June Ryder aged 47 was found dead in her apartment with three gunshot wounds in the chest. The evidence leads to assume that the victim was shot using a MIL Thunder 5 which has not been in use for over a hundred years now. The MIL Thunder 5 can only be found in private collections and museums these days. Police are narrowing down the list of suspects and investigating any recent burglaries which could lead the killer into posession the gun. The search for murder weapon itself continues.
Ms. Ryder was found at 7:20pm on July 2 by her brother, Tariel. Tariel says that he and his late sister had tickets to the opera that evening. Knowing ms. Ryder as a punctual woman, he became worried when she did not show up on time. Neither did she answer his calls, so he went to check on her, not knowing he was heading to a crime scene.
"I have no idea who might've wanted to harm June. She had no enemies. Her colleagues loved her." Says Tariel. "Whoever did that should pay for their doings!"
June Ryder, former geneticist, was born in...
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