It all began yesterday with the discovery of a male body in the park at 6pm

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It all began yesterday with the discovery of a male body in the park at 6pm. It was Christmas Eve and I was about to go home when I was informed of the incident. I went to the scene with two other officers but I was extremely eager to get back to my family.

As I walked through the park, snow started to fall and all I could think about was the poor family of the man, unaware of his death. I started to think about my own family, my children waiting for me to come home so that they kiss me good night before Santa came.

When I got to the scene I looked at the man. His face was blank but it was a face I knew. This man was someone I had known for many years and the sight of his lifeless body sent shivers down my spine. What had happened, he had seemed fine a couple of days ago. Was this death natural? I was certainly going to find out.

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A wave of sadness washed over me as I thought about how he had missed Christmas day with his children. I immediately suspected murder; disgust and hatred filled every part of my body. Although as I looked more closely I realised that my quick assumption was indeed wrong. Suicide, it was obvious now. Everything about him said it. The photo of his family in his hand, the ring marks on his finger and the diary with the rest of the year missing. He knew he wouldn’t be here because he knew that he was defiantly going to die. He ...

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