The inspector Geralt Deriv was in his office with a coffee and a bagel, when a call was received that a body had been found in a house in York.Then the inspector took his car keys and went to the scene.
The path was calm…
Geralt left his car and saw his assistant : « Chang »
« Hello Chang, How are you today ? » Geralt said.
« Great thanks, and you inspector ? » She asked.
« Fine, so what do we have ? » He wondered.
« A woman found her husband’s body on the sofa, dead. His name is Karl Jim. » She explained.
Geralt entered the house and went to the living room, where the body was and he saw it and smelt a strange smell .
« What is the cause of the death ? » He questioned
« We don’t know exactly but we think he had a heart attack » She told Geralt
« Well, let’s examine the body » Geralt said
Geralt looked for clues to know if itwas a murder or an accidental death. The man was wearing casual work clothes, he had a mug with coffee in his hand. No traces of a struggle. Therefore he wasn’t killed with a gun or a bladed weapon. Geralt smelt the coffee and found that the smell was very very weird.
« Chang ! Could you send the coffee to the lab please ? It doesn’ t seem normal, it may be nothing but I want to be sure. And send the body to the forensic scientist for the autopsy.» He ordered.
« Copy boss, I’ll do it » She answered.
« I gonna interogate the dead’s wife. » He said.
« Hello madam, Could we ask you some questions ? » He wondered.
« Yes, you can if it helps you » She replied.
« Thanks, have your husbund already have problems with his heart or any health problems ? » He questioned.
« Not that I may Know » She said.
« Was he a good husbund ? He never hit you before, did he ? Or was he strange those last weeks ? He questioned.
« Yes he was always good with me and he never hit me, he took care of me. » She answered.
Geralt saw a train ticket on the dead wife’s bag.
Geralt Deriv went back to his office…
Geralt went to the meeting room and gathered his squad to deliberate about the death of this man, to guess if it was a murder, an accidental death or a natural one.
« Hey guys so what do we have ? Any suggestions ? » Geralt said to his squad.
« Boss, I found some problem in husband’s bank account, every month 300£ were sent to another account. » the Policeman answered.
« Ahh… Hmm well, strange, very strange. »Geralt answered.
« And me, boss, I ‘ve checked the telephone survey and every Wedesday and Friday, the victim called a number and spent a lot of time with this person. » Chang said.
« And have you found who is the mysterious number and the mysterious bank account ? »Geralt asked.
« Yes boss, it’s the same person, a woman in York, at two city blocks of the dead’s house. » Chang answered.
« We found an estate agent’s visit card » Another policeman Said
« And so… You think they wanted to move in a new house, but where ? »Geralt asked.
« In Edinburgh and his wife said to us that they would like to change their life. » Chang replied.
« Ok, Firstly Chang and I will go to this house. » Geralt said.
Geralt and Chang went to the mysterious house…
Geralt knocked at the door. A young woman opened it.
« Hello madam, York Regional Police, I’ve some questions for you if you have time ? » Geralt questioned.
« No problem, come in. » She replied.
« Do you know Karl Jim ? » He asked
« Yes ? He’s my boyfriend and he’s the father of my son, Tim. » She said.
Geralt was a little bit surprised, Karl had two wiwes ? And a boy with his paramour.
« Do you know he had a wife ? » Geralt wondered.
« Yes, I didand I accepted it because he swore he was going to leave his wife for me and our son. » She answered.
« did he send you money every month ? Was it for the child ? »Geralt questioned.
« Yes he’s a careful father and he loves so much our son » She answered.
« We are sorry madam but Karl had been found dead in his house »Geralt said.
« I can’t believe it, How and when did he die ? » She questioned.
« Last morning ,just before he went to work. His wife found him last night and called us. We don’t know exactly how he died, we went to see the forensic scientist. Do you know if he had any health problems ? » He explained.
« He doesn’t have any problems » She replied.
« If you remember anything please, call us. » He stated.
« Okay, thank you » She told Geralt.
Geralt and Chang left the house and go to the forensic scientist. He asked if the scientist had something new. The victim had been poisoned. In the autopsy, the doctor had found some traces of rats poison on his coffee and in his stomach.
Geralt ordered his squad to go to the dead wife’s house and searched something which could be suspect. A policeman found a half full little bottle of rats poison . He called the inspector and said this new info. Geralt and Chang went to the train station to caught up the karl’s wife.
Gerlat was less than one hundred foot of karl’s wife. She ran away but the inspector caught the wife just before she took the train.
Geralt went back with the wife and questioned her. She confessed everything and explained why She had killed Karl :
« I killed him because he wanted to go with this B**** who had a son with him. I can’t bear that !!! » She cried out.
A simple crime for a simple reason. Geralt the inspector solved another investigation.
Aurélien et Antoine, 2nd Euro