In Today's Case: Street Murder Case
Tess, Rachel, and Conan walked home ready for along vacation from school. Something was bothering Tess. Rachel looked at her.
"What's wrong Tess?" Rachel asked. Tess looked at her and smiled.
"Well…" Tess begun but she stopped. Conan looked at her.
"Come Tess, you can tell us." Conan stated. Rachel nodded her head.
"Yeah, come on cousin." Rachel said as she placed her hand on Tess's shoulder. Tess smiled again, her smile turned upside down.
"My year is almost up." Tess told them. Rachel looked at her funny. Conan looked forward. He didn't want her to leave. He wanted her stay in Japan. After he had just figured out his feelings for her he's now got to part with her. Rachel started to count on her fingers.
"That's right! You arrived here at the end of January when it started to get warm." Rachel stated. Tess nodded her head.
"Yup, but I really don't want to leave." Tess stated. Rachel looked at her.
"You don't?" Tess shook her head.
"No I don't. I like it here with you and I doubt my dad wants me to come home and tell my mom that Zach's dead." Tess stated. Rachel smiled.
"I got it. How about you call your dad and ask to see if you can stay longer." Conan suggested. Tess looked at him. She thought he would be the one to want her to leave since she was kind of always picking on him.
"I doubt he would." Tess stated. Rachel looked at Tess.
"Why not?" Rachel asked. Tess looked at her cousin.
"How often does my dad let me come here and stay for a year?" Tess asked. Rachel shrugged her shoulders. "Exactly, he doesn't he's usually pushing me to do my work." Tess told her.
"Really? I never knew he was like that." Rachel stated. Tess nodded her head.
"Well he is when you in the FBI." Tess told her. Rachel looked forward.
"Wow. I never knew." Rachel stated. Tess glanced at Conan. Conan was looking down with his hands in his pockets. She didn't want to leave Conan as much he didn't want her to leave. She had a lot of fun with him. Four days ago with the case of John when she first saw Jimmy she wanted to kiss him. She really liked him. She wanted to help. And she was going to.
When they got home Richard was nowhere to be found. Tess placed her suit case on the floor as she reached for Rachel's. Rachel gave Tess her suit case as Tess took Conan's backpack. Tess hung up Conan's backpack and she placed Rachel's suit case next to hers. Rachel walked forward toward Richard's desk. She looked down to see a note. She turned around toward Conan and Tess.
"Hey guys, I went to the store to by some food. Be back soon." Rachel looked up at Tess as she heard her trying to stop herself from laughing.
"Uncle? Go by food? HA! That's funny he would eat it all before he gets home." Tess stated. Conan laughed along with Tess. Tess did have a good point. Richard would probably eat all the food before he took it home.
"That's not funny." Rachel said. Tess and Conan stopped. "There were times that Dad brought all the food home." Rachel added.
"Like how many?" Tess asked. Rachel started to think. "Yeah, that's what I thought." Tess added. Then there was a knock. Tess turned around. She answered the door to see Amy, Mitch, and George.
"Hi, is Conan home?" Amy asked. Tess nodded her head.
"Yeah." Tess said. "Come on in." She added as she let them in. Amy, Mitch, and George walked into the room.
"Hi Conan." Mitch said. Conan looked at them.
"Hey want to go outside and play?" George asked. Conan looked at them.
"Sure he would love to." Tess answered. Conan looked at him funny. Conan left with Amy, Mitch, and George.
As the walked around town, Conan spotted Tess leaving Dr Agasa's place. Conan looked at his friends.
"I'll be right back guys." Conan said. Conan ran toward Tess as she shut the door. Amy looked at Conan.
"Conan wait!" Amy yelled. George sighed.
"Come on guys let's go get him." George went to run after him when…
"No, Tess is there." Mitch said. Amy looked at Mitch.
"So." Amy stated.
"Well maybe he has to talk to her. Let's just wait here." Mitch said.
"Tess!" Conan yelled. Tess turned around to see Conan.
"Jimmy? What's up?" Tess asked.
"What are you doing at Dr Agasa's place?" Conan asked. Tess placed her hand behind her head.
"I was there just to say hi" Tess stated. Conan looked at her. He crossed his arms. Tess sighed as she removed her hand. "I was there giving Dr Agasa the Sake." Tess told him.
"Why?" Conan asked.
"Maybe there's a cure inside that drink. Don't you remember what it did four days ago?" Tess asked. Conan nodded his head.
"Yeah it…" Conan blinked.
"It turned you back to the way you really are." Tess said. "So I thought Dr Agasa could find a cure for you." Tess stated. Conan blinked again.
"How did you know that he knew about this?" Conan asked.
"The same way he knew about me knowing." Tess answered. Conan looked at her funny. "I didn't. I just thought you told him. You had to find your way into Rachel's house from someone so I thought Dr Agasa helped." Tess added.
"How do you know Dr Agasa?" Conan asked.
"I don't. I asked Rachel." Tess answered. Conan blinked a few times.
