Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 145

“Still alive…” Colin pushed past the onlookers and rushed over to check the man’s pulse, “But beyond saving…”

Robin punched in 911.

Dexter was visibly shaken by the gruesome scene, instinctively stepping back a few paces.

The others ran outside, likely losing their lunch, and the scene was all but trashed,

“He timed this guy’s death to the minute…” Colin crouched by the body, his voice edged with panic. “He knew when we’d arrive, when we’d find him. He wanted us to watch this man die…”

Just like what happened to Phoebe.

Numbly, I stepped forward to look at the corpse. “It’s the husband of the orphanage’s director.”

I had seen this man in Colin’s photographs.

“To stuff a big, middle–aged man into a shoe cabinet…” Robin spoke in a grave tone. “The murderer has to be an adult, someone strong.”

That would be the only way to move the body, to stuff a man not yet fully dead into such a small

space.

he crawled in there himself.” Colin pointed at the footprints, now smudged beyond recognition by Dexter and his crew.

more terrifying thing: the murderer doesn’t leave fingerprints, hair, or any clues. Even if caught on camera, facial recognition is useless. Can’t ID him.” The man I’d seen at my house that day had severe burns on his face, a horrific sight, his

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Robin admitted, clearly frustrated by being outwitted by

murderer.

snapped back to reality, glaring at Dexter. “What the

frowned, irked by my question. “These are my wife’s belongings.”

to him and slapped him across the face. “Have some decency,

me a warning look. “I’ve told you, this property is mine now. The ones

this ungodly hour, or I’ll have every reason to suspect you’ve deliberately tampered with a crime scene.” Robin’s

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told me to burn

Dexter, Mr. Rational,

eyed Robin skeptically. “This psychic

a

come across this

at the cemetery today,” Dexter

visited Phoebe’s grave