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- case #10 - murder at huxley station
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- officer phil broad was on routine
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- patrol at 2 a.m., thursday, august
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- 29th. the temperature, at 50 degrees,
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- had turned cooler with the first hint
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- of fall. as he slowly drove over the
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- groton street tracks, heading east,
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- officer broad's headlights picked up a
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- single car parked in the lot, the corner
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- closest to the tracks. it was too late
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- for teenagers to be parked and too
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- early for the first commuters. officer
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- broad decided to investigate.
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- your phone rings at 6 a.m. chief
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- sabellico wants you over at the huxley
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- station, now! bob o'neil, huxley's
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- financial comptroller, has been found
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- dead, shot once between the eyes in the
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- commuter parking lot. when you arrive
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- at the station (c) at 6:30 a.m., the
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- body has already been removed and chief
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- sabellico is heading for his car. the
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- chief is going to 3 portock street (s)
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- to break the news to o'neil's family.
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- before he leaves, he takes you aside
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- for a little talk.
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- "you live in this town, so i'm sure
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- you know bob was being investigated by
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- the state attorney general's office for
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- alleged misuse of public funds in the
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- building of our new municipal complex.
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- well, i found this note in o'neil's
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- pocket." the chief shows you a hand-
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- written note with the words, "i have
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- information which can get the state off
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- your back. meet me at the huxley station
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- parking lot at midnight. park in the
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- northwest corner, nearest the tracks."
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- the chief takes the note back, then
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- continues, "several of our leading
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- citizens were implicated in that state
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- investigation, so this whole thing has
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- to be handled with kid gloves. your job
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- is to find out who killed bob o'neil
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- without stepping on any important toes."
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- the chief squeezes his bulk behind
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- the wheel of his car, "keep in touch,
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- and do yourself a favor, don't offend
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- anyone."
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- to win, you must:
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- 1. name the murderer.
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- 2. explain the murderer's motive.
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- all players start at the huxley station
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- (c) at 6:45 a.m.
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