Death In the Alleyway

Death In the Alleyway By Henry Corsivo

It has been about a week since Jim Colt was murdered. I have been working with the Chicago police for just under a week. I was given Veteran Detective Frank Robbins. We were in the squad room, homicide division. We were sitting at our desks when we got a call that a body had been found in an alleyway. It was a Hot Summer Day when we got there. A white Male was smashed into the top of a patrol car. Officers Hunter and Roberts They Were Patrolling the Warehouse District when the Body Fell onto their Car. When I walked over to the body, I climbed up next to Dr Johnson and asked: “Well, Doctor Johnson, what do you find out?” He looked at me and said, “ The body fell from a good height, mostly, but I don’t know until I take him back to the Coroner’s office, but from most of the injuries, he was in a fight or from a great height.” I nodded and asked, “Did you find any identifiers, like a license?” Dr Johnson nodded yes and handed me a school License for a Gervasio Gualterio, and he was only nineteen Years Old, and I said “Wow He was Only nineteen years old. Also Doctor Johnson “Did you notice these paint fragments?” he nodded Yes and said “Yes I have and we can do a test back at the Lab.” I said “Good but most likely an art student. But some of the paint on his shirt looks older than other paint smudges.” I looked over his body and I noticed a parking stub in his breast pocket. I said ”well this kid has a car parked a few blocks away” When I looked up a security guard was coming out of a building. So I walked over to him and showed him the student license and he said “Yeah” I saw him” I nodded so I took my note pad out and I asked for his name. He said it was “Axton Bonnel” and Axton said “ I last saw him ten minutes ago on top of one building. I told him to get out of here or I would beat the daylights out of him like his father would”. I asked what he said? Axton said ”I don’t remember but it looked like he was packing up so I left.” I told him he’s free to go for now but don’t leave town. He nodded yes. I walked back to Detective Robbins and said “ That security guard claims to see the Victim ten minutes before He was Killed. Robbins nodded and said “ He might be our man but we still need more evidence before we take him in but I like him for it. We went back to the office and we did a background check on Gervasio Gualterio. He came back. The only thing we could find was an un-paid traffic ticket in front of the Museum on 6th street. I thought it was Odd but I had nothing to go on maybe he was their Looking at the art So we went to his school to talk to his roommate a Richard Rogers We knocked on his door Little after two pm and when he opened the door we told him we were with the Chicago police He slammed the door shut Detective Robbins Kicked the door in and we saw him on the fire escape I ran after him with Detective Robbins running to the Car I chased him more than five blocks before I managed to tackled him and He said “How did you know Me and Gervasio were making Fake paintings Based off the Real thing?” I thought to myself fake painting so I acted quickly I said “Your Buddy did Gervasio He told us Everything We have him down town” when Detective Robbins pulled up I put Richard into the backseat than I pulled Detective Robbins to the side and told him “ looks like we have to call the feds Richard confessed that Him and Gervasio were making forgeries of priceless arts” he nodded and I walked over and said “ Is the art in your Room? He said “No Gervasio made them and I took the originals to a storage unit.” Ok, let’s go to the station so we can book you. We got in the car and we drove to the station. When we got to the station We put Mr. Rogers into a cell and we called the federal police about the painting so they will send a team in for that painting so we brought in Mr. Rogers into the interview room Two and we question him and when we told him he was in shock when we told him about what as we sat down at our desk the phone rang and I answered it “Hello homicide desk this is deactivate Ryder” after a few moments “ah this is Doctor Johnson from the corners office the paint on the body of Gervasio Gualterio was a mixture of paint mostly from the 16th century but there are traces of modern lead in the paint” I said “thanks Doctor but we already know” their was a there was some silence that I heard “well there was some bruising on his upper arm mostly he was grabbed forcedly about five to ten minutes before he was killed by a man who about six foot tall Also There were Green Paint on his shoes don’t know if they will be helpful.” I wrote it down and said “thanks Doctor”. I hung up and I looked over my notes. I Looked over at Detective Robbins and I said “Doctor Johnson called and He said that There was a sign of bruising on Gervasio’s upper arm mostly he was grabbed about ten to fifth teen minutes and Green paint on his shoes. So Looks Like we Need to Talk to that security guard again I don’t Think he is Being Fully truthful.” Detective Robbins said “I agree, Lets go down to the records Room to see if he has been in trouble Before.” We left the squad to go to the Records Room. I went to the clerk and I asked her to run Axton Bonnel through Our Records after fifteen minutes. The clerk hands Us Axton’s criminal record and I read through it Auto theft, bookmaking, Burglary, Illegal Gambling And Assault. When we saw his record we were shocked. How did this guy get a job as a security guard? Robbins said “ I don’t Know But We Have A Lot of Questions For Him. We had a few uniforms to pick him up and by that Friday we had him in interview room 2. I took a seat across from him and I said “Hello again Mr. Bonnel we have a few more questions about what happened last Monday.” Bonnel sat back and said “Sure Detectives what do you want to Know?” I said “we talked to the corner’s office and We Know You Grabbed him Hard so Talk. because Right now you Looking Perfect for His Murder.” I saw in Bonnel’s eyes he was shocked but he said “Yeah I grabbed him but I was just getting into the Break room with another Guard Josh Sinclair. We were in the break room for fifteen minutes before we heard a loud crash outside and I said “I’ll go check it out” that’s when I first saw what happened.” I took notes on what he said and I asked “which Building were you in?” and he said “ Building Six and I last saw him on the roof but he could have tried to jump to Building seven that one more unused by the company. As I was leaving I looked on to that building and I noticed a bag on that side” I said “Ok we’ll Look into it and we had some trouble Looking for you where have you been?” He sat back then put his arms on the table and said “I was on a mandatory vacation for my job and my therapist.” He reached for a cup of water and drank it then said “So I was out of town until today I just got back” I wrote down what he said and asked “OK Is there anyone that can confirm this story?” He looked at me and said “yes My sponsor Can confirm my story I was at their Not trying to hide from you guys” I nodded and said “we will need the name of your sponsor” he said “His name is Humphry Paige He is a an mechanic on fifth street he works monday’s to friday’s” I looked at Frank Robbins and we left the room. When we got to the squad room we called Axton’s sponsor and he told us, Yes , he was with him during the week we were looking for him. We called the Building next door and we asked the owner, Shawn Blackwood if we can go onto the roof and have a look because we thought our victim was up there and he said Yes But Only the roof because every floor is out of bounds. We agreed and we made our way there. It was quiet. We made it to the roof and we looked around. We found a Toolbox, we opened it and we found Paint supplies inside along with blushes. Then we looked at the Building wall across from us and We saw it. A painting of a Nun in front of a cross praying. We walked over and I noticed it. A bit of the building that broke off with Green Paint on a shoe.I Looked over and said “ Looks like we can rule this case an accident.” Robbins asked “How can you be sure about that?” I said “ well based on what Dr. Johnson said. He said he found green pants on his shoes and most likely He was climbing back to this roof but when Gervasio’s foot stepped on this bit of roof it Broke and slipped and he fell backwards and onto the police car below.” Robbins stood there and said “well That sounds Logical but we still broke up a forgery case…Well we didn’t know of it but we still made a Bust. I laughed and said “Okay you have that right. Let’s get back to the station and let’s file this one away.” Eleven days later Richard Rogers was found guilty and was sent to jail for Forgery ; he will get out when is forty-Five. And the stolen paintings were returned to the museum and the private owners. THE END