Pat and Lina watched the media conference on the TV screen mounted on the wall in the squad room. Inspector Smith was fronting the media scrum, since he was nominally the Senior Investigating Officer.
‘How were they killed?’ called a reporter they couldn’t see.
‘That has yet to be determined,’ said Inspector Smith.
‘So, how do you know they were murdered?’
Pat nudged Lina. ‘This should be interesting.’
Inspector Smith took off his glasses, a look of mild amusement on his face as he gazed at the cameras. For a moment, Pat thought he was going to laugh.
‘To the best of my knowledge, young people don’t normally bury themselves alive,’ said Inspector Smith, holding up his hand to quieten the room, ‘but we are dealing with skeletal remains, which I trust you appreciate makes it extremely
