ONCE UPON A CRIME

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Everyone got surprised. Well, it was quite obvious.

-What do you mean? Who is her? Where is she? When did she die?

-Relax, guys. She's already identificated. Her name is Jesy Thomas and she's 22, like the other victim. But that seems to be the only thing they had in common because they don't look alike. They are completely different.

Morris said:

-Well, we'll have to investigate that. Where did her body appear?

-In the forest, like the other one. And do you know what was she dressed like? Snow White.

***

'It's pretty scary' was the first thing Morris said when he watched Jesy's body. And they all agreed. She was on the bottom of a tree, dressed with a long colorful dress. In her neck was written: black as carbon, white as eban, red as blood.
-What the hell may that mean?
-I don't even know, let's take the body into the lab.

Hannah did investigate very carefully Jesy's body. She said the words were written

with blood, but it wasn't hers. "Maybe it's the blood of the murderer. You must analyze it" had said Jensen. Hours later, Hannah told them what they less expected: the blood was Amanda's.

"So it's the same murderer then"had said Jensen. "Obviously, yes, it is" . They could also know that she died because of a powerful drug, Scopolamine. The next day, Hannah realized that Scopolamine also killed Amanda, and not the knife the scratches were made with.

-We should find out where the dresses were made -proposed Morris.

***

-So you're saying that three dresses were bought recently, and two of them coincide with the ones the victims were wearing.

-That's right.

Police was interrogating the owners of every costume shops in the city until one of them claimed someone had bought three costumes of fantastic characters/princesses in the last two weeks. the third one was a Sleeping Beauty costume.

-What's his name? -asked Morris

-Actually, it's a girl. A woman. An old womam: Marilyn Bridges.

-Alright. Where does she live?

After the gentleman gave them her adress, they went to her house. Her door was locked and they didn't hear anything inside. "Maybe she isn't at home" thought Morris. They knocked at the door but no one opened. They knocked stronger.

-Is anybody at home? -shouted Jensen.

As nobody opened the door, the man brought down the door.

-Oh please. That door was pretty expensive - someone said.

The voice came from an, apparently, really old woman. Maybe she was 90 or even 100. Her hair was so white that it seemed to be cotton or snow, and she was wearing maroon glasses. She had winkles all over his face and three tooth were missing in her mouth.

-I'm sorry. You didn't answer when we knocked -said Jensen. -We are from the local police of New York.

-And why are you here? Oh, and I didn't hear your call, when I am playing with my dolls I hear no one else.

And her house was full of dolls.

-These dolls really scare me -whispered Morris-They look haunted

- are you telling me you are afraid of porcelain dolls? That's silly -Jensen replied.

-You had better shut up, girl.

They explained what was going on to the old woman, but she claimed she had no idea about the dresses. She said she had received no dresses related to Red Riding Hood or Snow White. She  also said that though she didn't get to receive the dresses, the money was charged from her plastic money. 'So' Jensen said 'you apparently didn't buy the dresses but you've lost money from your plastic money'. The old woman nodded. 'that means that someone's using it'

When the couple arrived at the police station, their mates told them they had found something kinda interesting: The two victimes had taken the same amount of money from the bank one day before their murder: 23600 pounds. and that one more girl took out the same amount that day. Her name was Charlotte Bridgeman.