The Alley

Romario Hall

Natalio Wheatley

English 104 B

Descriptive Writing

13 February 2017

The Alley

The lightless and lonely alley, home to multiple crimes over the years, was the center of attention again. Police received an anonymous call claiming to have heard arguing coming from the alley well past the time when anyone that is sane would not be there knowing the history of this infamous murder spot. Crudely hidden lay the horribly swollen, motionless body of what appeared to be a young lady in her early teens.

Flies swarm a cylindrical container, surrounded by heap of garbage bags bursting open and leaking, the young lady was slumped over at the side, half-sitting, half-laying on the cold concrete floor with dried blood. Her once bright skin was now dull, grey, and was buried with insects that crawled up and down her tough corpse. Her long silky golden brown hair was scattered in multiple places, dyed with dried blood; crimson. She was staring off into space, her pure light blue eyes were wide open, but her deep turquoise green irises held a sudden sadness. Her clothes, a bright emerald green tunic and some ebony brown leggings, were painted with blood.The corpse smelled like a rotting piece of meat with a couple drops of cheap perfume and poop. It was a obvious her bowels had been released. What is the reason for her to be at this place? Losing one of her shoe and the other the heel broken off, broken fingernails evidently showed that she tried to fight for her life.

Along the alley, merely evident in the shadows cast by the two half lit street light  above the back door of the building next door lay hidden among the waste and garbage what appeared to be the Ball-peen hammer used to end the life of this innocent young teenager. Nevertheless for the time of night, this evil doing might as well have gone behind the curtains.

Throughout the early evening until local shops and bars closed any howls coming from the quiet, dark lonely alley would normally have gone unnoticed, they would have been muffled out by the constant loud noises of drunkards and college students out partying and enjoying life.However , An Informant comes forward a and gives a report of the suspect.

The suspect was a Caucasian male, just about six feet tall of average build.His accent was of Irish decent .His complexion was pale and he had a perfectly groomed beard. He looked mature, possibly between 35 and 45 years of age. He was wearing dirty khaki pants, a white, short-sleeve tee shirt with a Stone Island logo on the back, and Timberland like shoes. He had several tattoos, most noticeable the goblin on his neck, a black baseball cap, and his hair, dirty blonde in colour, hung through the hole at back of the cap to about shoulder length.