True: Colors, Chapter IV.

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“It’s a mystery alright, but this is where it happened,” briefed the officer to Detective Minor. Minor had been tasked with investigating all suspicious activity taking place in the upper west side of the city. Usually this quiet part of town was a welcomed change for a veteran to the investigative field of justice. The calm of the cloudy March day matched Minor’s persona. He didn’t blink an eye or furrow his brow as he methodically walked through the crime scene with the rookie officer.

“This is where the body was found? This close to the river? It doesn’t make sense, none at all. Amateurs even know to throw the body in the water. Gotta be something else, doesn’t look like a murder. Doesn’t mean it’s not.”

Minor kept talking aloud even as the officer strayed his attention away from Minor. The detective was making mental notes, and had no care if anyone listened. He wasn’t confused or concerned by his surroundings. Under that bridge or anywhere else, this was a case for him to solve. The only thing that mattered was the question Minor lived by everyday.

“Why?” asked the officer, breaking Minor’s train of thought slightly, enough to grant the young man a response.

“That’s a good question, and my job, and my answer right now would be premature. Could be a homeless situation- you did say the suspect was in torn and tattered clothes, right?” questioned Minor.

“W-Well, yeah, he was sir, but it was a suit- a nice one, minus the burns and tears that is. Plus, the man was clean shaven. He didn’t look like he was from around here. It’s odd, really.”

“Odd? What’s a normal crime to you, officer?”

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