An Actual Police story!
Deflating Experience!.......
This is long but... We had caught a rape suspect one evening
several hours after it occurred. We went by to get the victim
for an ID but she had two children and couldn't leave. I
volunteered to watch the kids while my partner transported.
I stood on the balcony of the apts having a smoke and my
attention was drawn to flickering candles below. Through
some mini blinds I could see a man caressing a naked lady.
The view was hazy but clear enough to see what was taking place.
As I watched he climbed on top and began making love to her..
she didn't move. He apparently finished and got up, covering
the lady. He covered the body completely, head to toe, tucking
the covers under like he was wrapping a cadaver. It appeared
to me as if I was watching an actual case of necrophilia,
compounded by all the burning candles as sort of a shrine.
He then laid next to the body and began rubbing her body through
the covers. She never moved or showed any signs of response.
I thought I was actually witnessing a case of necrophilia.
Upon my partners return, we agreed it needed checking.
I knocked on the door and the man asked who it was.
When I uttered the immortal word "POLICE!", he killed the light
and we could hear rummaging around in the apt.
Through the partially closed blinds I could see him moving the
body from the bed out of my sight. We banged louder and ordered
him to open the door. Just as I was getting ready to kick the door,
it pened and we went in. No body. This was a motel room so he
couldn't have hid the body that quickly. I went to the bathroom,
but nothing. The shower curtain was closed and I was sure she had
to be in there. Pulling back the curtain, nothing! As I turned back
into the hall I saw a large pile of clothes that might conceal a body.
Fearing the worst I pulled some clothes aside and there she was
with a big gash in her side.....the inflatable doll the guy was doing!!!!
He panicked when we knocked, couldn't get the air out quick enough so
"killed" her, hiding her body. The guy was actually doing plastic.
Over 10 years and I still laugh about that one. .....
Sgt Keith Underwood, South Gate PD, CA
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