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Louis Deville From The Violent Crimes
The body lay in the vineyard, fully dressed in a sharp tailored suit, loose tie and polished shoes. Its hands, stiff with rigor, showed fingers digging deep into the earth. Investigator Louis Deville from the Violent Crimes Investigative Team took a moment to view the scene. Not the murder scene but the surrounding view from where he stood. The brisk November morning brought a blanket of mist across Seneca Lake. Crime presents itself everywhere, he thought. Even in the most serene of places.
He looked more closely at the ghostly blue color of the victim’s face and the ligature mark circling his neck. Deville studied the scene, took his own photos and notes, careful to record everything. If there’s anything he learned from crime textbooks was

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