CHAPTER EIGHT
The coroner's office was located in Houma, a twenty minute drive away from the dense isolation of Hen Creek. As Camille and Palmer walked to the front doors, she could tell that Palmer was a little detached from the case. Based on his questions both before and during their visit with Sue Pullman, he'd given the impression that he believed the deaths to be the cause of alligators.
Camille, however, remained not so sure. It was more than her own leanings; she was also referring back to the doubt that Humphrey had shown. It was a doubt he'd never outright admitted to, but was evident in the way he approached their visit to the site.
After showing their badges at the front desk, they were escorted by a middle-aged man to the back of the building where the examination rooms wer
