School+Surprise

by Owen, Kyle, and Joey


 * It was a dreary Tuesday afternoon in May, fog floating everywhere around Wisbabi Middle School. Mist covered the air. I was sitting in my apartment when Mrs. Rinaldi got the call from the School, saying that her son was dead. They said that they found Michael, her son, hanging from the basketball rim at the high school gymnasium. Mrs. Rinaldi was so devastated, and in awe that this would happen to her son. **
 * When Mrs. Rinaldi arrived at the scene of the crime, the police tried to stop her and they told me her to go home. She told them who she was, and they let her into the school, which was surrounded by cop cars and ambulance trucks. She dodged and ducked under the yellow tape that said caution do not pass. When she saw her son hanging there, it took her breath away. She was thinking that it was only a joke at first. Now, she stood there, helpless. But there in the corner of the gym, she spotted clue. It was a broken mop. When she looked over at the broken mop she also spotted a Janitor’s cart. So far the only possible suspect was Janitor Giuseppe because he was the only school janitor. Mrs. Rinaldi talked to Detective Longbottom about the clues I had found. Detective Longbottom listened carefully to her and he examined the mop. Then Detective Longbottom saw muddy footprints leading away from the mop. They followed the footprints to the Janitor’s Office. Then when Detective Longbottom opened the door to the Janitor’s Office, the window was open, and he saw the muddy footprints leading to the window. But in the corner of my eye Mrs. Rinaldi spotted a yellow post-it note. The note said this: “By the time you read this note I will be on my way to the south part of the state, signed JG” Suddenly Janitor Giuseppe walked into the room with his broken mop. He had a very sketchy look on his face. “Stay right here Mr. Giuseppe, we have many questions for you.” said Detective Longbottom **
 * “What kind of question are you interested in asking me? Also, who are you?” said Janitor Giuseppe **
 * “I’m Detective Longbottom, and I’m investigating the death of Michael Rinaldi. From all we know, all the evidence points towards you Mr. Giuseppe.” **


 * “But I don’t know what you’re talking about. I just arrived here for my night shift at the high school. I was cleaning the gym floor and locking all the windows.“ **


 * “Then who was on the last shift?” **
 * “ I’m not sure, last I knew Principal Hibachi told me he would take care of everything.” **
 * “We need to get more clues,” said Detective Longbottom “We need to investigate this mystery further. I will go with Janitor Guiseppe to look for more clues.” “Mrs. Rinaldi, you can go with Detective Jenson.” said Mr. Longbottom. **
 * While they were looking for clues, Janitor Giuseppe found some muddy footprints on the sidewalk, and Detective Longbottom found a wallet with a business card and $500. But deep in the wallet, Detective Longbottom found a bloody knife. He analyzed the blood and found out that it belonged to Michael Rinaldi. They decided to follow the footprints, hoping that the person who killed Michael would be at the end of them. **


 * We followed the muddy footprints to a boat dock. The muddy footprints lead us to a boat. On the back of the boat it had the initials JG. “We’re getting close to wrapping up this mystery Mrs. Rinaldi. It should be solved by the end of the night,” said Detective Longbottom.Janitor Giuseppe and Detective Longbottom stepped onto the boat. **
 * “Wow! This thing is huge,” said Janitor Giuseppe. **
 * “This is not what I expected. I thought the footprints would lead to an airplane hangar. Somewhere where the person could run and hide.” said Detective Longbottom. **
 * “Hey Mr. Longbottom, I found where the footprints are. Let's follow them.” said Janitor Giuseppe. **
 * Mr. Longbottom followed Janitor Giuseppe to the bathroom. There were shoes in front of the bathroom, and that is where the footprints stopped. They agreed to go in and see if the murderer was in there. They whispered a count of 3. 1....2.....3! They barreled through the door of the stall, but no one was in there. The footprints for some reason was at a dead end. **
 * Then, all of a sudden, we heard a creaking noise above us. What we saw... was a hinged door on the ceiling above the stall we crashed through. **


 * “Hmm... he must of taken off his shoes to make sure we didn’t see where he was going. Pretty smart thinking.” Detective Longbottom proposed. **
 * “Can we get up there?” questioned Mr. Giuseppe. **
 * “Of course we can. Just hoist me up there and I’ll look around.” Detective Longbottom answered. **
 * Mr. Giuseppe and I lifted him up and Detective Longbottom opened the door with a crackling hiss. He looked around and there he was. Jeremiah Giggles, the principal of Wisbabi Middle School was in the corner of the attic, unarmed. He was arrested, convicted of murder, found guilty on trial, and put in prison. The school was back to normal, although Michael and the principal weren’t there. From that day on every other Thursday people would honor Michael Rinaldi. **