Murder Of John Austin

This is body inspector, Tarradee. Lying just the way it was when I saw it from the hilltop over there. If you spun it from that hilltop, how did you know it was your stepfather, Mr. Austin?

I recognized the jacket and boots he's wearing. I knew he was out here inspecting the farm. He left the house early this morning right after it stopped raining. Well, this is where he'd be, according to his schedule.

Oh, he was on a regular routine inspection, eh? Yes, he inspected the entire estate once every week. On foot. Yeah. Well, he's killed by a blow on the head. One blow that meant instant death.

But that's impossible, Inspector Parrydy. How could he have been killed out here in the middle of an open field? I don't know how. Yet. And look, there are no footprints out here. And none that is but his own.

There they are, leading right up to here where he was slugged and killed. Unless... Unless what, Inspector? the killer followed him carefully stepping in Austin's prints killed him then walked backwards stepping in the same prints I guess that explains it doesn't it might let's have another look at those prints huh I'm sure that's how it was done inspected dad wasn't hit by

a car or his body driven out here because there are no tire tracks and on the end he wasn't hit on the head by anyone who followed in his footprints either his boots are cleated and the cleat marks are still too clear good night inspector Faraday this is crazy he couldn't been killed out here and he wasn't carried out here these are his own footprints