Her Suicide Note Blamed Me, So I Called the Police for an Autopsy Chapter 02

Her Suicide Note Blamed Me, So I Called the Police for an Autopsy Chapter 02

The police arrived faster than the Hall family expected.

Twenty minutes later, the shouting crowd outside the cemetery was pushed behind a police line.

When two officers entered, Lydia’s crying clearly stopped for a second.

Daniel was the first to greet them.

“Officers, thank you for coming.”

“This is really a private family matter.”

“Sarah has passed away. Ms. Grayson and Sarah had some issues before this. Ms. Grayson is upset, so she…”

I cut him off.

“This isn’t a family matter.”

Daniel’s face stiffened.

I looked at the officers.

“Someone is using a suicide note to accuse me of causing a death.”

“Now they are demanding that I kneel here and confess.”

“And they are about to move the so-called body without a death certificate, an EMS record, a body transfer form, or confirmed family approval.”

The officer’s face turned serious at once.

“Who called the police?”

“I did.”

I raised my phone.

“Erin Grayson.”

The officer looked at me, then turned toward the coffin in the middle of the cemetery.

“Where is the body?”

The cemetery went quiet.

Mara instinctively looked at Ryan.

Ryan said nothing.

Daniel answered quickly.

“Sarah’s body is inside the coffin.”

The officer asked, “Where is the death certificate?”

The moment those four words came out, the Hall family’s faces changed.

Daniel took out a folder.

“Here is the medical report from after Sarah fell from the building.”

The officer took it and flipped through two pages.

“I asked for a death certificate from a medical examiner, not a medical report.”

Daniel paused.

“The situation was special. The paperwork is still being filled out.”

I raised my eyes.

“She has supposedly been dead for three hours.”

“The burial site is ready. The suicide note has been released. Even the move to the funeral home has been arranged.”

“But the death certificate still isn’t ready?”

Daniel pressed his lips together.

Lydia finally couldn’t hold back.

“Erin, do you have to be this harsh in front of the police?”

“I am not being aggressive.”

I looked at her.

“Mrs. Hall.”

“Grayson Medical Group owns three hospitals.”

“I have seen how unnatural deaths are handled.”

“That is not how the process works.”

Lydia’s face turned pale with anger.

Ryan said coldly, “Sarah jumped from the twenty-seventh floor of the Hall Hotel.”

“Everyone saw it on the livestream.”

I looked at him.

“Did they see her standing on the roof?”

“Or did they see her hit the ground?”

Ryan’s eyes went cold.

Mara immediately cried, “Ms. Grayson, why are you splitting hairs like this?”

“Was Sarah’s final livestream not clear enough?”

“She cried and said you forced her. She cried and said she couldn’t go on. Then the screen went black.”

“If she didn’t jump, what else could it have been?”

I looked at her.

“What happened after the screen went black? Did you see it?”

Mara’s lips trembled.

“I…”

“You didn’t see it.”

I finished for her.

“The Hall family did not see it.”

“The fans did not see it.”

“No one saw it.”

I looked at the officer.

“So I request verification. After all, this is a matter of life and death. We can’t be too careful, can we?”

The officer nodded and looked at Daniel.

“Where is the EMS dispatch record?”

Daniel glanced at Ryan.

Ryan’s voice was low.

“The situation was urgent. I had a private ambulance take her to the Hall-affiliated Medical Center first.”

The officer frowned.

“No 911 call?”

Ryan paused.

“The private ambulance arrived faster.”

I laughed.

“It was fast indeed.”

“So fast that EMS has no record, the police weren’t present, and the scene was never sealed.”

“Only the Hall family’s death notice was released quickly.”

Ryan’s expression went cold.

The officer looked at him.

“Mr. Hall, a fall from a building is an unnatural death.”

“According to procedure, the case should be reported, the scene should be preserved, and both the emergency response and the death should be verified.”

“Why did you move her first?”

Before Ryan could answer, Mara cried, “Because Sarah looked too terrible!”

“She was covered in blood, and her face…”

She seemed unable to continue and covered her mouth as she sobbed.

