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It was a typical winter night, cold, had several inches of snow on the ground from a fresh snowfall the day before. My name is Trooper William Holmes. I was one of the investigators in the Mary Millis Homicide.

This particular investigation was probably a little more involved

than most of the cases we do.

The killer entered this pipe from the other side of the roadway.

The rifle that the killer used was altered to fit to a homemade silencer.

We had no way of knowing how long he spent here before he had the opportunity to take a shot.

A kitchen window was the only window in the residence that did not have the drapes drawn.

And he waited for Miriam to walk in front of the window.

There was one shot fired.

It killed the victim.

As he was leaving the scene, he threw the silencer over the fence into the tennis court and left quickly in this direction.

He got in his car and took off.

My name is Corporal John McDermott.

This was probably the longest and most complex case that I've ever been involved in.

When I went into the residence, our prime scene people were in the process of photographing

evidence.

She was laying on the floor.

There was a cordless telephone near her hand.

Dr. Hall arrived on the scene.

He was told that Mrs. Ellis had been found deceased in the residence.

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