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It was an established fact that the police were groping in the darkest darkness. On the other hand, despite Inspector Clivetti's nose and experience, the complete absence of traces, the lack of presence of witnesses, the verified exclusion of a robbery and, finally, the confirmed non-existence of enemies, transformed that brutal murder into a puzzle with no apparent solution. Clivetti questioned the servants dozens of times. "So you claim that you didn't hear anything that evening..." he said, tapping a pencil on the desk full of paperwork. Taken aback, the butler nevertheless responded with seraphic calm. «On Sundays we don't serve at Villa Viviana, inspector.
Didn't I tell him?" «Yes, yes, I have already heard this story, Mr. Alberti», added the inspector, returning to look at the man with suspicion. In the following days his agents searched the entire villa and the surrounding countryside, the Phone Number Data woods and the roads, meter by meter, even trudging up the paths that wound through Colle Secco. The investigations led to nothing, although they were carried out with the utmost care by the tireless Clivetti and his capable assistants. However, one detail had intrigued the inspector on the morning of October 3, a small detail immediately forgotten. Blood had flooded the desk, but there was no trace of it on the floor, where Arrighi's body lay.
Perhaps, the inspector hypothesized, the man had been decapitated on the desk itself, used as a log, and his body then left supine. But it didn't add up. Clivetti tried to imagine the scene of a decapitation, but he couldn't figure out the mystery. Chapter III – Autopsy It was Doctor Burlando who dissected the corpse of Giacomo Arrighi. His head seemed to have been literally detached from his neck, putting pressure, as was established after a careful analysis, on his cheekbones. Giacomo Arrighi had been beheaded at the hands of a surprisingly exceptional force. The necrologist, having completed all the autopsy examinations, took the head and set about recomposing the corpse. Only then was the sepulchral silence of the room broken by Dr. Burlando's blood-curdling screams.
Didn't I tell him?" «Yes, yes, I have already heard this story, Mr. Alberti», added the inspector, returning to look at the man with suspicion. In the following days his agents searched the entire villa and the surrounding countryside, the Phone Number Data woods and the roads, meter by meter, even trudging up the paths that wound through Colle Secco. The investigations led to nothing, although they were carried out with the utmost care by the tireless Clivetti and his capable assistants. However, one detail had intrigued the inspector on the morning of October 3, a small detail immediately forgotten. Blood had flooded the desk, but there was no trace of it on the floor, where Arrighi's body lay.
Perhaps, the inspector hypothesized, the man had been decapitated on the desk itself, used as a log, and his body then left supine. But it didn't add up. Clivetti tried to imagine the scene of a decapitation, but he couldn't figure out the mystery. Chapter III – Autopsy It was Doctor Burlando who dissected the corpse of Giacomo Arrighi. His head seemed to have been literally detached from his neck, putting pressure, as was established after a careful analysis, on his cheekbones. Giacomo Arrighi had been beheaded at the hands of a surprisingly exceptional force. The necrologist, having completed all the autopsy examinations, took the head and set about recomposing the corpse. Only then was the sepulchral silence of the room broken by Dr. Burlando's blood-curdling screams.