Alexa wondered into the house looking around the slightly eerie and dusty room.
"So we've narrowed it down to three people. Her boyfriend, the 'Mark' guy whoever he was and Andrew. I'm going to take a guess and say Mark is the other guy." Swinging around she walked over to Beth.
"Did you get it open?" She looked at the phone and slowly pried the back off. The sim card looked like the only thing that hadn't been melted. Alexa took out her own cell phone and slipped out her own sim and put in Miss McDreams. She went into the Text Message Inbox.
"She alot of unbecoming messages from Carl. Listen to this.....
Look babe, if you eff around with me one more time, I'm going to break you. We need to talks, now. Meet me at the Dragon. If you don't come-I'll be at your house.
"Sounds like their relationship wasn't altogether that great.

"Hm... I guess Carl is climbing up on my ladder of suspects" Forrester said as he looked at the machine making noise.
An owl suddenly appeared and flew towards Forrester, where it rested on his left hand and extended it leg showing a little piece of paper.
Forrester took the paper and read it.
The owl left and Ray turned to his team.
"Okey we have captured Carl Bay and he is in the Auror HQ... Beth come with me we will go and question him. Edward you are in charge continue searching this crime scene" Forrester said before leaving with Beth.

"Right boss. Happy Hunting." Edward watches Forrester and Beth leave. He goes and gets the auror's camera off one of the chairs in the living room "I'm going to take pictures of the crime scene, Alexa. I'll be in the bedroom. Holler if you need me."

Edward goes to the bedroom and starts taking pictures. He starts with other side of the room taking pictures of the furniture and other furnishing. When he gets over to the dresser, Edward takes out his notebook and quick quote quill to take dictation. "Standard flat bedroom. Furniture is nondescript. One window with matching curtains and shade. Pink flower print similar to the muggle Laura Ashley Collection of bedroom linens." Edward takes a picture of the chair by the chest of drawers. "Chair contains a red, long, sleeve, turtleneck sweater and khaki colored skirt. Brown shoes are on the floor next to the chair." Edward walks over to the bed. "Night table contains a photo of a young girl and a middle aged man probably the victim and her father." Edward opens the night tabld drawer. Finally found a diary for the victim. This may have some useful information. Edward conjures a bag, places the diary in it, tags it as evidence, and levitates it to the living room. "Waste paper basket under the night table. It's been emptied out recently. Basket matches curtains and shade. There's something strange about this room. It looks like someone just cleaned it. There's a small amount of dust on the furniture, but nothing like in the living room. Bed has white sheets and pillow case. Where's the bedspread or comforter?"

Edward walks into the adjoining bathroom. "Shower curtain matches curtains in bedroom. Bathroom also has a matching waste paper basket. Funny the one in the bathroom is overflowing." Edward opens the medicine cabinet. "Usual stuff in medicine cabinet. Headache potion, antiseptic potion, this looks interesting." Edward takes a bottle out of the cabinet. "Mix one teaspoonful in two onces of water, take at night, birth control potion, The Apothecary Shoppe, Diagon Alley." Edward conjures a bag, marks it as evidence. "What's this?" Edward takes another bottle down. It contains an amber colored potion. "Take as directed, no potion name, Dolohoff Apothecary. Where have I heard that name before?" Edward remembers. The cold case files Forrester had had him read when he arrived. Dolohoff Apothecary has been raided about three times in the last two years. He's been suspected of selling illegal potion supplies out the back of his shop among other things. Edward bags and tags this bottle too.

He goes back to the bedroom. The missing bedspread still bothers him. Someone goes to the trouble to have curtains, waste paper baskets and a shower curtain that all match. They usually have sheets and a comforter or bedspread that matches too. Then there's the sheets. Forrester said he thought the victim was returned to her flat alive, but unconscious. She fought with her attacker and was killed in the bedroom. If things happened like Forrester believes, how do you explain the sheets and pillow? The killer should have put the victim in her bed. Then how do you explain the sheets and pillow case? They look like the bed has just been made. Edward takes a picture of the bed and dresser. "Usual stuff you find on a woman's dresser. Brush, comb, lotion, other tolietry items." Edward notices a bottle of perfume. "Twilight, special blend perfume, made exclusively by The Perfume Factory, Diagon Alley." Edward remembers buying Maddie a bottle for her last birthday. That bottle cost him about 20 galleons fifteen years ago. The price has probably doubled now. "How does the owner of a modest book store no one has heard of afford an expensive bottle of perfume? More inportantly how does a cleark at the Magical Menagerie afford it. They must be paying clerks better than they used to." Edward bags and tags this too.

