“Way before you showed up yesterday, I’d already been to the scene, checking the wounds and time of death.

When we got there, the body hadn’t started stiffening yet.

Rigor mortis kicks in about thirty minutes to two hours after death.

When I checked, it was just starting, so I figure the guy croaked about an hour before we found him.

Yesterday, folks thought she was either showing off or messing with evidence.

But today, after what she said sunk in, they saw her in a whole new Light.

Even Maloney and Trent were floored, not knowing Hannah had that kind of know-how.

The chubby cop scowled.

“Miss Moore, why reveal all this now? Sneaking into a crime scene is a big no-no!”

Hannah dismissed the warning from the stout police officer and continued, “The things I mentioned should have been clear to the forensic expert you brought in yesterday.

Given that the victim died within the hour, we need to track down anyone without an alibi for that time.

But an hour before the incident, most of us were in the living room discussing business collaborations since he never showed up, and we ended up waiting a long time for him.

No need for anyone to confirm this; the surveillance video from the living room can support my claim.

officer nodded in

focus was on those lacking

Hannah looked puzzled.

this,

where Hannah was

fixed on

his cheek, gave a casual shrug under the scrutiny

the living room; how could he be in two places

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stirring a wave of uncertainty among the

a secretive look with Remington and cleared his

this is only a

and could be called in

to Hannah, shifting

Moore, you shouldn’t have entered the crime

decide to bring you in for questioning, it

expression darkened with a surge

“You wouldn’t dare!”

The officer recoiled slightly.

provoking him was

had the backing of the Lyons family, challenging the Compton family

a voice oozing

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