Licorne short stories

The disappearance of Amy Crown

"It was already dark when we heard it. There were a lady screaming, but when we turned there was noone there, just a dark blue car with its left headlight shattered''. On friday 16th, February 1923, 27 year old Amy Crown did not return home from a party.  Amy Crown was last seen walking along Belford street, she was clearly on her way back home. It was a fairly cold winter night, she was wearing a fine white coat of real mink fur, carrying a bag of real leather. Amy Crown was a well off woman, she was known amongst many as a talkative, kind and generous lady who'd often give to the ones that didn't have the same privilege as her. Although according to witnesses, this night she had been acting different from her usual bubbly self. She had been acting withdrawn and almost seemed annoyed, her sister claims. Amy's husband claims that she had seemed to grow sour over a letter that arrived that same morning. When asked about the letter he'd not deliver, claiming she burned it in the firepit. Searching their house, the police could not find any evidence of him lying or being involved in the disappearance. Her husband was put on the suspect list for later investigation.

At the same time they were investigating a man with the name Callum Andersen. Andersen seemed to have a close bond with Amy Crown. According to people who knew Amy she often met up with Andersen. When they were together people reported them almost acting flirtatious towards one another, nearly acting as though they were lovers. Some people even reported Amy acting more affectionate towards Andersen than with her husband. Another detail about Andersen was that he had fled to sweden just a mere week after the investigation started and had thereby been dragged back to London by both swedish and English police. He seemed in a hurry to get back to sweden, which was odd because according to swedish police and government Andersen had no relation to sweden and seemed he had no family or friends there. Another detail about the investigation was a repeated mention of a dark blue car driving away directly after a scream was heard on the night Amy disappeared. The description of the car was scarce, but there was one particular ditail, the left headlight was shattered. Andersen's car fit the description, but investigating Andersen and going through his belongings seems to have brought no luck. The investigators couldn't find a single piece of evidence except the car that suggested Andersen had been with her that night. Still he remained the main suspect.

In the end there could only be found slight evidence on Andersen but it was not enough to send him to court, until there started to appear inconsistencies into his stories. He'd, just two weeks prior, claimed he went to a bar that night but now he was clearly stating that he'd been alone in his house all evening. His explanations didn't add up as he also admitted to having been out driving in the night. This was starting to get even more suspicious and just after a few days of the case being closed the investigation started up again, this time holding Andersen as accused. On march 26th they found the piece of evidence that stated Andersen was the guilty one. In the shed in his garden, under a loose board in the flooring they found the neatly folded white fur coat of Amy Crown along with her bloodied dress and other belongings. Andersen had killed her and dumped her in the forest, taking all her valuable belongings to sell for himself. Andersen was sentenced to hang on the 12th of  May, but Andersen disappeared from his sell two nights prior never to be found again.