Case Files of Detective Kenneth Cohl

Case File One: Murder At The College

The lights have been flipped off in the restroom at the local college in Zimmerville, Virginia as a gentleman is there washing his face towards the back in the handicap stall. He neglected to properly lock the door and did not notice a shadowy figure walking up behind him. In one smooth motion, the figure turned the man around and covered his mouth. The man tried to struggle but was stabbed in the heart; he fell instantly to the floor. A few moments later a young man walked in to the bathroom, turned the lights on and went to the stall eyeing the body lying on the floor. He ran out the doors of the restroom and began crying out that someone had been murdered. Security began running to the young man that had screamed, but was cut off by another young man heading in the same direction.

"Get out of my way!" The security guard demanded.

"Are you an idiot, go get this building on lockdown, I'll make sure the crime scene remains undisturbed, but if someone was murdered, we can't let the killer escape, get going now!" The young man responded.

The security guard looked a bit baffled but then quickly began making calls to get the building under lockdown, once the building was secure he called for the police to arrive. Thirty minutes later the police got to the scene. The security guard met them downstairs and two officers followed him back up the stairs towards the crime scene. The first was the inspector Steven Salvo; male, tall with a large sense of justice, he had short brown hair with a thick beard and was dressed in a brown suit. The second was Officer Margaret Johnson, African American, small, dressed in the traditional blue police uniform. Once they reached the top of the stairs they began making their way to the restroom, the old security guard was surprised to find a different college student standing outside the door then either of the two that were there when he left.

"What are you doing outside this door!?" asked the inspector.

"Um, I was told by a coworker to stand here and make sure that no one else entered except for the police." said the student.

"What's your name son?" the inspector added.

"Tom, Tom Anderson" replied the student quietly.

"Well Tom, this is a crime scene, so I would like it if you left this area now!"

With that, Tom stepped off to the side as the inspector and Officer Johnson made their way through the bathroom door. They found that the room was split to two sides, the left side being the ladies room, while the right side is the mens room, and there was a female student leaning against the door to the mens room holding it open. The inspector and officer made their way through the door after asking the young lady to leave and looked to find a young man on the floor checking out the body. The two ran to the body and started pulling the young man up off the floor. He had dirty blonde hair, stood about five foot eight and was dressed in black pants and shirt with a matching fedora.

"Just what do you think you were doing there?" asked the inspector.

"I was checking out the body, so I would be able to give you a full report once you got here." The young man said.

"Boy, what's your name?"

"My name is Cohl; Kenneth Cohl, I'm a detective."

"Detective, look I'm not stupid, you're just some punk kid, not an actual detective."

"Yea, you're right inspector, I'm not a real detective, not yet anyway, I just watch and read too much of that stuff, but I was also trained by my father to have an eye for details. Come on Inspector Salvo, you remember my dad, Detective Anthony Cohl?"

"What! Your Anthony's son, little Kenneth, I don't believe it." Said the inspector with a smile that quickly changed back to a look of disapproval. "But that still doesn't change that this is not a place for you, you probably got your fingerprints all over the place."