Edward walks over to the body and squats down. Using his wand, he draws a white line around the outline of the body. Edward takes various pictures of the body. "No apparent cuts, bruises, or scratches. Victim's body looks in good condition considering she's dead. Starting at the head, he takes close up shots of body. "Red turtleneck sweater, khaki skirt, and green sandals. What's wrong with this picture? For one thing she shouldn't have green sandals on with a khaki skirt. There was a brown purse in the living room. If that's the purse she used that evening, then she should be wearing brown shoes unless she took another purse instead. Now where could it be?" Edward scans the room no green purse. He then get on his hands and knees and looks under the bed. "Accio purse!" A green clutch purse flies from under the bed and into Edward's hands. "A green leather evening bag with dried blood on one side. Interesting...." Edward bags it. "Alexa! Could you come to the bedroom? I need your help?"

Alexa walked past the small corridor and bent down to the floor to see the ugly scratch mark on the floor leading towards a large chest, Alexa sighed and dismissively moved it out of the way.
"What's this, what's this!" Once the chest was out the way Lexa realised she was looking at a small corridor leading towards a dimly lit room. Lighting her wand she walked down the corridor. Once she got down the rickety stairs she stared at the large chest on in the middle of the room.
"Interesting...." Just as she was about to open it, she heard Edward call her. Cursing silently, she resigned to go and then come back.
Walking back up the stairs and into the bedroom she watched him hold the purse, dried blood on the side. She tilted her head watching it carefully.
"Funny, this house seems to be full of suprises"

"Tell me about it. Take a look at the outfit Miss McDream has on. You're a woman. Do you usually buy two sweaters and skirts in the same color and style?" Edward points at the clothes thrown on the chair. "What have you found?"

Alexa tried not to laugh.
"If they're on sale" She said, sympathetically. She took the purse and careful not to touch it opened the clasp magically. Taking a look inside she saw...nothing.
"Edward....I think someone is either trying to conceal something or....she's a very skilled librarian.

Edward laughs. "Librarian? I agree with you. Just wanted a second opinion you know. Didn't want to try to remove a transfiguration spell and you know..." Edward points his wand a the victim and says "Finite Incantatem!" The khaki skirt and red sweater disappear. A red sequin top and green mini skirt remain. "I thought so." Edward squats down and exams the clothes. "See the slashes there on the top and skirt, and there are faint traces a blood on the sequins. The killer must have tried to clean things up. When he couldn't, he transfigured her clothing using the only clothing available." Edward takes some photographs of the body. "Now,what have you found?"

"I was walking through the hall and I saw these scratch marks on the floor-leading to a large bookcase. Now when I moved it...I found a lovely little corridor leading to a chest..and then you called. I didn't have enough time to open it....but Alohamora didn't seem to work....come this way. It's just through here" She said moving towards the opening. Motioning for him to go first the followed him into the room and pointed at the chest.
"Now..our librarian seems to be involved in something much bigger than just a murder and a cafe breakup."

"Interesting, and you said alohomora wouldn't work. Do you think our book worm could have boobytrapped it?" Edward looks the trunk over. It's big enough to hide a body in. Just what they needed the victim turn out to be a murderer too.

"No, I never actually got to unlock it. I doubt she would've personally I think it might be something more mediocre. It's not like it's very prominent in the room, just a trunk and it's not hidden really once you get into the corridor." She said, contemplative.
"Personally, I think it might be something passed down through families. Like an heirloom. I don't think it's anything that deep, although I could be wrong."