Templates *sigh*

Okay. I'm tired of using Blogger's templates, so I've decided to create my own (not that anyone is here to notice it, anyways.)

It's just a little CSS, right? Gosh...I know this is going to end up eating so much of my time. Well, whatever. At least I'll have something to do on the train ride back up to Santa Barbara.

c0m|c n00b

I really think that Comics and Games are both in the same boat. Neither is entirely accepted as a "true" art form though both are reaching that point (though I feel that comics are much, much closer than games.) But, baby steps, you know?

List of comics I've read/re-read/reading recently:

The Killing Joke
Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth
Watchmen
Comic Book Tattoo

With the exception of Comic Book Tattoo...all character studies. But hey, I love writing character studies...and I guess reading them, too. Comics are really under appreciated in my opinion, especially since I used to not really appreciate them myself. There's so much work and beauty in each of the comics listed above, whether it be in story, art, or message (if one is present at all.)

Found myself kind of leaning toward DC lately. Think its because I feel their characters have much, much more depth than those in Marvel comics. But, of course, that's just the opinion of a newcomer to the comic scene. I don't really have the credentials to really critique comics but, whatever, it's my blog and I can say anything I want. :P

The Shranton Murder

Case Report #557-0098

Narrative Title: Shranton Murder

Date Entered: 10/31/93

Taken by: Officer Steven M. Patterson

On 10/31/93 I responded to a call at 9887 NW Crogen in reference to the report of a homicide. The Pines dispatcher further advised that the attacker may still be present at the home.

Upon arrival attempts to make contact with anyone inside the residence returned negative results. Based on the circumstances, forced entry was made. Officer D. Jameson, Officer N. Joel, Officer S. Hastings, and I then made entry into the home.

Incident Offense Report

Additional Narratives

After forced entry into the Shranton residence, we proceeded to search the house for both the victim and the murder suspect. We found that every door in the home was locked, discounting the one bathroom door there was on the first floor. Upon further inspection the door handle to the bathroom was broken, presumably with a blunt object as the handle lay crooked and bent in the door. A search through the three bedrooms of the the first floor revealed little out of the ordinary. With the exception of the bathroom door there was no sign of a problem. It may be of note that the entirety of the first floor was dusty and the bedrooms seemed to have not been used in some time.

We proceed to the hallway leading to the stairs. The only decoration it contained was an upturned and faded Indian style rug. From here, Officer Hastings and I started up the stairs but as we climbed we found of a small amount of blood on the banister and spots of blood on the carpet. The blood spots became more and more apparent the higher we climbed and we assumed that they were from the victim. Cautiously, we stepped around anything in our field of vision that could be evidence.

At the top of the stairs we found a large spot in the carpet that was noticeably darker than the surrounding carpet. We adopted the possibility that it was blood and assumed the victim had stopped here at the top of the stairs after climbing them, to rest. Beyond the large blood stain there was a series of small, but noticeable blood spots (which there left no indication it was something other than blood) continued in a series of small drops leading into the bathroom on the North end of the home and then appeared to double back into what appeared to be the master bathroom. We followed the path to the bathroom where again there was a pool of blood, this time much larger. It also seemed that the victim was in a great state of panic as the bathroom was a mess of gauge, band-aids, and water. There was no body present, however.

From there we traveled to the NW part of the home, where the master bedroom was. As we got closer to the bedroom the drops of blood were almost non-existent, presumably meaning that the victim had successfully repaired their injuries. The bedroom was also devoid of people, though there was the same sense of hurry present in this room as the bathroom. We assumed that the victim must have been searching for something in the bedroom, maybe some kind of weapon. A closer inspection of the bedroom showed an area of the carpet torn up, revealing a large safe. The safe was lying open, empty, except for a fine, white, unidentified substance. Next to the safe there was a pile of bloodied, women's clothing. The victim was nowhere to be found in the upstairs area , however, and there was no more evidence that the victim spent any more time there.

As we made our way back downstairs, we were alerted by the sounds of Officers Joel and Officer Jameson breaking and entering through a doorway somewhere downstairs. Officer Hastings and I hurried to provide support. The officers had broken down a door leading to the basement where they heard the sound of something moving around in the darkness. When we got there we flicked on the light, and guns raised, ordered that the person stay still. The suspect, who was standing over the body of a male victim, followed our orders so as to apprehend him.

The suspect was a relatively tall, Caucasian male around the age of seventeen, with short black hair. He wore a pair of blue jeans and a blue T-shirt. Both his T-shirt and his hands were covered in blood. When asked for his name, he would not respond and was carried off to the car.

The body was also that of a Caucasian male, though this one seemed only a little older than the male suspect, in his twenties. The victim wore blue jeans, a sleeveless shirt, and a leather jacket with the emblem of the Sneering Cougar biker gang symbol. The victim had blond hair and was facing downwards toward the pavement and away from the doorway. The back of his clothing was ripped and there was a stab wound located in the small of his back and another stab wound and rip in his kidney area. The victim also seemed to be in possession of a hammer with a large amount of blood on the prong side of the hammer where there was also a small amount of long, black hair.

A careful search of the basement revealed no other evidence, victims, or suspects.