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Crime of Passion

Chapter 5 Crime of Passion

Word Count: 2146    |    Released on: 22/05/2022

Perez's

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going to deliver it to him because I was on my way

several years of training with the agency just to miss a few details in an important

n and the first to see the

Carlos is pretty sure that

emory? Or, perhaps, you are thinking

s eyes at the girl, making the witness feel uneasy. Nova just landed on his forehead. 'What the heck is h

He was still staring at Miranda as i

minutes before you reported the incident to the police. Why? Did you have to make sure you first rem

ive said. Nova angrily pulled Nico by her arm, away from Miranda. When he was sur

ly accusing our witness ?! That's

rugged her words

'exact

herlock are you m

e mad at you! You're rui

didn't expect that "outburst". Still, Nico remained nonchalant about it. How

. Second, I'm not ruining my own investigation. Last, don't you know that the 'intimidation technique' is sometimes the simplest

e his eyes returned to Nova. He leaned in closer. "HELP didn't fin

t's

't have a profile of that Heartle

ight. This case is not like those infidelity ones she was accustomed to. She b

left me jus

uestioning. Nova smiled hesitantly at Miranda, "I'm sor

y with work. We haven't talked much with Cov

riosity. For a moment, Nova was nervous

er. It's just that everyone's been upset

ars perked up at the

s his

does he

ical desc

is contac

n eager to be given candy. 'They're things,' she thought. The girl smiled t

frowning. It looks like they still need t

ly rang. His forehead furrowed when he saw his super

n changed. Whatever the person on the other line is telling her, it wasn't good.

e to investigate. The Heartle

-

ood H

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neighborhood pass by in a blur as the car came to a halt. Only then d

nbuckled her seatbelt before glancin

its agents with standar

s tone. He frowned at the girl. "Are you imply

ot say a

ing. Don't get cocky

a ride. Nico took a deep breath and immediately followed him. They had only been with this woman for a few hours, b

le live in this subdivision. "Not a typical place for a serial killing." But if he has lea

blue uniforms with "ECU" printed on the back, Nico immediately felt the urge to end

Local Police chief, Chief Inspector

a for fingerprints or any evidence that can point us to the suspect but as in the previous crim

you don't know

his," Nico said and accepted the l

n dead?" Nova immediately asked as

lex, "According to our initial findings, the estimated time of death

e in the center of the living room. The first thing Nico

aded corpse is something yo

sition, like the previo

ide him. He frowned at what it said and weakly res

elementary! What do

ot far from them shyly raised his hand. "Err ... I ho

ost face

d a pastel pink manicur

tion where the victim is lying with his

d smiled at the g

anion's eyes widened. "Did I thi

lled hi

id ne

her heart was missing. The bloody mess did nothing to cover up the fact that this was a masterpiece of the s

pid

aw him

k for a dish when he noticed that the

er, there seems to be no other possible evidence. Blood pooled around the corpse and a horrible stench wafted under his nose. "When we entered earlier, I didn

ne." Nova frowned while re

Sher

oks like our psycopath killer is getting more creative. They saw the vi

y sort of personal evidence behind. He carefully hid his fingerprin

d off! HK is gettin

K

he lame abbreviat

I think he's just

ece of paper that was dripping with blood flowing from its neck. He laid the bloodied paper on

en thought of printing the address so we wouldn't recognize his penmanship. It looks like this one is really teasing. He wants us to go to this place and look fo

et clues to the victim's death in case it is connected to anyone living at such

e is getting more complicated. It looks like it will be

senior officer just nodded. They know consistently that i

if the lab finds anything interesting. I'll try to find the connec

ga and Nov

s. Probably killed around 6:00 a.m. It looks like the Eastwood Crime Unit's ability is rusting." And reluctantly he returned th

spector Ortega, he tried to put aside

d to go. I have a d

est detective walked out of the

t take a

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