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CHAPTER 105 - The Clue
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Detective Amiri's POV
My arrival at the crime scene was greeted by the foul odor of the decaying corpse, which caused me to scrunch my nose and grimace as I breathed in the once-fresh air. Despite the fact that I was already wearing a double layer surgical mask, the smell was so overwhelming that it could easily make you feel nauseous and sick at the same time.
On the same day as the phone call from Dimitri, I received another strange phone call. He sounded nervous and frantic as if panic had been his most prized possession throughout his entire life. Aside from mentally taking note of it to make sure that I had written and documented everything accurately enough, he had told me the exact details, which I had efficiently listed down.
Today, we received a report from a concerned citizen who stated that they had been smelling something that was extremely unpleasant in every way. As soon as we arrived on the scene, we conducted a perimeter search o
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