'Wow she's really not that careful as I thought.' Conan thought. Tess smiled. Then there was a scream. Conan turned around as Tess looked up over his head. There was a group of people surrounding something. Tess and Conan looked at each other as they nodded their heads. Tess and Conan ran right for the group of people.
"Conan!" Amy yelled as they ran by them. Amy, Mitch, and George followed. Tess and Conan pushed themselves through the group of people.
"Excuse me. FBI coming threw." Tess stated as she pushed herself through with Conan behind her. Once Tess and Conan got through, there on the ground laid a man on the snowy side walk. Blood stains on the snow around him. His hands a little purple as his face started to freeze. Tess walked forward as she rolled the man over. His clothes were covered in snow. She wiped off the snow to reveal a police officer. Tess turned around to look at Conan. She looked at the people. "Stand back!" Tess yelled some people started to back away except one man who was wearing a black winter jacket and a white hat with his curly brown hair curled up on the hat.
"Who put you in charge?" the man asked with an attitude. Tess stood up. She walked over to him pulling out her wallet.
"This badge." Tess answered as she showed him her badge. "Now back off!" Tess yelled. The man backed away a little.
"Excuse me." Tess turned around. "I have a cell phone." The woman was wearing a blue winter jacket holding onto a blue purse. Her black skirt went passed her knees. Tess walked over to her.
"Thank you Miss." Tess said. She took the cell phone as it was passed to her. Tess dialed 911. "Hello? This is Tess there has been a murder." Tess turned around to look around to see what street they were on as the woman on the other end asked where she was located. "Um…"
"Weight Street." Conan said. Tess smiled as Conan.
"We're on Weight Street in front of the local mini store." Tess stated. She hung up the phone. She handed it back to Tess. "Thank you Miss." Tess told her.
"There is one other thing I have to say." The lady stated. Tess glanced at Conan. "My name is Alexia and I'm a witness." She told her. Tess's eyes widened.
"Same here for me." Tess looked over at the man.
"What's your name?" Conan asked. The man glared down at Conan. Conan glared at him back. He then looked up at Tess. 'There's something odd about this man… and I don't like it.' Conan thought.
"My name is Craig." He told Tess. Tess reached into her pockets but she had no paper or pen. She looked down at Conan.
"Do you have any paper Conan?" Tess asked. Conan shook his head.
"No." he answered.
"I do!" Amy yelled. Tess looked over at her./ Amy reached into her coat pocket. "It's nothing big though but here." Amy pulled out a small piece of paper. Tess smiled. She walked over to her. She bent down and took the piece of paper.
"Thank you Amy. I only need it to write down the witnesses names." Tess told her. Mitch took a step forward.
"Do you need a pen?" Mitch asked her.
"I have a pen!" George yelled as he pulled out a pen from his pocket. Tess shook her head.
"No I have a pen." Tess reached into the left side of her leather jacket and pulled out a blue pen. "But thank you. IF Amy didn't have any paper I wouldn't be able to remember their names." Tess stated as she smiled. She stood up. She placed the small piece of paper in her left hand she pulled the cap off of the blue pen with her teeth. Leaving the pen cap in her mouth she wrote down Craig and Alexia. Once she as done writing she took the pen cap out of her mouth. "Can I have you're last names?" Tess asked.
"Anderson." Alexia stated.
"Grey." Craig stated. Tess nodded her head and started to write again.
"Alexia… Anderson… and Craig… Grey." Tess looked up at them both. "Okay can I have you two stand over here." Tess pointed over to the window of the local mini store. Alexia and Craig walked over. Conan looked at Alexia and Craig. He that since this murder took place on the street there would have to be more witnesses. Conan turned around. He taped on Tess's leg. She blinked then looked down at him. Conan waved her close. Tess bent down and got on her knees.
"There has to be more witnesses then just these two." Conan told her. Tess blinked. "The murder took place out in the open where anyone could have seen it." Conan added. Tess nodded her head.
"You're right." Tess stated. Then there was the sound of sirens. Tess stood up as about four police cars pulled up. Stepping out of one was Inspector Maguire. He walked over to Tess.
"Where's Richard?" Inspector Maguire asked.
"He's out." Conan stated. Tess nodded her head.
"I take it that it was you called us?" Inspector Maguire asked. Tess nodded her head.
"Yup." Tess said. Amy, Mitch, and George walked forward.
"Can we help?" Amy asked. Tess and Inspector Maguire looked at them.
"Please." Mitch and George begged. Tess glanced at Inspector Maguire. Tess smiled.
"Sure." She told them. Conan and Inspector Maguire looked ta her funny. "You guys can watch to make sure that people stay behind the yellow line that the police are putting up and watch the witnesses for me." Tess said smiling.
"Okay!" they yelled. Then they were off standing by the yellow line making sure that no one crosses it. Inspector Maguire looked over at Alexia and Craig who were standing by the window.
"Who are they?" Inspector Maguire asked. Tess blinked. She glanced at Alexia and Craig.
