Jack was standing in front of a corpse, blood was spilled everywhere as footprints were obvious on them, and the smell of blood was everywhere, it was a disgusting stench but Jack was already used to it from his past life, he has investigated too many cases like this, blood was nothing but unbearable for others but Jack didn't mind it, Jack waited for the report Fredrick was making.
Fredrick came towards him with some papers "Indeed, we have ascertained that a knife was forcefully driven into his left side, narrowly missing the abdomen, Reid. The assailant, evidently lacking proficiency in knife handling, inflicted this act. Furthermore, it appears that the knife was twisted, indicating unintentional action and subsequent efforts to extract it." Fredrick notified Jack.
"Tell me, did you guys take fingerprints?" Jack asked.
"Yes, the Captain is forwarding the fingerprints to the experts for a thorough analysis to ensure we haven't missed anything."
"I see, let me just check it for myself." Jack frowned and got close to the corpse.
He took out a mask and put it on his face, he also had gloves and a special outfit on to make sure Blood wouldn't get on him.
People that looked like paramedics let him take a look.
They were here to wrap up the corpse after the police checked them.
Jack squinted down and looked at the world that was made by a knife, he put his hand on it when he was checking.
"This was made by a novice that didn't know how to use the knife, it was probably made from a knife that is used to cut meat in the restaurant." Jack closed his eyes and envisioned what happened, this was one of his special skills, he could make scenarios in his mind without having the subjects that he was searching for.
He envisioned a 1.85-meter short man attacking a 2.68-meter adult male, he saw the nervousness of this short man or...
"OF COURSE!!!" Jack suddenly got his mind cleared.
He stood up and looked at Fredrick, that was looking at him dumbfounded expression and also respectfully, he has never seen someone make such an accurate description of a murder without even seeing the investigation.
"(As expected from Mr. Reid, he is very amazing at his work)" Fredrick Thought this.
Reid didn't know this but Fredrick was his big fan, one of the reasons he became a detective was to meet him, but because Reid was so busy all the time he never had any time to spend with this fan of his.
"Hey, Fredrick, who is this man? you didn't tell me before" Jack asked Fredrick with a smiling face.
"Oh... Oh... Oh... Yes, indeed, certainly." Fredrick took out a paper with a flustered face, he started to read out the investigation "The man in question was named Johnathan Carter, an immigrant from America. He is a renowned architect who has been involved in numerous projects in Britain over the years. Presently, he was engaged in working on..." Fredrick that was reading out from the paper was suddenly interrupted by Jack.
"I Don't Care about his work life, i want to know if he had a lover or family here," Jack asked Fredrick.
"We did not come across any records indicating a lover in his documents, but he was indeed married. He wedded his wife in 1876; however, their union ended in divorce five years later, specifically in 1882."Fredrick that was reading out of the papers stopped for a while.
Jack frowned "What's wrong?"
Fredrick took out his monocle and cleaned it thoroughly, he then took a look at the papers again "It is mentioned here that there was a mention of a child between the deceased man and his wife. However, peculiarly enough, no official registration of the child's birth has been found, and they seem to have managed to keep it hidden somehow. In compliance with The Births and Deaths Registration Act of 1874, non-compliance would typically entail the payment of a fine. However, no evidence of the child was detected, resulting in no further action being taken."
Jack smiled and said "Give me the address of his wife, we are going to visit Mrs.Carter" Jack smiled and went away but stopped to say "Let the paramedics take the body."
Fredrick was confused "Paramedics? whats tha-----" He noticed Jack was already far away to the police cars.
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Next Day.
Jack was sleeping in his office, he stayed for a night here to look at the files about the murder, he was 90 % sure about his theory right now, but he still needed to confirm it.
Knock!!! Knock!!! Knock!!!
Jack opened his eyes slowly to see the sun shining down upon him, he said with a tired voice "Who is it..."
"It's Fredrick. You instructed me to awaken you at 9 AM, Reid, and it is presently 9 AM." Fredrick responded with a tired voice of his own, it looked like he didn't sleep for the tonight.
"I see, good" Jack suddenly remembered something
"i will get dressed, and let's go meet the Wife" Jack responded.
"I perceive, excellent," Fredrick said and left.
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Outside.
Morning mist filled everything, even if it was the dawn of spring air in the morning was still very cold.
Fredrick was already there looking at the new police car model that came just this morning from Germany., it was a model Motor Coach, it was a four-wheeled motorcycle-looking car. it had a small wheel and could fit many people, this was the newest car that was created three months ago at Christmas time.
Fredrick was looking at the car with shining eyes.
He came out of his stupor after feeling when Jack come out of the building.
Jack came towards Fredrick and asked, "You look like you saw your son get married, what happened?" Jack also noticed Motor Coach and was stunned, this was the most modern-looking car he has ever seen since he came to this world, it was like old school tractor looking car that you could attach anything to the back and it could easily fit a few dozen people or some different materials.
"Isn't this amazing? it's a scientific wonder, it's good that these scientists are finally developing things that could help normal people like us and make our life easier than making some destruction weapons they are so proud of." Fredrick went towards the Motor Coach and swiped his hand on the iron back that had trolly attached to it.
Jack took out the keys, he took these keys thinking they were just renewed, he never expected it would be for a completely new car, he got in and told Fredrick "Get on, we are going to visit an important being for our investigation, i found out you already made plans before i woke up its good that she knows we are coming." Jack said this.
Fredrick got in.
Jack nodded and put the keys in specialized department key jole
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!
The engine started loudly. and they went on their way.
End Of Chapter.