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The call came in from a neighbor just south of what would become a crime scene. It was a report of shots fired at a home nestled up to the shore of Newman Lake, Washington. Deputies Terry Hollander and Mike Gwen were the first investigators on the property. Local law enforcement had cordoned off the driveway moments before they arrived. The neighbors that had reported hearing shots were standing with the police on the graveled dirt road. Newman Lake was surrounded by heavy forestation. Only a couple of roads were paved.

After Gwen and Hollander questioned the neighbors, both went under the tape and approached the breezeway separating house and garage. Detective Gwen was the first to spot the body lying in the kitchen. Both deputies drew their weapons and entered through the unlocked windowed door. Crouching, they slowly cleared the home and met at the body. “Call CSI, ask for Christian and that new guy Kelsey to come ASAP. She’s dead, but I don’t see a gunshot wound.”

After the call, Terry and Mike slipped back out the door into the breezeway. Slowly opening the garage-side door, they were both awestruck with what was hanging in plain sight. A second body, that of a male, was suspended from the rafters by his hands. Blood was everywhere. He had been shot, stabbed, and cut many times. A brand-new white Mercedes was parked to one side of the garage. Sergeant Gwen commented, “No blood splatters on the car. Unusual.” The deputies returned to the road and the police, explaining just enough to warrant a blockage of the property from prying eyes. The sheriff’s department took over and waited for their CSI unit. The deputies again questioned the neighbors, gaining identity of who the house belonged too. Both knew the deceased, if the bodies were those of the homeowners.

Gwen commented to Terry, “I don’t think our department has ever seen anything like this—two prominent lawyers beaten and butchered in their own house.”

Terry added, “Maybe we should sit on it until Saunders gives a go-ahead?” They both agreed. Now the CSI unit would try to piece the puzzle together.