as they was convoyed out of the house, I reviewed their statements.

"Carter, this is so puzzling."
I said as I read my notes.

" Did the statements helped? I think they just made everything tricky. "

" Overall, their statements matched. Which means, they are all saying the fact. "

"Much better sir."

"It's hard to make a conclusion about this. The guy, Mr. and Mrs. Earls, her brain disease. The scream around 10-11 pm. But how could it be if Mrs. Earls died earlier? Carter what if, the suspect is, is girl?"

"What? Well, sir that was a hilarious conclusion. "
Then I remembered the cloth hanging at the pocket of the victim. I could grab it now. So I did. And on my shock it's not a cloth. It is a photo soaked with blood with a man standing, probably Mr. Earls, and...I can't see it clearly. It is vague. Maybe forensic team could do something about this.

"Call the forensic, Carter. I got one big problem here."

Journal: 02/16/15
Time is 12:56 pm. The case gets harder by the day. More clues are popping up. They more of tricks that makes the investigation vaster. Who says the truth, who lies? What is the mystery behind the photo soaked with blood?

"Don't hide from the truth. You have  nothing to be afraid of."