In Today's Case: Little Kid Murder

Tess was able to go home 2 weeks after she had woke up from her coma. Conan told her everything to Travis was the murderer all the to Sirena's kidnapper. Tess was glad to be home back where she could get yelled at by Richard.

"WHAT? WE'RE GROUNDED FOR ANOTHER 3 WEEKS?!" Tess and Conan yelled. Richard sitting at his desk nodded his head.

"Yes for going to the party after I told you not to." Richard answered. Tess sat down onto the couch rubbing her forehead.

"Man, I have a head ache now." Tess stated. Conan looked at her as he looked back at Richard. He then sat down onto the couch.

'Man, Richard is so unfair.' Conan yelled. Rachel came in with sandwiches.

"I have sandwiches!" Rachel yelled. She gave one to Conan, Richard and Tess. When they were eating Richard's phone started to ring. Richard swallowed the bit he took from his sandwich. He then answered the phone.

"Richard Moore's Office... OH hi Inspector. Yes... mm hmm all right we'll be there." Richard hung up the phone and stuffed his sandwich in his mouth. "Crome on you've guys." Richard said. They all looked at him funny. Richard swallowed his sandwich. "Come on you guys, I have a murder to solve, Conan and Tess you two stay here!" Richard yelled. Tess looked up at Richard.

"You can't leave me here."

"Why?"

"Remember what the doctor said?" Tess asked. Richard remembered what the doctor had told him

"You have to keep an eye on her at all times, she will end up passing out and if she does you need to bring her here soon as possible." Richard sighed.

"And you can't leave Conan here by himself either."

"Fine! Come on." Richard said. Conan and Tess stood up from the couches and followed Rachel and Richard out the door. They got to the murder scene. They stood in front of a small white house. They walked into the house then into the kitchen. There they found a boy sitting at the table. His head was resting on the table as his arms were straight out on the table. Blood poured onto a piece of paper with drawing. Tess, Rachel, Conan, and Richard's mouths dropped at the sight of the young boy. Inspector Maguire walked up to them with a piece of paper.

"His name is Casey Brita. He just turned 6 yesterday." Inspector Maguire read. Tess looked at Inspector Maguire.

"Who kill a young boy?"

"A mad man." Richard answered. "What did he die of?" Richard asked.

"To what it looks like to me is a head wound." Conan answered. They looked over at Conan as he was standing on a chair looking at Casey's head. Richard stormed his way toward Conan. He lifted him from the back of his shirt. He tossed him at Rachel. Conan wrapped his arms around Rachel's neck as he wrapped his legs around her waist.

"STAY! AWAY! FROM! THE! CRIME! SCENE!" Richard yelled.

"Really Conan is right." Tess said. she looked up at Inspector Maguire as Richard spun around. "Can I have a pair of gloves?" Tess asked. Inspector Maguire nodded his head.

"Yeah here." He said as he pulled out a pair from his pocket. Tess took the gloves and slipped them on.

"Thank you." Tess said.

"You're welcome and it's good to have you here."

"I'm glad to be here." Tess said. Tess placed tow fingers onto Casey's forehead. She pushed lightly revealing a huge gash on the boy's head. Tess pointed to the gash. "Right looks like where he could have died from." Tess said. Richard and Inspector Maguire leaned over to look.

"That means he bled to death." Inspector Maguire said. Tess nodded her head as she looked up at Conan.

"Yup." Tess smiled at Conan as she saved his day. Conan nodded his head. Tess turned around. "I want to know who made the phone call." Tess said pulling off the gloves that Inspector Maguire had given her.

"A man named Ken. "Inspector Maguire asked. Tess nodded her head. Rachel placed Conan on the floor. Conan ran right up to Tess. He pulled on her pants. In a reaction to that she didn't want anyone to think that she was going to yell so she picked him up. Conan stared at her funny as she walked away. Tess turned around.

"I want Ken sitting in the room for questioning." Tess said.

"But Tess he was the one who called and..."

"And he might be the killer. You must always suspect everyone even the caller." Tess interrupted as she walked off witching Conan over to her left hip. She walked out of the kitchen and into the living where she placed Conan on the couch.

"What?"

"Why did you pick me up?" Conan asked. Tess shrugged her shoulders.

"I don't know. It's a reaction when I see little kids." Tess answered. "Now what did you want?" Tess asked.

"The kids injury... did you find that strange?" Conan asked. Tess placed her hand on his chin and nodded her head.

"Yeah."

"It's too small to create that much blood." Conan stated. Tess removed her hand.

"There wasn't that much blood. It was just covering a plan piece of paper and some on the table."

"Still, from a small injury like that he shouldn't have died." Conan stated again. Tess nodded her head.

"You're right Conan." Tess said.

"So there's got to be more to Casey's death." Conan said. Tess nodded her yet again.

"Yeah you're right."

"When Inspector Maguire gets Ken here I want you to ask him you're questions and mine."

"Why?"

"Do you really think that's Richard is going to let me ask questions about the murder."

