At the briefing the following morning, Grace outlined the findings from the autopsy, not that there was a great deal that was not already known to the team.
‘He was strangled by a garrotte, the same or similar to the one used to strangle Peter Frost. And as we are sadly aware, he was dismembered, cut into eight pieces, those pieces, parts of a human being, were discarded like so much rubbish, tossed into the canal as if they were of no more consequence than a supermarket trolley or an old bicycle wheel.’ Grace’s voice sharpened with anger. ‘We are certain that he was dismembered, butchered in that vile, utterly evil basement in Tetney Hall. His blood was in such quantity as to leave no doubts about that.’
‘Should be burned to the ground, and Jack’s killer with it,’ muttered Brian.
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