- The April Murders - By Daniel Merlin Goodbrey

Yeah? What?
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  Warren Maxwell.
Insurance Salesman.
Age 28.
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1/4/2001.
April Fool's Day.

Maxwell's charred remains are discovered inside the Hopgood Family's recently installed wood burning stove.
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Grrrnnkk?
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Honey, do you smell something funny?
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8/4/2001.
Palm Sunday.

A number of animals escape from a local wildlife sanctuary. Frank Hopgood is surprised during the act of washing the family car and is trampled to death by an enraged Hippo.
13/4/2001.
Good Friday.

The corpse of Mrs. Joan Hopgood is found nailed to a cross on the wall opposite the village post office.




Is that lady
sleeping,
Mummy?
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15/4/2001.
Easter Sunday.

The Hopgood's estranged daughter, Jane, is found dead in the street. Last seen leaving her flat to buy some milk from the local corner shop. Cause of death unknown.
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Jones! Come have a look at this!
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Meeerrrow.
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The police officers called to the scene describe Jane Hopgood's body as apparently being 'guarded' by several members of the local feral cat population.
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16/4/2001.
Easter Monday.

Satinder Maxwell is taken into custody by the police.
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I killed my brother.
She confesses to Warren Maxwell's murder. She also confesses to the murders of Frank, Joan and Jane Hopgood.
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I killed Mr. Hopgood.
She states that she undertook the killings as part of a ritual designed to avert the coming of the apocalypse.
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I killed Mrs. Hopgood.
She believes that the world was going to end on May 1st of that year.
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I killed their daughter.
But now it wouldn't. Because of her.
Goodbye.
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I saved the world.

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23/4/2001.
St. George's Day.

Satinder Maxwell is found dead in her cell. Cause of death unknown.
1/5/2001.
May Day.

The world
does not end.
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