The first deputies through the front door found Russ standing near the edge of the living room with a phone still pressed against his ear. The dispatcher’s voice could be heard faintly through the receiver while officers stepped past him into the house. One deputy moved directly toward Betsy on the floor beside the couch while another stopped with Russ near the entry, keeping him back with a hand lightly against his arm. “What happened?” Russ looked past the deputy toward the living room before answering. “I came home and found her like that.” The deputy asked if anybody else was inside the house. Russ shook his head once and said no. His breathing still came fast between answers. Blood had dried in streaks across one hand and along the front of his pants where he had wiped his palm earlier without thinking about it. The deputy near Betsy crouched low beside the body, taking the room in piece by piece before touching anything. The living room stayed quiet except for radios, footsteps, and the dispatcher still talking faintly through Russ’s phone. Betsy lay beside the couch where Russ had found her, one arm angled awkwardly near her side, blood spread beneath her into the carpet. The knife protruding from her neck remained untouched. A deputy leaned in close, checking for signs of life while another officer stood back near the hallway watching the rest of the house. Russ kept turning his head toward the floor beside the couch while questions continued around him. “What’s your name?” “Russ Faria.” “How long were you gone tonight?” “A few hours.” “Where were you?” “With friends.” The deputy writing notes asked him to repeat the names slowly while he wrote them down one at a time. Russ rubbed both hands against his jeans between answers, leaving darker smears where blood still hadn’t dried completely...

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