“Ryan only felt sorry for her.”

“He didn’t want people staring at her.”

I looked at Mara.

“You saw her covered in blood?”

Mara’s crying stopped.

“You said no one saw anything after the livestream went black.”

“Now you say she was covered in blood.”

“Mara, did you see it or didn’t you?”

Her tears froze on her face.

Ryan finally looked at Mara.

Mara reacted quickly and choked out, “I heard it from a staff member.”

“Which staff member?”

I asked.

“Name.”

She opened her mouth.

She couldn’t answer.

The officer also looked at Mara.

“Since you seem to know what happened, please give a statement later.”

Mara’s face went white.

Another officer contacted EMS.

The call came back soon.

There was no emergency dispatch record for a fall from the twenty-seventh floor of the Hall Hotel.

If a vehicle had gone out, it did not follow the standard process.

The air in the cemetery froze.

I looked at Ryan.

“Why do you keep avoiding the standard process?”

Ryan’s jaw tightened.

“Erin, are you suspecting me?”

“I suspect the evidence,” I said.

“If you have it, show it.”

“If you do not, stop blocking the investigation.”

Sweat had already appeared on Daniel’s forehead.

He tried to pull the topic back.

“Officer, Sarah’s family did allow the Hall family to handle the funeral.”

“We aren’t trying to avoid investigation.”

“Sarah was a public figure with a large public following. The Hall family only made some arrangements first to protect her privacy.”

I looked toward the entrance.

“Protect her privacy? Nice excuse. Her fans and the media got here early.”

“If I had knelt today, that stain would have stuck to me forever, wouldn’t it?”

Daniel’s face looked even worse.

The officer asked, “Where is the written authorization?”

Daniel was silent for a moment, then pulled a page from the bottom of the folder.

“Here.”

The officer took it.

There were indeed electronic signatures from Sarah’s parents.

The approval looked complete.

They agreed to let the Hall family handle Sarah’s funeral matters.

They agreed to move her to the funeral home.

They agreed not to disclose the condition of the body.

They even agreed to cremate her as soon as possible.

Every line was there.

Too neat.

And far too rushed.

The officer looked at the signature time.

“11:47 p.m.”

I looked at the electronic clock on the wall.

12:26 a.m.

Sarah’s so-called fall happened at 9:58 p.m.

I looked at Daniel.

“Less than two hours.”

“Send her to the medical center. Confirm death. Notify her parents in Canada. Get approval. Set up the burial site. Release the death notice.”

“And bring me here to confess.”

“The Hall family moves faster for funerals than for rescues.”

Daniel froze.

The officer asked, “Can we contact the signers now?”

Daniel was silent for a second.

“Sarah’s parents are in Canada and are overwhelmed by grief. It may not be convenient.”

The officer’s voice stayed even.

“Contact the signers now and verify it.”

Daniel’s calm mask finally cracked.

“Now?”

“Now.”

I looked at the phone in his hand.

“Turn on speaker.”

Ryan finally spoke.

“Erin, stop making a scene.”

I looked at him.

“The police want to verify the authorization, and you call that making a scene?”

“Ryan.”

“What’s wrong? Can your paperwork not survive a few questions?”

“Or is it forged?”

Anger pressed deep in his eyes.

But this time, he couldn’t answer.

Daniel made the call.

The first call went unanswered.

So did the second.

On the third call, someone finally picked up.

But only a cold English voice prompt came through.

The officer frowned.

“This number needs to be verified.”

Daniel’s hand shook slightly around the phone.

“It may be an international line issue.”

The officer placed the approval letter into an evidence bag.

“This authorization needs further review.”

“Until it is checked, the body can’t be moved or cremated without police approval.”

“Also, we need to identify the body inside the coffin and secure all later transfer records.”

As soon as he said that, no one spoke.

I saw Ryan’s fingers curl slightly.

Mara’s face instantly lost every bit of color.

I turned and looked at the coffin in the middle of the cemetery.

“Did you hear that?”

“The police need to open the coffin and check it.”

“Now.”