Case+Summary

Friday the 8th of December Compiled by Senior Detective Whitty At 9am on the 7th of December 2007 a 22 year-old woman identified as Amanda Clarke was found dead in her own home, tied to a chair with bruising all over her body and 26 stab wounds to the chest. The homicide squad was called to the scene along with forensics, detectives and other members of the police. After a comprehensive search of the house, garden and neighbourhood detectives found three items of interest. On the coffee table there was a little black book filled with the names and numbers of many different men listed as clients. Another item of interest was found in the garden bushes, a baseball bat. The third was a trace of the victim's blood found on the kitchen floor which allows detectives to retrace the course of events that happened in the killing of the victim, Miss Amanda Clarke. Photographs of these items were taken by police and then handed over to forensics for fingerprinting. No fingerprints were obtained from the baseball bat. Careful inspection of the crime scene and the victim’s body suggests that the murderer must have hit the victim from behind with the baseball bat which explains the traces of the victim’s blood on the floor, and then tied her to a chair before giving her a further beating and then proceeding to stab the victim repeatedly in the chest. Currently the team is undergoing investigation by interviewing the people listed in the victim’s little black book and verifying their alibis. We have encouraged friends, family and those that are close to the victim to come forward and assist police with any other potential suspects or information that may be helpful to the investigation. Given the evidence found at the scene and the ferociousness of the attack, detectives believe that the murderer may have been one of the victim’s clients or linked to one of them.
 * Case number: 056776489**
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