A Case Full of What Was Thought to be Trifles.

          As I arrived to the scene, the local police department had already began their initial investigation. They contaminated the Crime scene in a few ways. First off, they needed to shut the entire place down where no one without proper authority can walk in to see the scene. Next, they let the friends come to the scene to take a look around. Understanding, I noticed that the Police Department in charge of the investigation did not deal with many murders in their small town. The investigation should have began with with a full sweep to see who was on the scene. Next, they should have called for a wounded person or a dead body. After all these steps, the police officer should have taped off the crime scene and waited for the rest of the investigators (a detective, forensics specialist, and their Sheriff) to arrive. However, they did none of these things.

          I noticed the first mistake when I arrived to Mr. Wrights property that there were many of Mrs. Wright's friends on the farm. I quickly got everyone out, and asked if they had touched/contaminated anything. They all quickly answered no, and stated that George Henderson, the county attorney had agreed to let them collect items for Mrs. Wright who was taken in for questioning. I knew that the women were good friends of Mrs. Wright before she married John Wright as i got to the scene, because Henry Peters, the sheriff, told me how Mrs. Hale, one of the women, talked of how she knew how happy Mrs. Wright had been before the marriage she had with John Wright. After finding this out, I knew I had what the witnesses had taken from the crime scene to take to Mrs. Wright.

          I asked the ladies to come back to speak with me. Not knowing that I was going to search the stuff they were taking to Mrs. wright, they brought me some vital evidence. I found in one of the ladies jackets a dead bird that had been obviously strangled. I asked the ladies who found this, and Mrs. Hale busted into tears. She told me, "I found it in Minnie Wright's sowing box..." as she continued to sob. "I didn't mean to take it! I just freaked out!"

          We went back into talking with Mrs. Wright, asking her specifically about her bird. She kept telling us about how John did not like the song that her canary sang each morning when she played with it. She kept referring to her house as a cage while she rocked back and forth in her seat. When the investigators searched Mrs. Wright, they also found a bird's feather in her pocket. This linked Mrs. Wright to our murder.

Further investigation led us to the truth. Mrs. Wright had been investigated and after psychological views, we found out the murder of her bird was by her. Further investigation on the farm showed other animals (chickens, dogs and cats) with the same broken necks. Our psychologist explained that any criminal with the intent to murder may start their killings on smaller, weaker things, then they move up to their initial target. Mrs. Wright admitted to all the killings of the animals. She killed her husband after he beat her one night.

          Mrs Wright was charged with Voluntary Manslaughter - sentenced for 10 years. 5 years if with good behavior.
          Mrs. Hale was charge with Obstruction of Justice. - Sentenced for the maximum of 5 years.  She may get out in 2 years on good behavior.

The Case of Ophelia

Upon reaching the crime scene, we noticed all the death that had occurred in the lives of these people. However, one death in particular took us into question. "Was Ophelia murdered or did she commit suicide?" was the question that my team leading the investigation thought. We brought in Horatio for some questioning, but he seemed to not know that much.

As we investigated the death of Ophelia, we were told by Horatio about a book that Hamlet had been writing and kept that represented all that was going on the night of the deaths and murders. Hamlet had been writing it in the form of a play, and the last parts were written by Horatio to "finish the story." We read over everything in the book, but noticed the lack of detail on Ophelia's death. A woman is dead, and we have hardly any people alive to question. Horatio stated that he did not know much about the situation, and what he did know wasn't helpful to our case.

The part in Hamlet's story that took us by surprise was the queen's involvment in Ophelia's death. The Queen is obviously dead, but we wanted to figure out how we could find the truth rather than assume that the Queen did it. After further look into the crime scene where we found Ophelia, we found a pair of shoes that belonged to the Queen. Now we know that she was there, but did she really kill Ophelia? Looking further into the autopsy, we found sign of struggle on the back of Ophelia's neck. Now we just had to figure out who forced her struggle.

My team went back to the medical examiner's office, but our pathologist could not find the Queen's body. As we approached the bed she was laying in, the pathologist pointed out bloody footprints walking to the bathroom. I got everyone to stand back while i walked in the bathroom with my gun drawn, but no one was in there. There was no trace of her leaving or what happened to her body. This case will now forever be a mystery to our team...