Murder on the Mainline: another Mike Claymore Mystery Chapter 04 - Sex Stories

Murder on the Mainline: another Mike Claymore Mystery Chapter 04

... buy a new one. This case shouldn't take up a lot of time unless I stumble onto something obvious. These cases are hard to prove. I'll just have to do some legwork and see what I can come up with. Anyway, I'm going to be down in the office trying to make some sense of it for a while this afternoon. Can you keep Janet out of my hair?" "I'll try. What time do you go tomorrow?" "Have to be up by six thirty. I want to be over there by eight thirty so I'll have to leave shortly after seven. It’s just a turn around trip: one to pick up at Sicamous after a delivery in Kelowna. At least that's all for now. It can change any time, but I should be back late tomorrow night. Then I should have Friday off. Maybe I can work on this insurance thing then." Mike retires to his office and closes the door. He opens his briefcase and draws out the file on Florence Hanson. He opens the file and looks for the victim workup. Top left on the page is a recent photo in color of a plain brown haired, blue-eyed girl, fairly attractive in decent makeup with a saucy tilt to her small nose. Her hair is cut short and styled in a modern way to show off earrings that match the necklace she's wearing. Good cleavage indicates a probable D cup beneath the off the shoulder gown she was wearing for the photo. Beside the picture it says her name was Florence Elaine Hanson (formerly Tremblay), ex wife of Robert Hanson of Surrey. Place of birth is listed as Simcoe, Ontario. Date of birth places her at twenty-three ...

... years of age. Place of residence is listed as a small house in Port Coquitlam. She was divorced about a year ago after a marriage that lasted two years. Her height is five foot, five inches and her weight is one hundred and eighteen pounds. Tattoo of a small butterfly is noted on her left breast and another of a jungle cat near her pelvis. No other distinguishing marks are noted. It also says they lived in Burnaby when they were married, but she received half the property settlement when the place in Burnaby was sold. Further to that settlement she sued and won an assault case against him and received an award that almost wiped him out. Hmmmm, grounds for murder? Mike could see Robert driving her off the side of a bridge or hitting her with the first thing that came to hand but to plot a voluntary sexual liaison with her then strangle her. It just doesn't make sense. He turns from the write up to the photos of the crime scene. "Well Flo, there you are." He mumbles as he studies the photos. "Definitely a padded blanket and the dispersal of fluids indicate she was not brought there after having been murdered somewhere else. Also the torn disarray of clothing indicates she was murdered where she lay. He gets a magnifying glass from his desk drawer and studies the photos in detail. The purple bruising around the neck and dark cast to the skin certainly seem to support the idea that she was strangled. There is ample bruising in the pelvic region as well and it's difficult to make out ...