Incident report

date

22-09-1968 08:20

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(anonymised)

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At 8:20 we received a call from Tetsells Green police station, (anonymised) found her partner, (anonymised), drowned in the pool. Due to lack of local resources and potential interest of the media, the case was assigned to Kingswood Police, with (anonymised) in charge of investigation. As we were informed, the victim was a prolific musician, so the local police force was assigned to secure the area until detectives arrive.


Report of the investigating officer

date

22-09-1968 08:50

author

(anonymised)

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(anonymised) was found in his Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, drowned in the swimming pool located on his own residence in (anonymised), Tetsells Green, Gloucestershire. The deceased bought the small cottage four months ago and adapted a nearby outbuilding to be a music studio. The second outbuilding was turned into a garage for one of his cars. The swimming pool was located between the cottage and that studio.

(anonymised) arrived by taxi from Kingswood train station about 8 AM, she searched the cottage, but was unable to find (anonymised). When she went through the back door to the sound studio, she noticed a car sunk in the swimming pool, but first she checked if (anonymised) is in the studio. When she inspected the car, she noticed that there is someone inside, she rushed to the house and called the police.

On first inspection we found no evidence of forced entry into the house, garage or the studio, according to (anonymised) nothing is missing from the house.



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