The Case of the Runaway Corpse

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Few people have any idea of the duties, the responsibilities and the uncanny detective skill of an expert medical examiner.

Some time ago, in Los Angeles County, a six-year-old girl was murdered by a sex maniac. It was the sort of crime that aroused a surge of indignation, followed by a wave of fear.

The sex killer was still at large. No one knew who he was. The murder had been unbelievably vicious and depraved, and startled parents everywhere realized that no child was safe until the killer could be apprehended.

The battered, mutilated body was brought into the coronerfs office, where Dr. Frederick D. Newbarr went to work.

The police had searched for weapons. They had found an ax and a knife.

Dr. Newbarr examined the body, with its multiple wounds, then said to the police, "Go back and search until you have found an ice pick and a ball-peen hammer. It is my opinion that those weapons were also used."

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