It was the uh that did him in. If he hadn't hesitated, I think the class might have behaved.
A hand whipped up. Elizabeth, one of the hordes of Mercy Falls High students still wearing black since Jack's death, asked, "Is it true that Jack Culpeper's body was stolen from the morgue?"
The class erupted in whispers at her audacity, and Officer Koenig looked as if he really did have due cause to shoot her. But all he said was, "I'm not really authorized to talk about the details of any ongoing investigations."
"It's an investigation?" a male voice called out from near the front.
Elizabeth interrupted, "My mom heard it from a dispatcher. Is it true? Why would someone steal a body?"
Theories flew in quick succession.
"It's got to be a cover-up. For a suicide."
"To smuggle drugs!"
"Medical experimentation!"
