Tux and Spell

Autopsy Result

It is now morning, 9:00 am. Jacob had finished eating the two loaves of bread that Margy had provided at the dinner table with Robby and Maria. He had to remember to shop and fill his fridge, he no longer lived alone. Maria and Robby are both children in their infancy, he has to stock up on some snacks and fast food, because so far he doesn't see Margy having any cooking skills.

Maria and Robby, both of whom plan to spend their day with Margy. They want to watch a movie marathon on TV. Jacob's permission to leave from the house.

Margy walked Jacob all the way to the exit, she hugged him and patted him on the back - giving him strength.

"Are you going to the police station?" Jacob nodded.

"Yeah. Good luck! And hopefully, everything will become clear after today!"

"Goodbye kisses!" Jacob said, he demanded Margy to give him a goodbye kiss. Margy smiled and she gently grabbed the back of Jacob's neck so he could deepen the kiss.

"I'll be waiting for you at home, with all your siblings," Margy said while their noses were still touching.

"Okay. See you soon! Hopefully, I can come home this afternoon." Jacob said then walked into his car and backed the car quickly.

Jacob drove to the police station where Santiago served. Jacob arrived no more than 30 minutes later. California roads in this morning are quite congested, making him unable to drive his car at maximum speed.

Jacob immediately met Santiago in his office, Santiago met the man with the mustache from Mexico and smiled.

"How about Jacob? Have you seen the CCTV I sent you?" Santiago asked confirming his uniform. Santiago seemed to be in a good mood, his lips had been smiling ever since.

Jacob nodded, "yes I came here to talk about it."

Santiago nodded, "OK! Please have a seat!"

"Did you only receive that CCTV video up to the minute you sent me?" Jacob asked, he began to speak his mind.

"No, I just sent you a 2 minute round of CCTV video, because there really wasn't anything else. The streets were empty the next hour."

Jacob nodded, "Look... I thought something very strange. Think about it! A man in a yellow hoodie came to Manuella's restaurant at the time of the murder. Then he didn't walk back after that! Where did the man in the yellow hoodie go? ?" Jacob asked Santiago.

The man who was asked was silent, he looked at Jacob deeply. He looked at his face that seemed to be perfectly carved from a skilled sculptor, how could this handsome man have such a smart brain! How unfair! Plus he has a beautiful girlfriend.

"Yes, you are right! Do you want to see the CCTV video in its entirety again?" Offer Santiago. Jacob nodded.

"Let's see together!" Bring Santiago. He turned on his computer and took a chair and placed it beside his work chair. He let Jacob sit beside him comfortably.

"This looks like it's going to take a long time. Make yourself comfortable!" He said smiling and motioned for Jacob to sit down.

The Mexican man turned on the monitor screen, they opened the CCTV video file showing the man in the hoodie. They watched for up to 2 hours. Hours before and after the incident. But they didn't find anything. Even Jacob asked Santiago to keep going until the morning.

He watched anyone passing in the opposite direction. Nothing he found, Jacob then asked to see CCTV footage in the opposite direction, CCTV that did not show anyone passing at the time of the incident.

He watches and speeds up the video, it's 6 hours long. His efforts were fruitless. Only videos featuring the man in the yellow hoodie he could at least investigate further.

The position of the CCTV, the video that doesn't show anything, doesn't point directly at the road, so he can't get any information from it.

"Please send me the whole uncut video, both... I'll take a look later tonight. Maybe there's something we missed, we don't know? Any small detail would be very useful in this case!"

Santiago nodded, "I'll email it."

"Just think about it! Where did the yellow hooded man go? If he was the culprit! If he had shot Manuella at that time, he would have walked out and come back from where he came from? location. If he can't be seen coming home from Manuella's restaurant, then could he possibly be in the restaurant? That means when we arrived, he was inside." Jacob said voicing his hypothesis. Jacob thought again if the real culprit was in there at that time, then when he ordered Margy into the restaurant and woke Maria and Robby... the culprit was there? His heart was beating fast.

"Yeah, we should think about it more. Oh yeah, I've asked some of my colleagues to investigate the guns used, there are several lists of names that use these guns legally. You know, this place has a lot of illegal things going on, if the owners are real. bought it officially, it must be on one of the gun lists. But if he smuggled it in from somewhere else... well we can't rely on this evidence." Said Santiago.

Jacob nodded, he had spent more than 4 hours at the Police station watching the CCTV video that had been stuck in his mind. It's almost 2 in the afternoon.

"Then Santiago! Did you hear anything else about this case?" The man in front of him shook his head. Jacob became more and more frustrated with the man who shot Manuella, the more he investigated . . . the more he didn't understand.

"From the autopsy, we can only conclude that the man shot from a fairly close position. Because he was able to shoot right in the left chest area of ​​Manuella and make him die on the spot, but the question is he shot him again in the neck. I don't know why I think the culprit has a grudge against Manuella! I mean you shot him in the left chest, where his heart is, and just by shooting that you can be sure that the victim is dead! Then why is he still shooting it again in the neck? That's why I ask you, does Manuella have people who don't like him... and his history of closeness with other men. Not that I immediately conclude a culprit is a man... but so far the results from CCTV, only show the man with the yellow hoodie."

"Alright. I'll be going home first. Thank you for your hard work and cooperation. This means a lot to me!" said Jacob.

"You take good care of the two children of the late Manuella. You are truly a dutiful child."

"Thank you," Jacob replied now standing and stretching his stiff body, the effect of sitting for hours in front of Santiago's computer.

"Oh yeah! That pale girl with your blonde friend... I think I've known her before." Santiago said when Jacob took and packed his things, he was about to leave.

"Really? You ask Roderick, my co-worker. They are a couple and are getting married." Jacob replied nonchalantly. He doesn't need to add to his burden. Let Molly's business, Roderick handle it, Jacob knows from the start... Molly will make her career and Roderick's as a lawyer even more complicated.