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Sara’s words hit Caroline like an icy bolt.
‘What? How? Tell me,’ she said, ushering Sara back into the incident room.
‘We’ve got first responders on the scene at the moment, but from what we can gather so far, Arthur was walking up the driveway to Alice Clifton’s house in Empingham when he was attacked. Too early to get too much detail, but it looks like a heavy blow to the back of the head, plus strangulation. Again.’
‘Jesus Christ.’ Caroline sat down in the nearest chair and tried to gather her thoughts. ‘When?’
‘Literally within the last hour. Alice Clifton heard something outside and went to look out the window. She says she saw someone running away, but it was so dark she couldn’t make out anything else.’
‘What the hell was Arthur doing there at that time of night?’
‘No ide
