The+Mystery+Without+a+Title

by Jake Teague Period 5

__**The Killing of Linda Robinson**__ In Chicago, on February 24th, a 28 year old woman named Linda Robinson was stabbed in the lower stomach with a small sharp kitchen knife. The sheriff of the station appeared at the crime scene with 2 other cops. The Cops names were Joe Monarchic and Frank Pollard. The Sheriff said that the killing was sloppy and unprofessional. Joe was the professional detective given the case. “It’s a shame, Joe. We need to find the person behind this killing as soon as possible.” Sheriff said. “But what kind of sick person would stab a woman in the stomach?” Said Frank. It took the cops a little over a week to find her in a pile of boxes with blood covered all over her body. Linda’s dead body was in her basement, where everything was stored. The cops found that Linda was tied to a chair with a thick rope about the size of four fingers. There was also a small pack of cigarettes on the ground next to the front door. ==== Linda’s best friend, Helga Snappers arrived at the crime scene later. “Joe and Helga, you have to find this killer before the end of next week.” Said the Sheriff. Frank and the Sheriff left, and Joe and Helga put small masks on to go downstairs because it smelled awful from the body. “Can you tell me of anybody who would do this?” Joe said as strong men picked up Linda’s body and struggled upstairs holding it. “I can tell you three people that would have done this to her. They are her ex husband, James Ward, Her nemesis since she was 18 years old, Barbra Sanchez, and her co – worker, Gertrude Chapatis at Business co.” Said Helga. “Tell me about them, Helga.” Said Joe ==== ==== “James has had 4 years of training in the Marines. He was an expert at weapons, and he owns a collection of different knives. All of the knives he owned were large military knives, not kitchen knives. Now, he works for an international bank called BCISBC (Bank Company International Secretary Business Corporation) and he was always mad and frustrated at Linda when he got home from work. James was a very busy man and he rarely had time to spend with her, which also targeted their divorce. ==== ==== Barbara was her nemesis since she was 18 and they hated each other. Like James, Barbara doesn’t have time on her hands. Barbara’s not very good at hiding things, and she works for a successful tobacco company downtown called BTCDC (Big Tobacco Company Downtown Corporation). She’s grossed out by blood and guts but is willing to injure somebody she hates. I doubt she really knows Linda’s new address, though. ==== ==== Gertrude Chapatis is Linda’s old co-worker at her business. Gertrude was a bad employee who harassed the other workers. He never turned in his work in on time and he was rude to the newer workers. Gertrude had a large family, and his wife had no other job than taking care of their kids. Linda fired Gertrude, and he ran out of money. His wife divorced him and took the kids to Idaho to get away from him because he started stalking his ex wife after they broke up. Now Gertrude is a homeless 40 year old on the streets, and he follows people around to steal their money for food. Like the last two people, he hated Linda. And finally, He was a very heavy smoker.” Said Helga. ==== ==== “Well, was it possible that this killer dropped this pack of cigarettes on the ground?” Joe said. “I believe that since Linda’s not a smoker, either Barbara or Gertrude could have done it. But Barbara wasn’t a smoker even though she worked for theo tobacco company. I know it sounds weird because she doesn’t smoke, but it’s a great job for her. And if the ex husband did the killing, it would be more professional because he’s in the military.” Helga said. “Sheriff did say that the killing was sloppy and unprofessional. Gertrude probably took the knife from the kitchen, tied her up, and stabbed her strait in the stomach.” Joe said. “Gertrude killed Linda Robinson by tying her to this chair and stabbing her in the stomach with her own kitchen knife. As he ran out of the crime scene, he dropped a pack of cigarettes.” Helga said. Two weeks later, Joe and Helga reported the information to the Sheriff. Joe was promoted to the Sheriff’s assistant and given a raise. Gertrude was busted trying to jump an old lady taking a walk in the park. Gertrude Chapatis was in jail 30 years for homicide and robbery. When Gertrude got out of jail, he hit a jail guard and was hung at 64 years old. ====