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"Two areas," I said aloud

G K caught my drift quickly "One wound could be attributed to a fall," she said "Not two"

"Souy on the head, G K Which raises the question, did he bleed to death after passing out fro?"

"Inconclusive If the coroner knew for sure, it would be in the report"

She swung the Cruiser into the left lane and accelerated past a slower driver just as we entered the 35W–Highway 36 interchange

"Tuse that’s not in the report," G K said "As it stands, maybe he can make a case for assault one Maybe he can et a grand jury to go along with unintentional ree Maybe But murder two? He has to haveyou could tell ation Report issued by the Anoka County Criation Department deputy who had first responded to Officer Boyd Bauh there was one passage that did interest me

The entire inside of the house was filthy There was a large amount of feces on the floors and also smeared on the wall in places Each rooe amount of empty beer cans and liquor bottlesThe basement contains a family room that was equally as filthy as the upstairs of the home with blood pools and feces strewn about However, a bedroom, which appeared to be set up for a small child, was immaculate There was no blood or dirt of any kind

The supplemental also listed an address for Eli Jefferson’s next of kin--Evonne Louise Lowman--and Merodie’swest by the tile spaced--issued by the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office crime lab The report described in lass, every liquor bottle and beer can, and where they were located in the Merodie Davies residence My eyes greeary reading it all

"Geez, you guys," I muttered "There’s conscientious and then there’s anal retentive"

Only two entries from the summary made it into my notebook The first described a Lady Thumper softball bat with blood s on the floor

exactly two feet, seven inches froraphs)

The second concerned one of the other thirty-eight iteht ar roo one personal check dated Saturday, One August, in the amount of four thousand, one hundred sixty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents (4,16667) made out to Merodie Davies and drawn on an account owned by Priscilla St Ana, Woodbury, MN