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The Case of the Umbrella By, Vicki Cooper and Lauren Gray period:1

One rainy day, the police and and ambulences were surrounding a man's appartment. "His name is Derek Roberts. He is 23 years old," announced Detective Peterman Berrau. "Now that we have some identity, we will be able to search the house for clues." Even though it is pouring rain, several people watched the scene behind the yellow tape with their big umbrellas high up in the air. Two women at the scene claimed that they were dating Derek Roberts. One of the women had brown hair and was dressed in a red stained shirt, jeans and rubber galloshes. She went through the yellow tape and told the detective that her name is Sarah Roberts, and that she was on a date with him just last night and that they were madly in love. The police officer allowed her to go over to the body. Meanwhile, the other women came through the yellow tape. She was soaking wet from the rain, her long, bright red hair and blue dress with matching high heeled shoes were dripping wet. She told the detective that she was on a trip with Derek last week and he proposed to her, and that she said yes. Detective Berrau came out of the apartment holding an umbrella with a sharp point at the end with dried blood on it, and a suitcase with two used plane tickets in it. "This bag is packed with worn, dirty clothes and a digtital camera. He must have gone fishing, because a fishing hook and hat is in here," Detective Berrau observed. "When did he leave and come back from his trip?" Asked the police officer. The detective looked at the plane tickets. "He left on the 7th of February and came back from his destination yesterday, February15th." The officer uploaded the pictures, they were of a women with bright red hair and the victim himself smiling and fishing. There was no information about the red head, so they checked his apartment again. The Detective found the victims phone book, and was able to call Derek Roberts mother. The phone rang three times before she answered. "Hello?" "Hello M'am. This is Detective Peterman Berrau, do you have any information about Derek Roberts?" "Well, yes he is my son. Why what's going on?" "We have found your son dead in his appartment, we're thinking he was stabbed by an umbrella." "OH MY GOODNESS! Who killed him?! Why?!" "Please come down Mrs. Rogers. We are trying to figure all of those questions out. We searched his appartment and found plane tickets, and pictures of your son fishing with a red headed women. Do you know anything about this?" "Yes, the red headed womens name is Rebecca, my son and her have been dating for several months. While they were on their fishing trip, they got in a big fight because another women showed up and said that Derek and her were going out." "Do you know anything about this women?" "No." "Ok, thank you, you were very helpful, we will do everything we can to find your son's murderer." "No thank you, bye." "Bye." "Well, we still don't know who killed Derek, it could either be Sarah or Rebecca."

//Who killed Derek, and what clues helped you figure out who the murde is?//

Rebecca was the murderer. The clue was that she was dressed up, but soaking wet, without an umbrella.