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        Theforensicsteamdeliveredtheirreportonthefootprintsfoundoutsidetheemployeebreakroom.Thealleysawlittlefoottraffic.Infact,eventhepark''scleanershadneglectedit,leavingavisiblelayerofdustundisturbedontheground.

        Threedistinctsetsoffreshfootprintsstoodout,interspersedwithsmudgedimpressionslikelymadebytheoversizedfeetofamascotcostume.

        Onesetbelongedtoaman.ThetreadmatchedtheshoesrecoveredfromJulian''scorpse.Thestridepatternsuggestedhehadenteredthebreakroomatasteadypacebutstumbledonthewayout,mirroringwhatsurveillancehadcaptured.Moxisuspectedhemightalreadyhavebeenshowingearlysignsofaheartattack.

        Theothertwosetsweresmaller.Onesetleftcompleteprintsbothenteringandexitingthebreakroom,suggestingsomeonehadgoneinandcomebackout.Thesecondset,however,onlyshowedanexittrail,nosignofanentrance.ThesewerepreliminarilylinkedtoReya,likelymadeaftershehadremovedthemascotcostumeinside.OfficershadalreadybeendispatchedtoLucian''shometoretrieveanotherpairofhershoesforconfirmation.

        Lucianstaredatthedoor,hisbrowsdrawntight.Hecouldn''tunderstandwhyReyawouldhaveenteredthebreakroomwiththatdisfiguredman.

        Briancrouchedbythewide-opendoorway,carefullyphotographingthedoorknobnowdustedwithfingerprintpowder.

        Risingtohisfeet,hereported,"It''satwist-typeknob.Freshprintsontheoutsidebelongtotwoindividuals.Judgingbythesize,likelybothfemale.Ontheinside,wefoundthevictim''sprints.Lookslikeheopenedthedoorhimselfonthewayout."

        Heflippedapageonhisclipboard."Fibersfromthecouchmatchthosefoundbeneaththevictim''sfingernails,andtherearevisibleclawmarksonthecushions."Hehesitated,histoneshifting."Also..."

        Lucian''spatienceworethin."Alsowhat?"

        Brianclearedhisthroat,clearlyuncomfortable."Wefoundfreshsemenstainsonthesofa.SampleshavealreadybeensentforDNAanalysis."

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