345 = Death

345=DEATH

A cold Tuesday morning in November DCI Evans is on his way to work pondering on what the day will bring. he enters his office

when a colleague opens his door and asks.

"James do you want a coffee?" the detective replies

"Yes sure thanks" his colleague leaves. James looks though some old case files when he came across a murder that brings him Horrifying visions. There's a knock on his door, it brings him out of his trance its his boss. He comes in and announcers that he has another case "James im sorry to call you into work today but there's been a suspected murder at Southampton University" James replies "Never mind it'll take my mind of it, I'll get on that case now."

Today was the fifth anniversary of his wife's passing, but James was very committed to his work, he thought about his case's in his spare time. If he was doing anything else it was finishing decorating his flat that he started a year ago but it's still not done.

James Leaves his office when his partner Gordon is waiting outside they get in the car to go to the university. They talk about pulp subjects on the way there when they arrive they get approached by a police officer who instructs them to follow him.

They get to a set of stairs there's a police line there, as they are climbing the stairs the police office tells them he believes it's a suicide he says "there were these notes on how many pills it will take him to overdose on. we asked his parents what he was studying and they said pharmacy. The notes say things like" "two hundred pills im feeling extremely sick and everything I see is blurred" We also asked his parent what his mental state was, they told us that he was happy but they haven't seen him for five months or so.."

"Hmm, hang on his parent are here?" James asked

"Yes they found him they came here to surprise him on his birthday" the police officer replied James though to him self this has to be a suicide.

James, Gordon and the police office arrived and dormitory 27a, they entered the dormitory and there was a terrible smell Gordon ran to the toilet and vomited, there were forensics there and a police officer. On the floor were seven tubs of Caffeine pills everything suggested a suicide, James glanced around a room when he saw a card addressed to mum James opened it it read "happy birthday mum have a good one looking forward to seeing you soon" love Andy Fritsome James then asked the forensic

"what's the time of death?" the forensic replied "we think the body ...

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"what's the time of death?" the forensic replied "we think the body is five days old the body has started to decompose"

"so how hasn't he been found earlier, he hasn't been to lecture's in five days or what about his friends?" "Gordon go and ask around the Uni about our body here." Ordered James an hour later Gordon returned with some information Gordon told James that there was a student who always played pranks on him. He went on to say that some student told him that he claimed he was a necromancer.

When he asked the Professors what he was like they said that

he was a very intelligent boy always getting good grades. "What I have concluded is that he didn't have any friends" "and lectures are used to missing there students for a whole week, with most students going on drinking binges. It looks like we have a suicide."

James couldn't believe that it was suicide he though to himself that card he would of sent it. He said he was looking forward to seeing them, James concurred with Gordon thought it was a bit odd that he would say that.

"Gordon lets find this prankster your on about it's worth a try do we have any other option?" they went off to find the prankster they found out his name was Richard North The detectives found him on campus and asked him if he knew Andy Fritsome his reply was"yea that's the witch kid in'it what about him?"

"Did you play pranks on him?" James Asked

"yea but only pranks it's university everyone plays pranks it's not like I bullied him"

"what kind of pranks?" Gordon asked

Richard Hesitated"well this one time I put this video camera u know one of them spy cam things in his room and he was doing this weird dance thing and I played it on the projector in on of the professors lectures it was so funny, hang on why are you asking me these questions?"

"Andy Fritsome was found dead this morning do you know any one with a motive to commit this crime?" sternly said by James

"ahh.. errr.. Not that I know off....." he said stuttering

James thanked him for his help and started to leave, as they approached the bottom of the stairs, Richard North shouted "Wait!

I know some one who has a motive but it's a really bad connection"

"any lead is good tell" James said

"Well the Uni Football team was in the country Final and Andy had an argument with the football team captain his name is Dave Ashton, Dave was always bulling him, then one day Andy told him that he had cursed him, everyone just laughed at him, but that day they lost that game due to an own goal that Dave scored."

"I think we have our murder now all we need is to prove it, thanks Richard"

James and Gordon left to go back to the dormitory where Andy Fritsome was found. While they were walking up the stairs Gordon turned to James and said "you don't think its him do you come on it must of took some intelligence to pull this one of, and his motive, was because they had an argument and Andy cursed him, I think you have got this one wrong it's a suicide James think about it." James didn't reply they entered the room where Gordon goes over to see the card that James was telling him about he noticed something about it, "JAMES! the handwriting"

"what Gordon?"

"the calculations you know 345=Death its different to the writing on the card" they nick named the calculation for Andy Fritsome death 345=death because that's how many pills it took him to overdose.

"Ha your right now do you believe me that this is a murder case"

James knew that handwriting wouldn't be enough to convict who ever the murder was,

Gordon get a handwriting expert on the phone, and I'll ask the Head of this Uni for all the students to submit a piece of there handwriting

Gordon and James went about these tasks then called it the day and went home.

James got home went to the living room turned on the TV with no intention in watching it, he sat there and thought about the case he asked himself why some would want to kill him was it because he claimed he was a witch, was it because he was very intelligent and some one was jealous, "maybe I have got this wrong he had no friends, he was the center point of pranks he must of been very depressed, he seamed to love his parent though" James thought aloud. He watched the TV for a while then fell asleep he awoke suddenly from a reoccurring dream about the car crash his wife was involved in he immediately went down to the florists and to his wife grave he spoke to her grave in hope of in response as he was leaving he felt an overwhelming feeling to solve the case he had been working on, he went home phoned up Gordon and announced he had been told by his dead wife to solve this case, James went on to say we must solve this case pick me up at 9.00am. James went into the living room and watched some TV there was this program on, It was about the MI5 using miniature Camera's. Then James thought back to when Richard North told him about filming in Andy Fritsome Dormitory was the camera still there.

The next morning Gordon was waiting for James by his door

they made there way to university, James told Gordon about Richard North's camera, they got at the university they were greeted by a police officer who told them that the hand writing matched that of Dave Ashton's. James turned to Gordon and said find Dave Ashton, Gordon went off to find Dave Ashton not so long later Gordon came back with Company, Dave Ashton James and Gordon Made there way to the station with Dave Ashton when they got there James took Dave into an interviewing room

"Do you know why you are here Dave?" James Asked

"Probably to interview me about Andy Fritsome, everyone knows that he's dead, you don't think I did it do you?"

"We believe you are the killer your motive was the football game you lost" James Implied

"What, it was a football game, I never liked the guy but I wouldn't kill him"

"You handwriting matched that of the workings, I don't think you intelligent enough to work out that so who did the workings."

"Im not answering any of these questions without my lawyer"

James walked out of the room and told Gordon to get him a lawyer, and also asked him to go the University and ask Richard about his camera, Gordon went to the University he found Richard and asked him about the camera, he told him that he took the camera back but left the microphone in there, Gordon then told him it is n offense to secretly record people, but informed him he would Probably get off if he helped solve this murder, Richard found the tape that was dated 02/11 when Richard played the tape he was horrified and so was Gordon, the tape was the evidence they needed to convict Dave when Gordon returned with the tape, he gave it to James he entered the interviewing room present in that room was Dave And his lawyer James played the tape, after the tape was finished Andy's lawyer asked if he could speak to his client alone James Obliged.

James entered the room a few minutes later and Dave stared in James eye's "I did kill him im sorry" he then burst out in tears

Two weeks later after the Trial James and Gordon speak in the corridor "I cant believe he made him work out his own death, that tape tells some story's" James said

By Aaron Evans