FOUR

FOUR

THIRD PERSON’S POV

The female officer standing in the front of the building saluted as detective Green, coffee in hand approached the yellow taped area.

“Good morning officer” Detective Green said

“Beautiful morning to you too, detective; I hope you had a good night’s rest?”

“I was just about to get started on the sleeping thing when I got the call; so what do we have?”

“I haven’t seen a crime scene this gruesome in a long time sir and I do not have words to quite describe it…you will have to see it yourself” the officer said as she lifted the tape for Green to proceed into the building.

“What do you think happened here?” He asked as they entered into the elevator

“Probably a gang war or something you know how it goes with these guys they are always killing each other for one reason or the other.”

“Who is on the scene?”

“The question should be who isn’t” she replied as the elevator doors opened to a crowded hallway filled with different uniformed personnel moving around taking pictures and asking questions to the people in the other rooms of the hotel.

“You have got to be kidding me?” Green swore as he stepped out of the elevator and made his way to the third room on the floor; the room with the most cops at the door.

As he finally got through, the stench of the bodies hit him.

He had been to many crime scenes in his four years as an officer but he would never get used to the smell of rotten corpses. His eyes surveyed the room as he took in the crime scene, searching for every detail he could find in the room.

There were four bodies; three in the center of the room and one smashed through a glass table in the corner. No signs of forced entry on the door that means they willingly let whoever did this into the hotel room themselves or maybe the perpetrators let themselves in on their own.

He took a couple of steps into the room turning around so his eyes could take in more.

“No CCTV camera in the room, if that is what you are looking for…hotel policy” his partner who was looking at a glass cup on the table close to the window said… “Very nice of you to finally grace us with your presence” she murmured, her head bent

“I got the call barely 2 hours ago”

“So did we all” Analisse muttered, grabbing the coffee from his hand

That is not yours; he started to say and then stopped as she took a huge gulp of it while he watched. She did it all the time and it wasn’t just worth it to humor her anymore.

“So what do we have here?”

“A crime scene” Analisse responded, her words dripping sarcasm

Michael Green had worked with Analisse as his partner for the two years, he had been a detective and he had not still gotten used to her sarcastic responses.

He rolled his eyes at her and bent down beside the three bodies, poking gently

“He is definitely dead if that is what you are trying to determine”

“Not a word from you, Analisse” Michael growled

She makes a zipping motion with her fingers to her mouth but kept silent

“Do we know who these guys are?” Michael asked, sighing as he turned another body over

“Nope, not yet; the forensics team was here earlier and took their fingerprints but they are yet to get back to us” she responded

“By the look of their bodies they have been dead for some days now”

“Yeah, the hotel employees reported it in when the cleaner came for her morning rounds and the stench was unbearable and no one opened the door when she knocked”

Michael lifted the hands of one of the bodies and rolled down the sleeves to reveal a snake tattoo.

“They are definitely not from around here that is for sure” he said showing the tattoo to Analisse.

“I didn’t think so too and they also had no IDs on them. I don’t recognize anyone of them from the database we have on the criminals in this city and hotel staff confirmed that they checked in some days ago and their suitcases had plane tickets on it”

“Fantastic so we are dealing with new players that most likely just got into town and now they are dead; that is not good for anybody” Michael commented

“Exactly and what bothers me though is that there was no buzz about this on the streets, nothing at all”

“So no one knew they were in town and no one knows they are dead?”

“Maybe they are not big players here”

“Someone went through the trouble of killing them, they must be relevant to something and whoever did this is highly skilled”

“How do you know that?”

“For one; the way this hit was carried out, it was very precise no wasted motions or bullets. See how every body has just one bullet in it?” he asked, pointing at the bodies… “They have mostly headshot wounds, making sure that none of them would survive. I do not think this hit was carried out by a group of persons; I think only one man killed them all”

“That is a really farfetched theory” His partner muttered skeptically

“It is a theory but when have I ever been wrong?”

She stared at him as he walked around taking in the crime scene. He had definitely grown into this detective role over the years. She remembered the first time they met and how timid he had been; look at him now, prancing around having theories of his own.

A slight smile grew on her face as she shook her head.

She turned to address the young officer that was just entering the room.

“Have you been able to access the security footage for the hotel lobby and corridors?”

“No ma’am, there was nothing to check in the footage.”

“What do you mean by nothing to check?”

“There is no footage for the week on the servers.”

“Hey Michael, come and hear this” she called out.

Michael crossed over to where she stood

“Repeat what you said to me” she said

“All the footage for the week has been wiped clean and the security officer claims he has no idea of what happened” the officer repeated

“I want to talk to that security guard, get him here now” Michael snapped

They both watched the officer leave right before Michael turned, pinning his partner with a wide grin

“Still think that theory is farfetched?”