"He would if I told him you could."

"Okay fine." Tess opened her arms. Conan sighed as he walked up to her. Tess picked him up and rested him on her left hip. She walked back into the kitchen. Keb was standing by the back door as Inspector Maguire and Richard talked to him. Richard turned around with his hands in his pockets.

"There she is Inspector." Richard stated. Inspector Maguire turned around. He nodded his head as Tess and Inspector walked toward each other.

"Why do you want to question him?" he asked.

"I told you. He's a suspect." Tess said. Conan looked up at Tess.

"Tess is it okay if I ask him some questions too?" he asked. Tess looked at Conan and nodded his head. Richard came flying over.

"NO!" Richard yelled. "HE'S JUST A CHILD!" Tess shrugged her shoulders.

"So... Conan is a smart and bright boy; he'll have some good questions." Tess stated. Rachel walked over.

"That's true Dad, give him a chance." Rachel said. Richard crossed his arms.

"Fine." Richard pouted. Tess looked over Inspector's shoulder.

"Are you Ken?" she asked a man wearing jeans with a black T-shirt and white tennis shoes. He nodded his head.

"Yes."

"Come with us into the living room." Tess said as she turned into the living room. Tess sat onto the couch placing Conan next to her on her left side. Rachel sat on the right side of her. Richard stood behind Tess with his hands in his pockets. Inspector Maguire walked over and stood next to Rachel. The man sat down onto a chair that was across from Tess and Conan. Tess leaned forward as she rested her elblows on her knees. "I'f I'm right, you found Casey like that?"

"Yes." Ken answered as he nodded his head. Tess glanced at Conan. Conan kicked his sat against the couch.

"So were you and Casey close?" Conan asked. Ken shook his head.

"No. Casey didn't really like me that much."

"Is there any reason why?" Tess asked. Ken looked up.

"No... not that I think anyway." Ken answered. Conan noticed something sticking out of his jeans pocket. He looked closely as it was view to be a yellow crayon with a spot of blood. Conan got up and walked into the kitchen. Tess watched him as she turned back to Ken asking him more questions.

Conan entered the kitchen. He climbed up onto the chair that was still next to Casey's body. Conan looked around. He removed Casey's arm with a pencil lying on the table. He noticed a spot where a bloodily crayon would lay. Conan's eyes widened.

'That's it!' Conan thought. She ran into the living standing behind Richard. He flicked his watch up shooting a needle into his neck. Richard's eyes got heavy as his hand came out of his pocket. He then rested thme on the couch. His head fell forward as he hit it against Tess' head. Tess shot up off the couch. He rubbed the back of her head. When she saw Conan hide behind the wall near Richard she knew that Conan had found out who the killer was. Tess smiled.

"Tess are you okay?" Rachel asked. Tess looked at Rachel and she nodded her head.

"Yeah I'm fine." Tess answered. Inspector turned around to look at Richard.

"What was that all about Richard?" he asked.

"Nothing. I fell over sorry Tess."

"It's okay."

"Now, I know who the killer is." Ken shot up off the couch. They all looked at Richard funny.

"Well who is it Richard?"

"It's... YOU KEN!!" Richard yelled. Everyone turned to look at Ken. Ken took a step back as he shook his head.

"No... I didn't do it."

"Yes you did. The clue is hiding in your pocket." Richard said. Ken went to turn and run but Tess grabbed his arm.

"Don't think about it." Tess said seriously. Ken looked at Tess.

"Tess reach into his pocket, you'll find it." Tess reached into his pocket and pulled out a yellow crayon on one side it was covered in blood and the other was clean. "There's a white space on the paper where the blood should have been. That's where the crayon comes into play. The crayon must have rolled off after Casey's blood poured onto it. Before you left you noticed it. So you placed his arms over it and you took the crayon. My question is... why? Why kill a little kid."

"I... I didn't mean to. We were arguing and I picked him up and started to shake him. When his head was resting on his back I knew that his neck had snapped. So I stabbed him in the head to make it look like he was murder." Ken answered.

"But he was." Tess stated. Ken looked at Tess as she removed her hand. "That is a murder on the first degree." Tess stated. Tess raised her hand in the air. Inspector Maguire tossed her the cuffs. She turned him around and hand cuffed him. Richard started to wake up.

"... Huh? What happened?" Richard asked. The officers took him outside the house, Inspector Maguire slammed his hand into Richard's back.

"Great job Richard!" he said. he walked away out the door. Tess was now holding Conan again like she was last time.

"Great job dad!" Rachel yelled. Tess nodded her head.

"Yeah, you solved the case."

"Then... let's... GO CELEABRATE!!!" Richard yelled as he ran out the door with Tess and Rachel following him.

Next Time on Case Closed: "AAAHHH!!! HIS EYE IS GONE!" they go to beach to find a vacation but what they find is a murder. Everyone else thinks it's a shark attack, but that's not what Conan and Tess think.

Next Time: Beach Murder!

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