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body parts were removed and returned to the morgue, while police had collected some evidence to link Simon to the attacks including a number of knives they weren’t able to find the jewellery.

  James called everyone together and called it a day, determined to look at all of the local pawn shops the following day to see if any of the missing jewellery had been traded in there which would help provide an additional link between Simon and the dead women.

  He took the car that he and Lily had arrived in hours earlier and immediately drove to Lily’s house, exiting the vehicle he approached the door and knocked on it, as he knocked the door slowly slid open.

  “Lily, Lily” James called out there was no answer. He drew his gun and went around checking the house, it seemed to be deserted, and the only room left to check was his partner’s bedroom.

  He knocked on the door first in case she had been sleeping, but there was answer, he reached out his hand turned the handle and gently pushed the door open, the room was empty.

  ‘She must still be at the hospital,’ he convinced himself and turned to leave but something caught his eye, on the dresser was an open jewellery box with a number of pieces hang out, while these pieces were necklaces it peaked his interest into what type of jewellery his partner liked.

  He looked at the jewellery and that is when he saw a love heart ring, and a butterfly ring sitting side by side next to the jewellery box, James could immediately tell by the size of them they matched the same size as the missing items from the murder victims.

  He couldn’t and didn’t want to believe it, maybe it was just a coincidence, but he had to find out for himself he picked up his phone and called Lily’s phone it was turned off, something that never happens as part of the homicide squad your phone needs to be on at all times.

  James thought to himself that the news from the hospital must not be good and maybe Lily wanted to spend time with her long-time partner, so he called the hospital to enquire about the gunshot victim.

  “Sir, I’m not sure how to tell you this but we haven’t had a gunshot victim brought in tonight,” the receptionist on the other end of the phone responded to James’ request for information, shocked and shaken James hung up the phone as his arm carrying the device dropped to his side, all of a sudden feeling like it weighed a ton.