Mystery of the Klockmon Diamond -- page 463

Dr. Tim Furlith sounds familiar

Dr Tim Furlith. Where have you heard that name before? Of course! He was a geology professor at your Alma Mater. You remember that class you took with him. Geology 101, AKA Rocks for Jocks. You decide to check him out first. Even if nothing turns up about him, he could at least be good for some expert advice on diamonds.

When you get to Dr. Furlith's office at the University, you realize something just isn't quite right. You feel that cold, dead air that means someone is dead. Most people wouldn't notice it, but your twenty years of detective experience have taught you a few things.

You search the room for the body. Where could it be? The office was tiny, but there was no body in sight. Then you see it. The closet door is just slightly open. You can't describe it, but there is just a feeling that you get when closet doors are opened that way. Someone dead is inside.

You open the door and see it. Dr. Furlith's body scrunched up in the corner of the closet. You search his body for a cause of death. There are cuts and bruises all over. Obviously a fight had taken place. You look around the closet for a murder weapon. Who knows? The murderer could have been really stupid and left the weapon right there for anyone to find. There's no murder weapon but there is something else. The royal blue velvet box for the stolen diamond. And it's empty.

Now this case had turned into more than just grand theft. It was a murder.