Code 810 - Running to Stay Alive
Chapter One
On that quiet afternoon there was a report coming in via emergency call 117. A caller said he and some friends had found someone lying right in the middle of the running lane that he and some friends were passing in quite a sad condition.
As soon as they found out what was terrible to them, they called an emergency call to report their discovery.
The report was then forwarded to the 810th division, a division dedicated to this kind of murder, which was of course headed by Mr. Brox.
POV Detective Egan...
This time the case was handed over and handled by two of the city's leading detectives, me and my partner for almost eight years, Detective Keiko.
Immediately me and detective Keiko slid to the scene of the crime after getting a direct order from Mr. Brox who is our leader.
The crime scene this time turned out to be located in a city park that is quite lush with many trees growing on the left and right of the road as if surrounding the park.
A place that should always be crowded by visitors in the afternoon, especially on holidays and weekends. But today because it is not a holiday then this park is only the arrival of a few visitors.
Moreover, where the body was found, the place is rather remote and rarely passed by visitors unless it is intended to run in the lane.
Arriving at the scene this time, detective Keiko and I were immediately greeted with a scene that made us both feel uncomfortable, the feeling we almost always feel every time we start every investigation.
Although this is not the first time for both of us and has even become a routine job for us but the fact of the uncomfortable feeling always appears every time we have to go back to face the body in the crime scene.
Now in front of us there is a woman in a gray sportswear complete with running shoes with a fairly expensive brand lying right in the middle of a lane that is provided for running in the that city park.
Indeed, not many residents of this city who like jogging activities but the mayor who happens to love sports feels this city still needs a friendly path for those who want to do jogging.
This incident was the first time that happened in this city, especially for the city park, this also became the first crime that occurred there.
The running path in this city park is indeed in other parts of the city park where the number of visitors is not too much, especially on weekdays like today. At least there are some people who will use the running path.
Moreover, the fact that the running track in this park also has several branches that aim that those who will do jogging will not feel bored with there is only one path.
The body is in a sideways sleeping position facing the sunset.
"What happened to the victim?" detective Keiko asked when they had met the forensic expert, Birdella.
“Our victim was hit right on the head with a blunt object,” Birdella told me and my colleagues when we just got to the scene of the crime, while Birdella continues to check other parts of the victim's head which if considered well has a very beautiful face.
“The Victim's name is Sephia, Sephia Sukmadjaya. Aged 32 years and the victim is married,” detective Keiko said while carrying and reading an identity card that is now in his hand that he found not far from the victim's body.
“So this is what made the victim lose his life?“ I asked while paying attention to the condition of the body and how Birdella works are deft and so detailed, after hearing an explanation from detective Keiko about the identity of the victim.
“Iya, the biggest possibility is the wound on his head but it seems that the victim did not lose his life in this place,”, Birdella said again after she returned to examine Sephia's body more closely.
“Where do you know?“ I asked again while crouching right next to Birdella who was kneeling and still checking the victim's head.
“Try you take a good look at this section deh gan,” Birdella pointed to the bloodied head of Birdella, trying to make me more focused on the head.
A gaping wound was quite large, where the blood came from but most of the blood had already dried up.
“Ngga there are pieces of leaves or soil. Bener also yes, the victim may not be killed here,” I said began to understand what Birdella meant.
“Bangut. If indeed the victim was killed here surely we will find there are parts of nature around here that will be attached to the blood-soaked head but in the wound part of this victim it looks very clean except for blood stains,” continued Birdella added information to me that makes me think more.
“So chances are, the victim lost his life elsewhere and the perpetrator took him to this place?“ I began to put forward deductions in my own version of my brain cells.
“Yes, about like that I will tell you as an analysis of the scientific angle I have, I have,” Birdella replied and then again busy checking on the body of Sephia who is in front of her at this time, lying on the hard ground around him were scattered dry leaves that had fallen from some lush trees.
Birdella calls one of her team members and asks her members to take some photos and videos as part of the investigation and ultimately becomes a necessary piece of evidence during the trial that must ultimately determine which suspect is the one who is the one whether they are found guilty or not.
“So where did the victim lose his life and who did this to this poor woman?“ detective Keiko finally asked a question that requires a long and deep investigation for us to find the answer.
