An Elementary Murder/Transcript

Jones: Alex! You look as if you've been up all night! Your date with Mademoiselle King must have gone well!

Alex: Oh, please don't! It was terrible! I spilled wine all over her lap at dinner, and then I nearly drove over her cat when I dropped her home!

Jones: Oh well, cheer up! I've a feeling it's going to be a good day in Grimsborough. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, our new cappuccino machine has arrived and...

Ramirez: A murder has been committed! They need you down at Grimsborough Elementary School right now,  !

Ramirez: I just got a call from Mrs Honeycomb, one of the teachers. There's a dead body in her classroom!

Jones: Eugh... I knew things were going too well. Please don't tell me the victim was a child, I don't think I could cope with that today.

Ramirez: No, thankfully it wasn't a child... But it's pretty grim all the same. You'll see for yourself when you get to the school,  ...

Chapter One
Investigate Classroom.

Jones: Yikes! The victim's throat has been slit down to the spine! It's lucky you've got a strong stomach, !

Jones: Look, the girl in the passport looks exactly like our victim!

Jones: So, her name must be... Damn! The print has run. Can you make out what it says, ?

Jones: What? You also found a gun?! But... there aren't any bullet wounds on the victim's body! Let's have a closer look at it, !

Examine Passport.

Jones: OK, according to the passport you found, the victim's name is Irina Nemovska. She turned twenty-one last week...

Jones: ...And was a Russian citizen! What would a young Russian girl be doing at Grimsborough Elementary?

Jones: You're right, . Irina's body was found in Mrs Honeycomb's classroom, so she might know what brought our victim here. Let's go find her.

Ask Miss Honeycomb if she Knew the Victim.

Jenny: Oh, I... I've... never seen anything so horrible in my life! Thank God none of the children were here when I found the body...

Jenny: Oh dear, oh dear... I can't get those images out of my head!

Jones: We know this is very upsetting for you, Miss Honeycomb, but   needs your help? Do you know anyone by the name of Irina Nemovska?

Jenny: Well... Let me think, Irina, Irina... ah, yes. She works as an au pair for the Mills, a vulgar new money family that moved here last year.

Jenny: Not the sort Grimsborough Elementary usually caters for, but their daughter has turned out to be my best student!

Jones: What about Irina, her au pair? Did you have much contact with her?

Jenny: Oh, I avoid all contact with those foreign au pairs... they're only step up from mail order brides, if you ask me!

(After talking to Jenny)

Jones: Her name may be sweet, but that Mrs Honeycomb can pass some sour judgements on people... even in a state of shock!

Jones: You're right, , we'd better search the house where our victim was au pairing. Let's ask Ramirez to look up the Mills' address in our files.

Back at the Police Station...

Ramirez:  ! I found the Mills' home address! They live about twenty minutes from the station!

Jones: Thanks, Ramirez.  , we can go to the Mills house whenever you're ready!

Examine Gun.

Jones: Well done, ! Let's send the fibres you found on the gun to the lab! Maybe they'll help us understand how that gun ended up next to a stab victim's body!