Detective Chief Inspector Alan Johnson and Sergeant Andrews found Agnes where she"d said she would be – near the tall bushes where she had located the body.
While they were talking on the phone, Alan had suggested she might like to move some distance away from the scene until they arrived, saying it might be too upsetting for her. But she had refused, telling him that some unsuspecting children might run into the bushes for a ball and come across that poor person lying there. “Seeing something like that could scar them for life.”
Once Alan took a look at the body, he could see her point. The face and hands were very badly mutilated. Making sure he didn"t contaminate anything, he leaned over the body to take a closer look. However, it was difficult to determine whether the cuts had been d
