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“I’ve seen the crime scene photos,” I said, “and the th to do it”

“I ad there, all I saas the blood and the da pictures to help us get the warrant that I realized the blood wasn’t hiding e Usually there’re pieces torn off, eaten The victi it up to wrap it up for transport, I expect bits to fall off the body”

“Yeah, so to move it,” I said

“The body was too intact, Blake It was toowhole I told that to Duke, and he told h dae?”

“No,” I said, “it’s not I’ve never seen a wereanimal kill that was that clean Vampire yes, but not a shapeshifter”

“Exactly,” Newman said

“The sheriff says he’s seen what a wereanimal can do Has he?” I asked

“I don’t know, but ould he lie about it?”

I shrugged “Some people do”

“Duke can brag with the best of the He’s never claie”

“Maybe

whatever he saasn’t someone he knew That can make a difference,” I said

I opened the top left-hand drawer and found the usual office bits and bobs The drawer beloas deeper and had hanging file folders in it I’ve worked so few cases where this kind of evidence mattered that I wasn’t entirely sure if I messed with the files whether it would hurt the case later A warrant of execution covered almost any kind of violence and death, but I wasn’t sure about regular evidence

“If the evidence didn’t look like a shapeshifter attack, you’d have gone after the le?” I said

“You mean, who inherits?” Newman said