Death Unholy by Phillip Strang

Author:Phillip Strang
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub

Chapter 21

‘You’re confident it’s Adam Saunders?’ Tremayne asked. He had driven up to the crime scene as fast as he could after Oldfield had phoned him. He had seen the wood from a distance; it had looked depressingly ominous from back there. Now that he was closer he could understand why certain people would see something sinister and threatening. He had to admit that close to the wood it definitely felt colder. He looked at his sergeant, saw that she was not in the best condition; he could only sympathise as it had been her who had discovered the body.

‘Have you told his father?’ Oldfield asked.

‘I phoned him on the way here,’ Tremayne said. ‘Not much else I could do, seeing that he called us first.’

‘He’ll be here soon,’ Clare said.

‘Just make sure he doesn’t get in the way of the investigation. It is murder, I assume?’

‘It doesn’t appear to be an accident, unless he tripped, banged his head and fell into the water.’

‘But you don’t believe that, do you, Yarwood?’

‘Odds on, he was murdered.’

‘By who?’ Tremayne tested his sergeant, looking for the correct response.

‘Not by the gods, if that’s what you’re asking.’

‘Then who?’ Tremayne said.

‘As you’ve said before, the answer lies in Avon Hill, but if he’s been murdered, then it’s human intervention, not godly.’

Jim Hughes arrived within the hour, but not before Charles Saunders. He had been insistent on seeing his son’s body, although he hesitated before entering Cuthbert’s Wood. Oldfield took him in. The two police officers who had accompanied Clare and Oldfield into the wood initially were taking control of the crime scene until a couple of uniforms from Bemerton Road Police Station arrived. Crime scene tape had been strung around a few trees, and the father had complained when told that he could not approach any closer.

‘Is that your son?’ Oldfield asked.

‘They’ve killed him, haven’t they?’

‘Who are you referring to?’

‘Not now, not in here,’ Saunders said.

‘Why?’

‘This is their place.’

‘We’ve two police officers here, a team of crime scene investigators on the way with floodlights and generators. That should be enough protection.’

‘When will you remove my son?’ Saunders asked.

‘That’s up to the crime scene examiner. Tomorrow, probably.’

‘After I’ve identified him, we’ll talk.’

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