It was clear that she was the brains of the operation.Īfter we finished up at the scene we brought Bonnie and Clyde back to the station and stashed them in separate interrogation rooms. Bonnie kept nudging him, trying to get him to stay quiet. The mob? Like the mob would steal a car, leave a body in it, then just leave it out in the open in good working condition for anyone to find. He also kept feeding the lamest excuses to anyone around who would listen: The car had been stolen and they'd just gotten it back, they never look in the trunk, he thinks the mob may have somehow been involved. Clyde though, it was obvious he'd sing like a canary if we needed him to - he'd already sweat through his undershirt by the time I first saw him.

Bonnie looked cool as a cucumber, as if she hadn't been caught red-handed in a car with a corpse in the trunk. I'm sure one of the Uni's had made one before that, but they deferred to his seniority and laughed anyway. It's a husband and wife team, and Henderson's the first one to make a crack referring to them as Bonnie and Clyde. So the perps are sitting on the side of the road all cuffed and ready to go when we get there. And I thought this was gonna' be just another dull Saturday night. Well, to his credit he detained the perps while the rear-ender called the cops (who let him skate on the ticket by the way) and now here we are having happened upon one of the most open and shut cases in the history of the department.

Man, I would have loved to see the look on his face when he found out what he was really dealing with. The other driver is about to pull out his insurance information and beg the people he just hit to keep the cops out of it when he sees a human hand dangling out of the back of the car! He said it was even wearing some cheap costume jewelry that was reflecting the light off the street lamps and shining like the frickin' Star of Bethlehem! Everybody in a three mile radius could see it plain as day.Īt this point you'd expect the perps in the first car to let a little bumper job slide under the circumstances and high-tail it out of there, but here's the best part: The perps almost hit the car in front of them, and the guy in that car got out to tell them watch it 'cause there's kids in his car. First officer on the scene says it's a simple rear-ender, no fatalities or major injuries, but the force of the crash pops the front car's trunk open and, surprise surprise, also shakes up the fresh stiff they got hiding in there.

Dirt Nap Rhapsody by Jules Cassard