Night of The Crime (A3)

I arrived on scene, a little duplex in Ogden, east of Salt Lake. Emergency vehicles are already on scene, crowding the small streets. It is dark outside, and the lights reflect off the windows as I approach the house. The front door is unlocked and cracked open. My partner Bill and I walk in to observe the scene.

Off to our right is a little living room and kitchen, to our left and hallway that leads to a couple of bedrooms. The unusual sight of a vacuum with a cut electrical cord first catches our attention. As we walk a couple feet forward, we frightfully see what it was used for. A woman is lying face first on the kitchen floor, surrounded in a pool of her own blood, her hands tied behind her back. There are wounds on her arms and hands. We examine the scene further and realize that the  blood isn’t confined to the kitchen. It is smeared on the living room walls, the floor, the doors, and curtains. A clear indication that there had been a grim struggle. 

Bill leads the way down the hall, and we carefully examine each room. Taking as many photos as we can. Hopefully these images capture the scene, and can help in any way to discover who committed this atrocity. The door at the end of the hall has smears of blood on the handle. It seems that the criminals made their way to this room after committing their first atrocity. We walk into what seems to be a nursery. There is a quaint rocking chair next to the window, and a little side table with a lamp. My partner begins walking towards the bassinet … 

*Choice 

A) I can’t take the atrocity of the crime anymore, and want to go outside (A3.1)

B) I keep my berings, hold down the disgust that I feel, and continue investigating the room (A3.2)