In between all her grief counseling, Lily's developed a penchant for swing dancing. Apparently, two months ago, I agreed to be her dance partner at a swing contest. Of course I have no memory of this. The trouble is the contest is tonight and my swing dancing's rusty at best. I'll have to think of an excuse to beg off. Perhaps the mounting evidence in the Beacon Hill murders. Before I get to the latest, our mysterious benefactor has just sent me an email regarding an important message for all my bloggers. Be sure to check out the 'REWARD' link for details.

Now on to the case. Preliminary forensic results have come back on the light blue sedan found in a Worcester lake. With a high degree of certainty, we believe it was the car driven by the Beacon Hill murderer. The tire treads are an exact match to those found at Leigh Chasa's crime scene. Also, upholstery foam coming out of a tear in the fabric of the driver's seat match the specks of foam found on the neck of Dr. Amy Tropos. Finally, the desiccated shell of a grylloprociphilus imbricator, a.k.a., the Beech Blight Aphid, was extracted from between the seats. Unfortunately, much of the other evidence in the car was destroyed by water but we're doing our best to recover what we can. 

The Beech Blight Aphid, of course, leads us back to Nestor Pope whose original police statement in 2002 was thrown into question by the key omission of his horticultural training sessions at the VA grounds. In fact, the Boston Police were ready to label the entire statement a fabrication when lo and behold, a prostitute named Shawnee was picked up a few days ago in Roxbury. When she told police she knew something about the Beacon Hill murders, the police offered to drop the solicitation charges against her in exchange for the information. Shawnee stated she spent the night with "a really weird guy," around the time of the murders. She picked out Nestor Pope's photo from a mugshot book, stating, "That's him. That's the guy who killed those girls." When asked what proof she had, Shawnee said it was a gut instinct. She's been with a lot of men and the ones who are impotent are, "all completely psycho."

In the end, Shawnee's information did nothing more than confirm Nestor Pope's original story about spending the night with a prostitute. Shawnee was unable to recall the exact date she and Nestor Pope were together so for now, Nestor has a bit of a reprieve. Unfortunately, I can't say the same for myself as Lily is fast approaching, looking very excited about the swing contest, I can't think of an excuse to get out of it and she'll know it's a lie anyway and ah, blast. Time to find my dancing shoes.