Chapter 11 - Dead man's tale

I picked the lock to Umbridge’s apartment and twisted my body inside without disturbing the red evidence police tape that blocked the door.

Once inside, I carefully closed the door behind me, locked it, and tiptoed around the markers on the floor.

I groaned and continued further into the apartment. I was in a foul mood from my night with Lukas. I had barely slept. I took a cold shower when the sun rose, then got dressed and left my pad to go to Moe’s. Once I got the Michael Umbridge file, I came straight to his home to snoop around.

It was useless. Everything had been thoroughly inspected and turned around. The trash cans had been collected… everything worth investigating was gone. I summarized the pool of dried blood that stained the floor had been where Umbridge died. It was in the shape of a ‘U.’ I figured he had his back to the wall and sat on the floor. Nothing seemed disturbed in the apartment. No signs of forced entry or a scuffle.

The markers on the ground were for shoe pri