Chapter 49Officer Keller and I stand before Chief Barnaby in his office. The big man sits behind his desk, his hands tented in front of him as he delivers news of Christina Bahum’s murder.
“Say that again?” I ask, shocked at the news.
“According to the autopsy results, bite marks are not what killed Miss Bahum,” the police chief says. “It’s just made our investigation a whole lot messier.”
“Bite marks?” Officer Keller says.
“I noticed the marks at the crime scene,” I say, recalling the small incisors around the young woman’s breasts and genitals.
Officer Keller shifts next to me, antsy and nervous as a child. He looks uncomfortable, staring down at the floor.
“The deep cut to the jugular is what killed her,” Chief Barnaby says. “We’re dealing with a crime of hatred.”
“Bite marks? Wh
