First Responders Are Sharing The Most Tragic, Horrific, And Bizarre Cases They’ve Worked On

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“My partner and I got a tip from a narcotics source to check out an abandoned bowling alley for some activity. It was the middle of the day, so we didn’t expect anything to be going on right then. We called in and pulled up from the back entrance to have a look around. Lo and behold, there were heavy chains on all the doors except for one side door, where the chain had been cut with an angle grinder or something similar. The bowling alley faced a fairly busy highway, so our first thought was that local drug dealers were using it as a convenient stash/pack spot, or that there were squatters inside. We pulled our weapons and flashlights, called for another car, and went in.”

“A quick look around, and it was obvious that people had been there: empty beer cans, cigarette butts everywhere, some boxes of sandwich bags sitting out on the little tables. The place smelled like 20 years’ worth of cigarette smoke, mildew, wet wood, old plastic, rusty metal, and musty seat cushions.

I don’t remember who saw her first, my partner or me. There was a woman at the far end of the lanes, away from the door and hidden from the front windows. She was lying on the floor between two benches, as if she were passed out drunk.

Her head was completely removed, crudely and raggedly, as though it was sawn off. We stared at her for a few seconds, taking it all in, the colors washed out somewhat by the harsh beams of our bright taclights. All my partner could muster was the word, ‘Goddamn.’ I barfed into my mouth before the smell even really registered. The scene was a couple of days old, and the metallic, rotting smell was trapped inside the building.”

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