She had been on the scene for less than an hour. She hadn’t gone inside yet, having been given the details. Unlike her normal gigs, this wasn’t in the underbelly and seedy districts of Coruscant. It was raining outside, and she was in the middle of a nicely manicured suburban neighborhood. It was half past 11 pm at night, caution tapes having been criss crossed over the front entrance.
Trys stood under the porch, puffing on a cigarra. She still had her coat on, her frosty breath admixing with the plume of smoke that escaped between her lips. She knew media would be all over this in no time - this was a quaint, richer neighborhood and nothing like this happened here.
She sighed and dropped the cigarra, stamping it out before finally entering the house. She ducked to go past the tape, walking past the dining room that had a candle that was still burning and all the lights on. The Holo was on in the living room, and she made her way upstairs towards the bedroom where she heard the voices of the hushed forensics team moving about.
Trys walked past them and entered the room, standing by the door. She didn’t flinch at the sight, though she found it oddly out of place here. Before her, on the floor was a young teen girl with eyes vacantly staring up at the ceiling. She was half clothed, bruises on her neck. Her skin was pale, her lips blue, and her blood vessels had been prominently streaking the whites of her eyes.
“How long?”
“We think just three hours,” One of the analysts said, “No sign of forced entry, her father is out of town, mother at work...no leads whatsoever.”
Trys said nothing in response, walking over to crouch down next to the body. The girl had been beautiful, and she had quite a bright future ahead of her. Trys put some gloves on and tilted the girl’s head to the side to look for other signs of trauma.
“Oh and…” The analyst said, causing Trys to look up, “This was found in her mouth,” He held up a small, purple flower.
It was similar to one she had found in the mouth of a victim a few weeks prior.
“Shit,” She whispered.