The outside of the property is fairly standard. Unlike a lot of other houses on the road it has not been modified at all, and still has the original frontage, the original plane sloped roof, the original garage that is far too small to put a modern sized car in. The house was built in the 1950s in the post-war boom, and looks like it hasn't had much by way of care and attention lavished on it.<br/><br/>The driveway is clear of weeds, though, and there are two obvious tyre marks in the gravel, where a vehicle is regularly parked. In between them the gravel is stained a little darker. The first responders are standing by the door restricting access to the crime scene to avoid further contamination. Gallatino is looking somewhat green about the gills. Yalsa is clearly made of sterner stuff. He nods as Bennett shows his badge. "Detective. I've got Pringle and Reed interviewing the neighbours, Evans is taking the caller's statement. She's a real nosey b- Ah, lady, knows pretty much everything that goes on. There's some guys from traffic on their way, should be here any time, going to close the road off. The .. ah... vic is in the kitchen. Through here..."<br/><br/>The lock on the front door is undamaged, if in need of some oil. The door itself could use a lick of paint - in keeping with the general feel of the property. There is no sign of a forced entry at the front.<br/><br/>The front room is a total mess. It has been systematically trashed. Books swept from bookshelves. Box-files tipped onto the floor, leaving seemingly random piles of paper strewn about. Trinkets that clearly once stood on some shelves judging by the imprints in the dust are scattered on the floor. There is a rectangle of brighter colour on one wall, with a nail poking out near the top. Clearly the place where a picture of some sort had hung until recently. There is no sign of whatever might have hung there. A dresser against one wall shows clear dust marks too, most likely belonging to the smashed crockery on the floor. The drawers have all been pulled out and emptied. There is a single solid silver tea spoon underneath the dresser. The rest of the cutlery and other knick-knacks are all worthless and none of them match the tea spoon.<br/><br/>The kitchen is well equipped and is the only room in the house that has not been trashed.<br/><br/>The back door is closed. The key to the<a class="link link--external" data-proxy-href="/proxy.php?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.screwfix.com%2Fis%2Fimage%2F%2Fae235%3Fsrc%3Dae235%2F41089_P%26%24prodImageMedium%24&amp;hash=ce8d276358f87a0fee20eefb85e94a3d" href="https://media.screwfix.com/is/image//ae235?src=ae235/41089_P&amp;$prodImageMedium$" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">mortice lock </a>is in the lock on the inside of the door. The door is made of glass panes 8" square and the one right above the lock and door handle has been smashed. There are slivers of broken glass on the floor inside the kitchen, just beneath the door.<br/><br/>The door leading to the kitchen is open. Lying on the floor in the kitchen, just inside the door is<a class="link link--external" data-proxy-href="/proxy.php?link=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.xl.thumbs.canstockphoto.com%2Fstressed-or-angry-fat-middle-aged-man-stock-video_csp52566369.jpg&amp;hash=a9b0c62ba4c437bff5ab15680d9d3f38" href="https://cdn.xl.thumbs.canstockphoto.com/stressed-or-angry-fat-middle-aged-man-stock-video_csp52566369.jpg" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">the victim.</a>He is lying on his side looking almost like he has been placed in the recovery position. He is wearing a pair of pale blue boxers and a tee shirt with the logo of the Ubiquitous Beefies baseball team on. The front of the tee (which is normally a bright crimson) is stained dark red. There is a large red puddle of drying blood on the pale cream floor tiles.<br/><br/>One end of the kitchen counter looks like the laminate has broken off leaving a<a class="link link--external" data-proxy-href="/proxy.php?link=http%3A%2F%2Fceladores.me%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F05%2Frepair-formica-countertop-feat-repair-products-kitchen-s-laminate-repairs-missing-or-broken-simple-s-large-for-make-stunning-repair-laminate-countertop-water-damage-998.jpg&amp;hash=a9c930d216a89647b8945416a6e22f9d" href="http://celadores.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/repair-formica-countertop-feat-repair-products-kitchen-s-laminate-repairs-missing-or-broken-simple-s-large-for-make-stunning-repair-laminate-countertop-water-damage-998.jpg" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">slightly jagged surface</a>.<br/><br/>Oh, and there is a massive smeared footprint in the puddle of blood, as though someone stepped in it without realising it was there and slipped.