You’re going to want to read these two documents right away, boss—but let me walk you through them. I yanked them from the police servers just a few minutes ago.
The first document is the full report on the gun the police found at the Hughes home. Ballistics has positively linked the weapon to the bullet in Archie’s body. Nothing shocking there. I scanned it for obvious mistakes or technical missteps, but it looks solid; I’m confident this is the murder weapon.
The second document, however…now, this one took a little more digging because someone tried to erase it earlier today. But I saved the doc, and I’ve authenticated it. Hang on to your hat, but the murder weapon? It’s been in police evidence before.
That’s right. The gun that was used to murder Archie Hughes spent the past six years in police-evidence lockup. I don’t know when it was removed from the evidence room or who checked it out. Give me some time. But the attached should be enough to make it clear that someone who had access to the evidence room was involved in this murder.