Chapter 115: The Artist III
12 hours later, Jacksons Detective’s Agency
Levi Jackson stood before the whiteboard in his office, wearing a black 3-piece suit, but minus the jacket. He stared at the case board, looking at the facts and evidence written on it. It wasn’t much if he was honest and he has yet to determine a lot of things.
When Davies called him to the case he thought the older gentleman was just being stupid, nothing unusual.
But looking at it closely, it piqued his interest. Was it accidental, suicide or was it homicide? They need to figure it out.
Levi gazed at the center of the board, where a photo of Michael Scott was taped. The man was 38 years old, he had blue eyes and long dark blond hair that reached his shoulders.
Michael Scott was far from a rich man, nor was he considered a successful artist. His personal life was not any better either, he was a single man, no known romantic relationship for the past 6 years. And his only source of regular income was the apartment rent from his tenants, something he inherited from his late parents.
Unfortunately, business had been bad too, since a lot had moved somewhere else and he couldn’t seem to get new ones, because of how outdated the building was.
The background check Joe had done showed that he was behind his bills, and he hasn’t been purchasing anything lead-related online. He had also been receiving complaints from his tenants for a lot of pending repairs. For example some days there’s no hot water, sometimes the pipes and toilets are clogged, or there’s leakage here and there when it rains. But regardless of all these shortcomings, the majority of the tenants are happy staying there for it was cheap.
Levi also noted the fact that people who knew Michael considered him as a nice bloke. But he was also considered to be a loner, he had no notable friends that visited him regularly, and spent most of his time painting in his studio. To say the least, he was living a miserable life, so it made Levi wonder, did he kill himself?
Was this just a classic case of suicide? He had a history of depression, suicide, and self-harm. And like Sam, he too had been misdiagnosed with autistism when he was young.
Not only that, based on his stepmother, he had also been having trouble sleeping. All are consistent with a pattern of suicide cases.
But he didn’t leave a note, and Levi knew all too well that they always leave a note in some way or form.