Chapter 1
There is nothing that attracts the attention of the police more, than when one of their own is killed. Detective Frank Curtis had gone off duty as usual the night before. Less than 12 hours later, his body was found in an alley. The strange thing about the whole thing wasn’t the killing of a cop, but how it appeared to have happened. According to the coroner’s report, the body of Frank Curtis had been mauled. Based on the evidence, it appeared that Curtis had been attacked and mauled by a bear…in the middle of the city. Investigating officers were puzzled how a bear could’ve turned up in the middle of the city.
A circus had passed through two months earlier but hadn’t reported any animals missing. The investigating officers checked with the circus, but they denied having lost a bear. If Curtis really had been mauled by a bear, where had the bear gone? The police couldn’t find one near where Curtis had been killed. Nor had anyone seen a bear in the area. A bear can’t just magically appear, kill a cop, then vanish again into thin air. The investigating officers couldn’t make sense of the matter. Had someone brought in a bear to kill cops? Surely, there are easier ways to kill cops, than transporting a wild animal into town? The only explanation was that it had been an accident. Even if it still left them with a phantom bear.
There is nothing that attracts the attention of the police more, than when one of their own is killed. Detective Frank Curtis had gone off duty as usual the night before. Less than 12 hours later, his body was found in an alley. The strange thing about the whole thing wasn’t the killing of a cop, but how it appeared to have happened. According to the coroner’s report, the body of Frank Curtis had been mauled. Based on the evidence, it appeared that Curtis had been attacked and mauled by a bear…in the middle of the city. Investigating officers were puzzled how a bear could’ve turned up in the middle of the city.
A circus had passed through two months earlier but hadn’t reported any animals missing. The investigating officers checked with the circus, but they denied having lost a bear. If Curtis really had been mauled by a bear, where had the bear gone? The police couldn’t find one near where Curtis had been killed. Nor had anyone seen a bear in the area. A bear can’t just magically appear, kill a cop, then vanish again into thin air. The investigating officers couldn’t make sense of the matter. Had someone brought in a bear to kill cops? Surely, there are easier ways to kill cops, than transporting a wild animal into town? The only explanation was that it had been an accident. Even if it still left them with a phantom bear.
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