bob prequel ch1 - how i got here

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Serialized fction surged in popularityduring Britain's Victorian era, due to a

combination o the rise o literacy,technological advances in printing, and

improved economics o distribution. Asignifcant majority o original novels

rom the Victorian era actually frstappeared in either monthly or !ee"ly

installments in magazines or ne!spapers.


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The Bob Mysteries How I got Here

Purely by Accident

Jim Petersen

2016

ISBN: pending

The events depicted herein are purely the invention of the authorexcept where they are public record and in no way should be construedto describe real events or persons.


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The Bb !ysteries " Pre#uel

$h%pter &ne

My name is Robert Thor Jonsen. Im a Police Major Crime Scene

Inestigator. I only get calle! when the worst things that eer ha""en to

"eo"le# ha""en.

Please howeer$ call me Bob. Jonsen is "ro%no%nce! &'on sen( b%t Ie

learne! the har! way not to e)"ect that to ha""en in this li*e. I !o !raw the

line with legal !oc%ments li+e s%b"oenas howeer. ,hen theyre a!!resse!

to &Jonson$ Johnson$ Jansen$ Jensen$ Johanson$( etc. I re*%se to sign the

ret%rn o* serice. This really !ries the Prosec%tors -**ice n%ts. To%gh.

They sho%l! care eno%gh to try to get my name right.

It ha! beg%n ten !ays ago. It was a *airly %iet S%n!ay morning. I was

!oing what I %s%ally !o/ trying to catch %" on all the crime scene re"orts that

my 0ie%tenant was ery "olitely s%ggesting sho%l! hae been s%bmitte! a

wee+ ago.

I was sitting at my !es+. 1ct%ally$ I was sitting a bit away *rom my !es+

with my *eet %" an! my tho%ghts *oc%se! on going to 1la Moana *or a 23

swim. The "hone jarre! me o%t o* my ha""y "lace an! I "ic+e! %" the

receier.&Bob$ This is 3ainoa 1+ana *rom 456. I +now yo% !ont %s%ally come

o%t *or these +ine cases b%t I hae a ba! *eeling abo%t this$(

I +now 3ainoa$ hes a soli! o**icer. I listene!.

He sai! &'ester!ay$ a local ,aimanalo girl$ Malia was re"orte! missing

by her mother. Shes a goo! girl$ a comm%nity college st%!ent an! always

!e"en!able$(

&7o on( I sai!

&,ell$ shes always home *rom school *or !inner b%t last night she !i!nt

show. She always calls i* she cant ma+e it b%t last night she !i!nt.(

&So$ she went o%t with her boy*rien! an! 8neah li+e tell her mom$( I

sai!.


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&9ah$ nah$ its not li+e that. She calle! her mom an! sai! she was gonna

!rie bac+ *rom town. Her mom sai! 8be care*%l Malia girl$ it gonna storm$(

&So what !o yo% hae:( I as+e!.

&I got her car on Pali Highway an! a ery ba! *eeling$(

I tho%ght abo%t it *or a moment. ,ere not s%""ose! to go o%t *or sim"le

aban!one! a%to cases an! were not s%""ose! to go o%t %nless were

!is"atche! by CI4. Its not that we are so s"ecial$ its j%st that there are not

eno%gh o* %s to sen! r%nning aro%n! the islan! *or j%n+ that can be screwe!

%" j%st as well by beat o**icers an! it wont matter.

Then I tho%ght abo%t 3ainoa. I* he says somethings wrong$ it "robably

is.

&0et me get my st%** together an! Ill be oer in abo%t twenty min%tes.

,here are yo%:(

&J%s ma+ai o* ol! 3ail%a 4rie5in$(

(7ot it$( I sai!.

&'o% got here "retty *ast$( sai! 3ainoa. &Its only been twenty min%tes

since I wen call yo%$(

&It was either that or sit in the o**ice an! ty"e re"orts. Is that the car:( I

sai!

&'eah$ the siler Toyota "%lle! o** the si!e o* the roa!(

&4i! yo% *in! it 3ainoa:(

&9ah$ it was Milton on *irst watch. He calle! me to ta+e oer an! wait *orthe tow wagon when he went o** !%ty$(

&,hat gae yo% a ba! *eeling abo%t the car:(

&Malias my co%sins *rien!. Her *amily calle! me when she !i!nt come

home last night. Theyre really worrie!. They sai! its j%st not li+e her. To


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tell the tr%th$ Im worrie! too. Malias a sweet girl(

&1nybo!y to%ch the car:( I as+e!

&I !i!nt. I calle! yo% as soon as I saw it was Malias.(

&-+$ Im going to treat this li+e a serio%s case. Ill "hoto the scene an!

the e)terior o* the ehicle an! then well o"en it %" an! ta+e a loo+ insi!e$(

&Than+s Bob$ I +new yo% wo%l!nt blow me o**$(

&Hey 3ainoa$ !i! Milton hae chic+en +ats% *or !inner last night:(

&I !ont +now$ why:(

&Beca%se theres a big *at greasy "olice o**icer th%mb "rint on the !oor

han!le. Tell the *irst watch comman!er to !rag Miltons ass bac+ !own to

the s%bstation an! get elimination "rints an! a statement *rom him. Maybe i*

we !ist%rb his bea%ty slee"$ hell sto" being s%ch a bonehea! at crime

scenes$(

&Bob$ !i! yo% see the s+i! mar+s in the !irt behin! the car:(

&'eah$ there are act%ally two sets o* trac+s$ one set *rom Malias. The

other set is *rom a bigger car$ "robably 4etroit iron. I "hotogra"he! the

trac+s b%t theres not eno%gh !etail *or com"arison$(

&3ainoa$ !i! yo% notice that the !oors are %nloc+e! an! theres no +ey in

the ignition: Im going insi!e$(

&I hae neer seen s%ch a clean si) year ol! Toyota. Theres nothing in

here$( I sai!.

&3ainoa$ come here an! loo+ at this$(

Contrary to "o"%lar o"inion$ yo% can almost neer recoer any "rints

*rom a steering wheel or a !ashboar!. That is %nless yo%re Che *rom

Hawaii ;ie5< b%t there are %s%ally sweet th%mb"rints on the rear iew

mirror. =s"ecially when a !i**erent !rier %ses the car li+e say$ an a%to thie*.


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&,hat !o yo% see on the mirror 3ainoa: >se my *lashlight(

&9othing$ no wait$ theres some +in! o* "attern$ +in!a li+e cross5

hatching$(

&Bingo$ yo% got it. By the way$ thats the "attern that a cotton cloth

ma+es when somebo!y wi"es !own the entire interior o* a car. 'o% +now

what b%!!y: 9ow Im worrie! too. -n yo%r re"ort$ be s%re an! write all o*

the st%** that yo% an! I !i! an! how the scene was "resere!. I !ont li+e

what I see here$(

&7et a tow wagon an! hae them ta+e Malias car to the Police Im"o%n!.

Tell the g%ys at the yar! to treat it li+e it was ei!ence in a homici!e$( I sai!.

&-h shit$( sai! 3ainoa.

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