The doorbell rang with a loud tring resounding through the whole house, but no one seemed to come and open the door. The house consisted of 4 people still on their bed deep in sleep from which they could never get up.

The morning new flashed on the television with a loud dramatic intro, gaining the views full attention on it.

"Today, a brutal murd€r took place on the street of cityA. A family of four, Alex and Laura, and their two 14 years old twins, Ella and Max lost their life in their house at 11:45 last night.

The neighbours informed the police when they had got sight of three suspicious men leaving the house at 6 in the morning. The specials have reported to have caught the sight of a terrifying murd€r and r@pe. The specialists informed of repeated forced r@pe of the little girl and boy along with their mother causing their de@th while their father was brutally beaten and tied on bed in bloody state to eventually d!e.

The police are still processing the investigation to catch the murd€rs who had possibly fleed to the City B according to the information."

The new report ended this topic with another headline, leaving the viewers with a sympathy towards the family and hatred to the murd€rs.

The police van stopped in front of a crowded house closely, followed by a loud siren of ambulance. The medical team flooded the area carefully, examining the area of any medical evidence, but none was found. It was an almost perfect crime scene.

The signs of struggles were all fixed, the blood was cleaned thoroughly, no fingerprints, shoes prints were left, and not even a single strand of hair was found. Even the DNA particles from the r@pe victim were not their, as if thoroughly removed.

They were laid on the bed as if they were peacefully sleeping, like nothing had happened, like they were not dead. It would have seen like a normal r@pe and murd€r case, but looking at it carefully, it didn't feel like it. People came out with multiple possibility of what could have happened by they imagination.

Some suggested that the father did all and k!lled himself to not live in the guilt of r@ping and killing his family but other reasoned out no one could possibly harm themself to such extent as the bruises on the father body was seen.

Some other used up their brain with robbers coming to rob but got caught by the father and beat him to de@th and after r@ped the three but their was no sign of any think stolen missing and taken from. So, it was possibly not it. And even though it was the cause, possibly they wouldn't know how to remove the evidence like a professional.

What kind of case was this? No evidence except the body and its condition indicated to r@pe and murd€r case, no real evidence, unknown identity of the people involved, and the mysterious three men. Everyone was bewildered by this crime scene.

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“The case would fall under the administration of detective Marcus.”

The firm meeting ended with the declaration of the final decision over the new mysterious case named " The perfect crime." It had already been a week, and the case had gained enough popularity among the netizens that the government officials have started to pressure the investigation team to give them some answers.

Today, a meeting was held by the investigation firm to appoint the lead detective for the case. Even though everybody knew that this wouldn’t be a walk in the park like some other similar cases with a lack of evidence, they still wanted it in their bag.

The investigator teams exited the hall with disappointment and envy towards the popular detective, Marcus Alston, who was able to get it because of his reputation among the court officials and higher parties.

"Detective Marcus! Congratulations on getting appointed on a new case!" The old, bearded man patted the detective's shoulder harshly, making the lean man bounce with every pat.

"Of course. It was all thankful to our senior detective Harrison for leaving it for this pitiful junior." Detective Marcus smiled gratefully, but the other party's hands on his shoulder clenched with enough force to leave a bruise.

Detective Harrison laughed forcefully after he removed his hand and said, “Senior should look out for their juniors. I am just lending a hand in your flourishing career.” He then took a step back, creating a professional distance between the senior and junior.

“I will always remember your help, senior detective Harrison.” Marcus showed a smile filled with gratitude that left Harrison speechless, and after no more than a few words, he said his goodbye and left.

The sun had disappeared, and instead, the half-moon rose over the clear sky, illuminating the dark office.

“Ah! Such a headache!” Marcus groaned in frustration, grabbing a handful of his blond hair in the process. He had been sitting at his desk for hours, but the case was simply a blank page. The death was way too perfect. Marcus had re-read the postmortem file of the four victims for over three hours, but he couldn’t grasp anything that was out of a common murder case.

Even though there was no report of drug use, the victims didn’t show any sign of struggling. The weapon bruises on the father were so gruesome with a total of 7 broken bones - 2 pairs of ribs, left clavicle, right femur, left Fibula, cranium, right phalanges and 2 out of place joint - right-hand carpals and right humerus. It was humanly impossible not to show any signs of resistance.

Marcus had flipped through a few more pages when he saw his phone lit up. It was a call from an annoying person. A call from someone named 'Annoyance' in his contact list. So, he chose to ignore it. The phone blinked a few times and settled.

Tring - Tring

The phone on the office desk rang in the silent office room.

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