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Essay Archive - Creative Writing: The Murder Case
Creative Writing: The Murder Case
      It was April, and El Nino was pelting the rooftop in full force.  The
rain came down in buckets, only to let up for a few seconds, then resume
with a crash of thunder and a torrential downpour.  Detective Jack Barretta
hated being called out on a case on days like this.  He and his partner,
Wally Cruz got the call to go to the scene of a homicide on the East side
of town. A body had been found in a batchelor's apartment apparently
stabbed to death in a home invasion robbery.  When Jack and Wally arrived
on the scene, the entire apartment complex was tap....
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