Conundrum of Duty

 MONDAY 9:30 AM 

911 Call: Help! I have just found a naked women in my basement and
 she isn't moving! Oh God! Please help, I think she's dead! 
Operator: Calm Down. Please give me your name and address and we will
 dispatch a unit right away to your location. 
911 Caller: Uh...Uh...My name is Mike's Fan and I live at 1997
 NetForum Street right next to Law & Order drive. Please Hurry! 

FIVE MINUTES LATER, THE POLICE ARRIVE WITH THE PARAMEDICS. THE
 ANONYMOUS WOMEN IN THE BASEMENT IS DECLARED D.O.A. LOGAN AND BRISCOE
 SHOW UP TWO MINUTES AFTER THE INITIAL UNITS REACHED THE SCENE. 
Logan: Excuse me Ms.... 
Mike's Fan: It's Mrs...Mrs. Mike's Fan Noth. 
Logan: Well Mrs. Noth, do you know who this women is? 
Mike's Fan: I have no idea, I've never seen her before in my life!
 *Tears* Anyway, I just got back in town late last night and I found
 her when I went down in the basement to store my luggage this
 morning! 
Briscoe: Where is your husband? 
Mike's Fan: He works at the Napolean Hotel Downtown. He works from
 9am to 6pm...He's the manager! 
Briscoe: Thank you Mrs. Noth, this officer will take your full
 statement. 
BRISCOE AND LOGAN WALKING AWAY.... 
Briscoe: What a great way to start off the day. An empty stomach and
 an anonymous half naked women in a basement. What next! 

OPENING MUSIC AND CREDITS 

AT THE MORGUE AROUND 1PM 
Logan: So tell me how our half naked home intruder died? Please tell
 me it was natural causes so we can close the book on this one and go
 get some lunch! 
Chumby: Well I hate to ruin your day detective but this mystery women
 died of a potent mixture of morphine and large amounts of alcohol. 
Briscoe: A Suicide? 
Chumby: Based on the lack of bruises or any signs of force, it looks
 like this women decided to end her life in someone else's basement!
 Time of death is between 11pm and 1am. 
Logan: So why the hell would a working girl or street vagrant go out
 of her way into the countryside and then break into a house and go
 into the basement just so she could end her life? 
Chumby: Oh, this girl wasn't a vagrant or a working girl, she was
 well groomed and taken care of! In addition, she had steak and fine
 wine as her last meal! 
Briscoe: Any matches on the prints so we can identify her? 
Chumby: None! 
Logan: Something tells me that we should go pay a visit to Mr. Noth
 at work. 
Briscoe: Yep, maybe while the wife was away, the husband was at play! 

LATER THAT DAY AROUND 1:45PM AT THE NAPOLEAN HOTEL 
Briscoe: Where could we find Mr. Noth the manager? (To desk clerk) 
Clerk: I'll page him, may I ask what this is in regards to? 
Logan: It's none of your damn business, just page him! (Flashing his
 badge) 
Briscoe: Did you have to get tough with the clerk? (To Logan) 
Logan: I'm hungry! 

AFTER A PAGE MR. NOTH APPEARS AND ESCORTS LOGAN AND BRISCOE TO HIS
 OFFICE 
KennKong: I knew you would be stopping by sooner or later. 
Briscoe: Why is that Mr. Noth? 
KennKong: Please call me KennKong. Why? Because you found a strange
 dead women in our house, I just figured it would be standard
 procedure to ask me if I knew her. Am I right? 
Logan: Well, did you? (Showing a picture of the women) 
KennKong: NO! How could I? She was a prostitute or something like
 that wasn't she? 
Logan: Why do you ask? 
KennKong: Well my wife did say she was practically naked so I just
 assumed she was a prostitute or a bumb. 
Logan: Where were you around 10:30 pm last night? 
KennKong: WHAT! Am I a suspect? 
Briscoe: We have to ask Mr. Noth. 
KennKong: I was home watching ESPN! 
Briscoe: What on ESPN? 
KennKong: I was watching the Fresno State Arizona State basketball
 game! 
Logan: And you didn't here anything the whole time you were watching
 this game? 
KennKong: The only thing I heard was my wife getting home at 10:30! 
Briscoe: Thank you for your time Mr. Noth. 

BRISCOE AND LOGAN LEAVE AND HEAD BACK FOR THE STATION. JUST AS THEY
 RETURN TO THEIR DESKS... 
Olga: Mike...Lenny We've gotr an ID on your dead naked women! Her
 name was Joystar and get this, she was staying at the Napolean Hotel
 Downtown! 
Briscoe: How did you... 
Olga: Her sister filed a missing persons report early this morning
 when she didn't return to her hotel room last night after a date.
 The sister said she went out with someone that works at the hotel! 
Logan: What a coincidence! 
Olga: She's in interrogation room #13. 
Briscoe: Let's see if there are any more interesting coincidences! 

IN INTERROGATION ROOM 13 
Logan: Do you know who your sister went out with from the hotel on
 her date? 
Lenny's Lady: All I know is that he got off work at 6 and he was
 going to show her the town! *tears* We were in town to cheer her up.
 *crying* Joystar had just broken up with her fiance and I thought a
 vacation to the big city would be good for her. help hes get over
 that a$$hole! 
Briscoe: Did she tell you the man's name or what position he held at
 the hotel? 
Lenny's Lady: NO! We got into a big fight because I thought it was to
 soon for her to go out on a date so soon after the break up! Also
 *Tears* I thought it was to dangerous to go out in this big city
 with a man you just met! But she stormed out around 5:30pm! THE LAST
 TIME I SAW HER!!! (Continuing to cry) 
Logan: Thank You! 

WALKING OUT OF THE INTERROGATION ROOM... 
Logan: Get off work at 6pm...wasn't that when Mrs. Noth said her
 husband always got off? 
Briscoe: I believe so! (Looking in his note pad) 
Logan: What another nice coincidence! 
Briscoe: A few too many! 
Logan: I hate liars! Lets go see KennKong again! 
 

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