On our way around the house, crouching low to go under the living room, dining room & kitchen windows, she released her house key from her belt.  As they got to the back door she saw she wouldn't need her key after all as the back door was wide open and the screen door was hanging cockeyed from the door frame!  

They heard Tim over the radio "all clear in the  living room and study"  

But before they even got into the back entry they could see there was a body lying on the kitchen floor.  Sammy let Tim know on the radio, while Whitney called it into Carol on her cell phone to send the ambulance since they didn't know if the body was still alive or not.  Jim checked for a pulse, but finding none, she told Carol to skip the ambulance and send the M.E. instead along with their small town version of a crime scene unit.  

Tim & Marshall cleared the upstairs rooms, Jim stayed with the body while Whitney & Sammy searched the rest of the main floor and the basement.  They all met in the kitchen & Marshall started asking Whitney the usual questions.  Whitney, do you have any idea who he is, I mean, was?  

"No, I mean, I don't recall ever seeing him before.  But there is something weirdly familiar about him.  Can you guys watch the doors? I need to call my family, let them know I'm ok."  "Yea, sure Whitney, we'll be right here" they responded, almost in unison.

She called Ginny's phone and filled her in on as much as she could without breaking protocol.  

"Are you ok?  Should we come home?  Maybe we should stay here?  What about our clothes and stuff"  Whitney felt like she was being pelted with one of those machines that shoots baseballs at you for practice Ginny was firing off her questions so fast.  "Slow down Ginny, I don't know anything for sure yet. We'll have to wait and see what the CSU team has to say.  I just wanted to let you know I'm ok, so far i don't see anything missing, and whatever you do, DON'T TELL MOM there's a dead body in the middle of our kitchen floor!

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