Chapitre 3: Mysterious Girl
The words 'An evil spirit' like a hammer knocking down my logic. If all crimes in the world can be described as done by an evil spirit, then what the use of the detectives like me for? Helloooo, we live in the world with internet, spaceship, super-computer you know? And you said that our culprit is a ghost? I just want to slam my head into the wall, if Sam does not hold me and whisper,
"Rick, what we're going do to with her? We can't put her in jail since she's not the suspect"
"Tell captain, we will bring her back to hospital"
"Alright, I'll tell him"
Sam leaves the interrogation room and speaks to the captain. It's been couple hours since the interrogation started, she must be exhausted as well. After a while, Sam returns with OK sign with his fingers.
"Miss, we will bring you back to the hospital, do you mind? Or do you want they send a car here?"
"No, I don't mind"
"Alright, please follow us"
Three of us leaving the precinct and use my car to go to the hospital. During the trip to the hospital, the air feels awkward. The ghost thing talking before in interrogation room make hard to start a conversation. So, there's no one talking until we arrive at the hospital. There's a doctor waiting for us in front of the hospital when we arrived.
"I'm John Sullivan, thanks for deliver her back to the hospital, gentlemen"
"Hello, doctor, my name Rick Jones and this is my partner Sam Wright. Can we have your time for a moment?"
"Sure. Nurse, please take her back to her room. I will receive these gentlemen in my office" John Sullivan ask a nearby nurse to take the girl back and inviting us to his office.
After we all sit in his office, John Sullivan start the conversation,
"I believe you have many questions about her, yes?"
"That's right doctor, can you tell us how she gets here?"
"Frankly speaking, I also don't know much about her. She was send here by police from Vice section after they found her wandering aimlessly In the street. They can't find any ID on her and can't find any data about her in the archives of lost people. Her fingerprints also not match with anything in the database. She doesn't remember her name, where she came from, where she lives, who's her parents. So they send her here".
"You mean she's amnesiac?"
"Probably. We can't find any injured or wound or bruises or physical trauma in her head when she arrived here. CT scan also shows no anomalies. So we're also clueless about her identity"
"Did she mention about able to see spirit or ghost or something supernatural during her stay here?"
"Not at all. She's a quiet girl and didn't interact much with other people. That's why we don't place her in isolation ward or limited her movement. I don't get why she suddenly in that CS and how she get there because no one see her left the hospital"
"Did she bring anything when she brought here?"
"No. She doesn't bring anything. Just herself with her old clothes. The clothes already dirty and ragged so we must be discarded. No money or ID either"
"How do you call her?"
"Standard name for an unknown woman, Jane Doe"
" .... "
"One more question doctor"
"Please ask"
"Did anyone ever visit her during her stay here?"
"Nope. Can be said you're the first person who made contact with her"
"Alright thanks for your cooperation doctor Sullivan"
"You welcome"
"Maybe we will visit her again for further investigation. Is that alright?"
"No problem!"
After saying goodbye to doctor Sullivan, we both left the hospital.
"Sam, do you think this all not make senses?"
"I don't know Rick, I want to deny but I can't"
"From hospital to the CS is quite far right? How she gets there? With that hospital gown, she must get attention from people who see her along the street. But nobody sees her or reports something about her. When we take her out from interrogation room she also didn't bring anything".
"Do you think she tell the truth?"
"Maybe, perhaps I want to believe she tell the truth. Or else how we can explain this case?"
"You're right Rick, the more I'm thinking the more I get confused"
"Let's called it a day, partner. Just go home and have a good sleep"
"Okay".
Next day forensic report and autopsy result came in Rick's desk. This result makes Rick suddenly have a headache. He just finishes reading the forensic while Sam still reading the autopsy report. He tries to massage his forehead, try to ease his headache. Sam who looks at Rick doing can't help but ask,
"You alright Rick?"
"I'm fine. If you read it, you'll understand"
I said that while handed the forensic report to Sam. Sam receive it and start to read. He frowned his head while reading it. When he finish read it, he said
"This is impossible"
"See? That's how I feel"
"Forensic said there's no blood trace outside the room, whether in the corridor or outside the window. This can't be happen. With so much blood spilled like that it's impossible the killer free from blood stain"
"That's it. If there's no blood trail outside the room, there's only two possibilities, first, the killer never leave the room, second, the killer just vanish like smoke from the room"
"The room has been searching thoroughly, impossible for the killer to hide there. Even the dog from K-9 unit can't smell anything and just walking around the room"
"Then you believe in second possibilities?"
"That also impossible. How come a killer just disappears from the room that locked from inside. Unless …"
"I know what you want to say. Unless what the girl said is true right?"
Sam nodded. I know he's a rational-logic minded person like me. It's hard for him to believe that the ghost things exist, well at least until he faced this 'beyond logic' case like this.
"You know how public will react if this case closed with the suspect is a ghost right?"
"Yeah, they will say the police are incompetent or the police are too lazy to solve the case, something like that"
"The bad things is we are the one who handled this case"
"Oh God! We will never promote if we failed to solve this case, Rick. Moreover, if the same case happens again in the future, the public will panic and fear for serial killer".
"What the autopsy report say, Sam?"
"Huh, not much from here. Just the cause of death is fatal wound from the sharp object for all the victims"
"I can't imagine a person carrying a weapon like a sword walking casually in the street without people notice him"
"I know a person who carrying sword everywhere"
"You do? Who is he?"
"Duncan MacLeod"
"Damn you! That's on TV not in reality. Besides he only cut his enemy head off, not slaughter them"
"Hahaha just a joke partner, you need to be ease for a while"
We still talking for a while until a police officer calls us from the door.
"Yo, Rick Mulder and Sam Scully, you have a visitor. A girl looking for you".
That's right. After the interrogation last night which ended with ghost suspect, we have another nickname in this office. Seems that news already widespread here.
"Alright, I'll see her"
When I see who visit us, I can't hold my surprise. It's the girl from last night, and she still wearing the same hospital gown.
"You? Want do you want here?"
"I want to report a murder case"
Am I not mishearing? For a second I can't believe what I'm heard from her.
"Wait a minute. You come here to report on a murder?"
"Yes, I am"
"Do you see the murder by your own eyes?"
"No"
"Then how you come to report a murder case?"
"The victim spirit come to me and she tells me what happens"
Oh God! Not again! Not this ghost thing again, please.
"Let me clear this. You come to report a murder case because the victim's spirit comes to you, and tell how she dies?"
"Yes, just like that"
"Do you know where it happens?"
"I don't know, but the culprit will bury her body in the woods near the hospital"
"Do you know the victim's name?"
She tilted her head, her eyes seems to look around the office
"She's not here and she hasn't said her name"
"Did you tell Dr. Sullivan about this?"
"No, I just come to you because you're a police officer"
"Did Dr. Sullivan know you here?"
"He doesn't know"
Great! A report of murder case based on the ghost story. I will become the laughing stock again in this office. Searching in the woods near hospital need more than two people you know, the searching area is not narrow. Well, it's smaller than forest but still larger than a park, maybe need a whole day to searching there. Moreover, if I make a search team based on this story, who will believe it?
"Sam, call Dr. Sullivan, ask him to pick her here"
"Okay"
Sam go to make a call and she just standing there looking at me. What should I say to her…
"Listen, miss, we police, can't just go and investigate without any evidence. If she reported missing, of course, we will go to search her. But you don't even know her name, we should search who? If we know her name, we can search from her residence, ask her neighbor or her work colleague whether she in danger or not"
She just silenced and not said a word. Fortunately, Dr. Sullivan came after a few minutes later and brought her back to the hospital
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