The Dusty Suitcase

Detective Mallory was called to investigate a bank robbery that happened two days ago in a nearby town. A young couple ran off with twenty thousand dollars. The girl, who was called Teri, had long brown hair, brown eyes, and was very slender. Her boyfriend, Ron, was average weight and a little taller than the girl. Kari drives around her neighborhood looking for garage sales. She suddenly comes upon a sale six blocks west of her house. As Kari parks her car, she notices a rather handsome young looking man enter the house. Kari climbs out of her car and walks over to the items. She sees a very old dusty suitcase at a garage sale. The owner says, "This suitcase has not been opened for years, so I don't have any idea what's in the suitcase."

"Why are you selling it without knowing what's in it?"

"I just didn't want to take the time to open it. I'm in a hurry to sell these items, so I can leave town." "I see. Where are you going?"

"Mexico. My boyfriend and I are leaving in the morning."

"By the way, I'm Kari."

"I'm Teri. Before I forget. The suitcase is locked, but I do have the key." She gave Kari the key, and Kari walked back to her car.

When Kari returned home, she took suitcase to her bedroom and set it on the bed. Then, she took the rusty key and unlocked the suitcase. Kari stood in awe as she looked at the contents. "Wow! Money! This is weird. I wonder why the owner didn't realize there was money hidden inside. Maybe she did. Oh no! Maybe this is stolen money!" Kari closed the suitcase and sat on the edge of her bed as she pondered over her situation. Finally, she said, "I've got to tell the police.

Kari took the money and hid it under her bed. Then, she called Detective Mallory and asked him to come over as soon as possible.

Within a half hour, Detective Mallory arrived at Kari's house. "Hi, Kari, what's wrong?"

"I have something to show you. It's in my bedroom. I'll go get it."

"Okay."

Kari brought out the dusty suitcase and opened it. "I bought this suitcase at a garage sale today. When I brought it home, I opened it and saw all this money."

As Detective Mallory studied the money, he said, "This is the money that was stolen in a bank robbery two days ago. Where did you say you got it?"

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