"Who were you ?" He muttered at the body.
A few yards into the trees he found an expensive looking Gucci bag. The local officer should have found it, his negligence would have to go in the official report. Add his slovenly appearance and leaving the body uncovered for days and the man would probably be reprimanded and fined. In an ideal world he'd be sacked and replaced, but few wanted to police the bandit country near the Bulgarian border. He opened the bag and found a few hundred euros, a wallet and a passport.
"You've found something then ?"
The man was unfolding the body bag and putting it on the ground next to the body.
"Yes, something you should have found two days ago."
"Sorry sir."
The passport was for a pretty twenty two year old Canadian girl, a Zoe Chapman from Vancouver. He held the picture up to the body and there were still points of similarity, despite the actions of hungry birds and insects. The height was right too, the body definitely seemed to be that of Zoe Chapman. The wallet contained three credit cards, all in the same name and all from well-known banks.
"She's a Canadian. You should have bagged her up on the day you found her, this doesn't look good."
"Sorry sir."
Emil smiled, he's just remembered the alert and the picture at the top of it. The girl in the photo wasn't Zoe, that was obviously a fake id, probably one of many. The battle, the RPG, the obvious victory of her friends. Why had they left her behind for the birds to feed on though ? He actually grinned at the local officer.
"This may make us both famous. This, I believe is the body of Ruby Mason."
"The terrorist ?"
