Lestrade Case Study

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John was looking at the case file giving to Lestrade this was a deeply disturbing case. Bodies have been found in slums and alley ways of London in a form of suicide but from medical test they weren't self conflicted someone else did them resulting from a suicide to a murder. "Do you have any suspects?"John questioned him looking at him from the client's chair as he write down things related to the case. "We did have a suspect but he has been recently cleared of the acts times of death don't match his whereabouts he had a alibi for every situation but I fear there is more to this."He was hesitant to say the last bit. "On the bodies of the victims have the words miss me carved into them."Lestrade added as he took a

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