The Beatdown

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Kieran slowly pulled into the parking spot opposite Paddy's mortuary. Ciara shivered every time they arrived; she hated the building. "We better get going if we have any hope of making that conference at 6", Kieran said, undoing his seatbelt and getting out of the car. Ciara sighed and followed Kieran the two of them walked up to the door. Kieran entered first and the smell of disinfectant hit him like a sucker punch every time. The receptionist, Sinéad looked at the two detectives and smiled. "I'll page Paddy right away", she said, giving a small smile. They sat in the comfy fabric blue chairs and waited. Ciara flicked through, 'Okay!', and 'Take A Break', while Kieran bit his nails, nervous for what Paddy had for them. As if on-time Paddy revealed himself and looked grim as the two detectives got up and followed him through the door. "Prepare yourself lads", he said in his thick Dublin accent, this isn't pretty. "Do you have an ID yet?" Kieran asked, growing impatient. Paddy nodded, "I did actually, but you aren't going to believe where I found the ID". Ciara winced; she had an idea. 

The 15-year-old lay on Paddy's table, already stitched up and ready for formal identification. Paddy put a pair of gloves on and he picked up a plastic ziplock bag. "This is her fake ID", Paddy began, sliding it towards Kieran who also put a pair of gloves on. "Our victim is Jane Teily. 15-years-old. The cause of death was strangulation. I found her fake ID in her stomach. Our killer made her eat it. Whatever reason, I don't know", Paddy continued, "It was still mostly intact as she must have swallowed it pretty much whole". Ciara felt a pain in her stomach as Paddy described everything. "She had self-defence wounds on her arms and hands, bruises and small scratches", Paddy pointed out, "The stab wounds to the chest were done post-mortem. She was long dead before our killer decided to do one last blow. She also has a nice gash to the back of her head so she was most likely struck from the back and dragged to the murder scene". Kieran shook his head as he felt his blood boil; he was determined to catch this guy before he claimed any more lives. But Kieran made that promise every time and so far it had been an empty promise. 

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