Desk 1

Hi, this is Private Investigator Hermosa. 6 months ago a case fell on my desk about the murder of a teacher, Mr. Richardson. At first, I thought it was a common case because we get cases like these every day but this case was beyond normal or common. The reports say two students found him near the woods behind Pinecrest High Park, which was behind the school where Mr. Richardson taught and was last seen. The reason I took this case was that I felt like, I was drawn to it. Eventually, we started eliminating suspects and all the fingers pointed at her, our prime suspect and the most interesting person I'd ever met, I thought she couldn't be possibly guilty of this crime, so I started spending more time with her, and to try to make it sense but the more time I spent with her, I also started to suspect her not that I didn't suspect her before but because she was the only one out of all the suspects that had motive and that was what was leading this case "motive". Then something interesting happened, no scratch that something interesting was said, she revealed something to me that made me change my whole approach to this case. I had to retrace my steps and revise the recordings, alibis, and evidence. It brought me back to the first two suspects' recordings. But before that, I needed to determine if Mr. Richardson's life at Pinecrest High School had anything to do with his murder. Perhaps, he had given someone a reason or motive, or maybe he had provoked someone. So, I retraced my steps and started revising the evidence from the beginning.

Two years ago, on May 16, 2001, a teacher named Mr. Richardson moved to Arizona with his family. A few months later, he started teaching at Pinecrest High School. He taught science, and the staff and faculties working with him described him as strict but still caring and responsible at the same time, but the students described him as mean, cruel, and always angry.

Then, on August 8th, 2003, Mr. Richardson's wife called the school at 7:30 pm. She said he hadn't come home yet and if they had any information about where he might be. Ms. Hoggs, who answered the phone, said he took an early leave today and had left at 11:38 am. His wife hung up feeling worried. She thought he might have gone to visit his brother who lived nearby. But after a few days passed with no word from him, she decided to visit his brother. Mr. Richardson wasn't there either. They thought he might pop up somewhere soon.

A week went by, and then something changed everything. A call came through saying they found something that looked like Mr. Richardson's car under a bridge. It was burnt and completely destroyed. His wife asked how they knew it was his car. They found a picture of her inside.

About a month later, On September 10, A call came in.

Dispatch: "911, what's your emergency?" 

Caller: "Hello? Can you hear me?" 

Dispatch: "Yes, I can hear you. What's your emergency?" 

Caller: "It's... it's terrible. We were just walking in the woods, and... and we saw... a person's head.