Was it the jealous husband, now wise of the affair?

Or perhaps the angry butler that flung her through the air?

Maybe it was the daughter, looking to inherit?

Or someone else completely with some motives with some merit.

I walk onto the crime scene, to see what can be found.

My eyes drawn instantly to the lady on the ground.

Face down in a pool of blood, a fall from above it seems.

I see a chain around her neck, the gold glimmers and it gleams.

I gently roll her over and inspect the jewelry,

An empty clusp, no stone inside, adds to the mystery.

I line up all the suspects and I quiz them one by one,

Starting with the husband: the clearest smoking gun.

“Where were you this morning?” I ask him to tell me.

“I’ve been gone since I found out about her infidelity,

I’m staying at a hotel and I was still in bed.

Yeah, I was pissed but that don’t mean that I wanted her dead.”

I make a note to follow up and then call in the help,

He fidgets as he sits down with an involuntary yelp.

“You seem rather nervous, where were you today?”

“Okay I confess, I was with her husband, the two of us are gay!”

A twist in this tale, but I can find out if it’s true.

The hotel cameras would show the comings and goings of these two.

So I call in the last lead I have, she sobs as she sits down.

“I can’t believe that Mum is dead,” she says with a frown.

“Where were you this morning Miss?” I ask seriously,

“I was tanning by the pool, the cleaner can vouch for me.”

Another alibi to confirm, but before I let her leave.

I notice a necklace tanline, framed around her cleave.

“Do you normally wear a necklace?” I ask with nonchalance,

She pauses before saying, “yeah, it’s off getting enhanced.”

Putting two and two together, I put her into cuffs,

The jeweler confirms they were doing more than cleaning scuffs.

Another case that I can close, in record time to boot.

And as I do with every case, time to collect my loot.

I pick up the stone and pocket it, from the jewellery shop.

Lost evidence is just perk of being a great cop.