Chapter 154 Section 3

When the police arrived, Mike Peterson had already thrown himself on the corpse and let out a groan.He clung tightly to his dead wife's clothes, refusing to let go, even if the police pulled him hard, it didn't help.In the end, it was Ted who talked badly and reluctantly persuaded his father to go back to the kitchen. However, the site has been "polluted". Dan George followed into the kitchen, and by the bright light there he managed to see Mike Peterson's face clearly.It was also at this moment that Dan's memory came alive.Two years ago, Mr. Peterson ran for mayor of Durham and made frequent appearances in the local media.Although he failed to make it to the final voting stage as he wished, he still left an indelible impression on voters like Dan George, because remember that it was said on TV that Mr. Peterson was a writer, writing novels, and also writing newspaper articles. Column article, a man of culture.

As if the scene wasn't chaotic enough, at this time, someone started arguing outside the door again.Everyone came out to see that it was two "reinforcements" called by Ted Peterson with his mobile phone, Benjamin Maynard and Sissel Wesson.Ted and Kristina had just been at the same party with them.Ted asked Benjamin to bring Sissel here by name on the phone, because Sissel was an intern at the Duke University Hospital, and her official title should be "Dr. Wesson" or "Doctor Wesson". The policemen said, "Doctor" is unnecessary, there is no one here who needs to be rescued.But Ted insisted he was concerned about his father's condition.As a result, there were two more "miscellaneous staff" in the kitchen.

Tad was right that Mr. Peterson's condition was a cause for concern.He sobbed, choked, or muttered incessantly, seemingly incessantly.He said that he couldn't believe that Catherine had really left him. Catherine was his life. Without Catherine, how would he live in the future?He said he had no idea how it all happened, and that all night, he and Catherine drank wine, sipped champagne, and watched a movie, America's Sweethearts, starring Julie Roberts and Catherine Zeda, Very romantic.Both of them are very happy, as if they have regained the feeling they had when they were in love.Before going to bed, he took the dogs out for a while, spending about 30 to 40 minutes by the pool.He thought that Catherine had gone back to her room to lie down, but unexpectedly...

Ted said, I told you a long time ago, when you are your age, you can no longer be arrogant.I thought I was still young, and it didn't matter how much I drank.I told you a long time ago that drinking like yours will sooner or later cause trouble. Mike Peterson turned a deaf ear to his son's words, still muttering to himself: Is Catherine really dead?Is it really hopeless? ... Ted said, if you really don't believe it, then I'll go and see it again. With the mess that Mike Peterson "rushed to the scene" just now, Dan George didn't dare to be careless. He immediately sent someone to guard the upper and lower entrances of the back stairs, and strictly prohibited idlers from approaching.Ted Peterson spent a long time trying and grinding his mouth for a long time before the police said that it is okay to look at it, but you can only look at it and not touch it.

The stairwell was already lit, but the officers turned on the flashlight for Tad.Under the strong light, the blood on the scene seemed to become more real, more frightening, and more shocking.Starting with Catherine's bare feet, Ted looks all the way.When the electric light shone on the face of the deceased, he couldn't help but gasped.Although Ted didn't want to believe it, he had to admit that he did see a painful, even horrifying expression on Catherine's face, and saw several scratches and bruises that were absolutely impossible to leave when she rolled down the stairs. purple spot.

Of course, there was no doubt that Catherine was indeed dead. Sergeant Terry Wiggens, who arrived later, did not enter the house directly. He delayed for a while at the front and rear doors, persuaded the onlookers who were awakened by the sirens and emergency flashing lights to leave the scene, and then sent several more sentries. Inside the house, Mike Peterson walked to the kitchen sink and turned on the faucet, stretching out his blood-stained hands, which meant that he was ready to wash his hands.Sergeant Wiggens saw it, stopped it, and directed the Petersons and Benjamin Maynard to be taken to the back porch to "look", the two women, Christina Tamasetti and Sisser Son Wesson was sent into a small study.

"What are you doing here?" Mike Peterson protested loudly. "Do I need to call a lawyer?" No one paid him any attention. Sitting on a bench under the verandah, Mr. Peterson began babbling to the two young men about the number of criticisms he had written over the past few years as a columnist for the city's Herald Sun. Article by Durham Police Department.He expected that the police would counterattack him sooner or later, but he didn't expect that it would be at this juncture, when he was the saddest, saddest, and most vulnerable.He said he had a feeling that the police were taking advantage of his family tragedy to retaliate and frame him.

In fact, at that time, and for at least two days after that, the police did not devote all their attention to solving the case on Mr. Peterson.In fact, investigators have been trying to figure out whether there were other people at the scene besides Mike Peterson at the time of the crime.After all, with Mr. Peterson's prestige and status, it is very unlikely that he committed the crime. At about 4 a.m., the police finally arrived at Durham Police Station Chief Detective Lieutenant Art Holland, a police "authority" who has the authority to decide whether the scene is a crime scene.While listening to the brief reports of several police officers, Art Holland quickly checked the situation of the deceased and the stairwell, and checked the bloodstains found by the investigators everywhere inside and outside: walls, floors, tables, and On the steps, on the doorknobs, on the teapot, and on the drawers and cupboards in the kitchen, in some places there was a long smear, in others a small drop.

Lieutenant Holland immediately agreed with the unanimous opinion of all the civil servants present that the death of Catherine Peterson was "quite suspicious". In other words, 1810 Side Street was officially recognized as a "murder scene".