"Oh them?" Tess asked. Inspector Maguire nodded his head. Tess handed him the small piece of paper that she got from Amy. Inspector Maguire took the piece of paper. "They're Alexia Anderson and Craig Grey, witnesses to the murder." Tess stated. Inspector Maguire looked at the dead body that was a officer from the police station. You couldn't really see the dead body now that the snow was falling and nearly covering up the body. Inspector Maguire walked over body. Inspector Maguire wiped off some of the snow to see the badge.
"He's an officer." Inspector Maguire stated. Tess turned around and nodded her head.
"Yeah and me and Conan think that's there's got to be more witnesses to this murder." Tess stated. Inspector Maguire turned around to look at Tess.
"Why do you think that?" Inspector Maguire asked. Tess looked down at Conan.
"Well Inspector, the murder happened out of the side walk which is in an open area… and only two people saw the murder." Conan answered. Inspector Maguire looked at Conan as Tess looked up. Inspector Maguire stood up.
"Well then, who is it?" Inspector Maguire asked. Tess shrugged her shoulders.
"We…"
"It's me!" Someone shouted from out in the crowd of people. Stepping forward was another man. He had blonde hair that stuck out a little from under his white winter hat. His red winter jacket was fluffy a little to big for him. His blue jeans hanging over his tan boots. He walked forward stepping over the yellow line. He was about 18.
"You're name." Inspector Maguire said.
"My name is James Cassidy." He told him.
"Okay James Cassidy. Go stand over there with the rest of them." Inspector Maguire pointed over to them. As Inspector Maguire followed him with Tess behind him he started to question them. Conan was standing by the officer's body. Conan looked around to see now sigh that he was struggling. Conan wiped off some snow making his hand cold since he wasn't wearing any gloves. Conan cupped his hands around his mouth and breathed into the small cup. He rubbed his hands together. He then kept on looking around the body.
'This man didn't just die of freezing death out of no where standing on the sidewalk. Someone killed him.' Conan thought. Conan then noticed that there was a wound in his chest. Conan looked around for the murder weapon but it was no where to be found. Conan then looked on the snow to see that he body was dragged. Conan glanced at Tess and Inspector Maguire. He then looked at Amy, Mitch, and George making sure that they weren't watching. Conan stood up and ran off. He followed the path that was nearly covered by snow. Tess turned around to see that Conan turned into an alley. Tess looked at Inspector Maguire.
"I'll be right back." She told him. Inspector Maguire nodded his head as he continued to question the witnesses. Tess followed Conan into the alley. She looked around but barely saw anything. It was getting dark and the street lights started to kick on. Tess looked around. "Jimmy?" she called making sure no one heard her. "Jimmy?" she called.
"Over here Tess." Conan responded. Tess looked over behind the trash cans that leaned up against a building and there on his knees looking at something in the snow was Conan. She walked over.
"What did you find?" Tess asked. Conan looked at her.
"The murder weapon." Conan told her. Tess walked over. She looked down to see a pocket knife lying on the ground opened. Tess bent down. "We won't be able to have Inspector Maguire run a finger print test on it since the snow got it wet washing away the finger prints. Tess nodded her head.
"True." Tess stated. "We need more clues now." Tess added. Conan took a second look at the pocket knife to see that there was something on it. He picked it up. It was a piece of hair.
"Look Tess." Conan said. Tess looked at Conan. Tess held out her hand as Conan placed the piece of hair in her hand.
"It's hair." Tess said.
"Found on the pocket knife." Conan stated. Tess looked at it again.
"The color is…" Tess and Conan looked at each other and smiled.
"We found our murderer." They said. Tess and Conan walked out of the alley.
"Inspector." Tess called. Inspector Maguire looked over at Tess. "Me and Conan had found the murderer." Tess said.
"Who?" Inspector Maguire asked.
"Craig Grey." Tess said.
"Me? No way I didn't do it." Craig rushed in to save himself. Tess nodded her head.
"This is the evidence." Tess stated as she held up the piece of hair. Inspector Maguire looked at it then he blinked.
"Hair?" Inspector Maguire said. Tess nodded her head.
"Yes hair… Conan."
"We found that piece of hair over there in the alley where we found the murder weapon." Conan stated as he pointed to the alley. "The victim was killed in the alley and dragged out." Conan stated.
"This hair belongs to Craig since he's the only one who has curly brown hair out of the group of witnesses." Tess stated. Inspector Maguire looked at Craig. He took out a pair of cuffs as some officers went into the alley and came out holding the murder weapon.
"Craig Grey. You're under arrest." Inspector Maguire said.
"Let him tell us why he did it." Tess stated. Craig looked away.
"I did it because he was threatening me. He was telling me that he was going to shoot me if I didn't shut up." Craig said.
"Shut up about what?" Inspector Maguire asked.
"About him cheating on his wife so I decided to take action." Craig answered.
"And killing him was it. I'm sorry Craig but killing someone just gets you in trouble."
Next Time on Case Closed: "One week left." As Tess's year shortens Conan has only a little bit time left to spend with her. But the way he wanted to spend the time was with Tess not out on another Murder case. What will happen in this case? Will he let Tess solve the case?
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