There was a murder in my neighborhood this week; they found the
body yesterday. He'd been shot.  I was home yesterday all day but I
didn't hear anything. Then I heard on the news that the family of
the victim tried to report him missing on Thursday, but he hadn't
been missing for 24 hours yet, so they couldn't investigate. That
reminded me of a reaction by Rhett and Scarlett on Thursday night,
some time between when I got home from work around 6:30pm and dark.
There was a sharp banging noise and they reacted to the sound the
same way they do to fireworks by puffing up and scattering and
trying to run from the sound. I tried to assure them that it was
outside, and that someone was hammering something. But thinking
back, there were only about 3 or 4 sharp bangs and that doesn't
seem like someone was building something, especially after you hear
there was a murder that could have happened at that exact time.

I reported what I heard to the police and hope someone else heard
or saw something that will help catch the killer. There was no car
at the scene when the body was found, so maybe the killer stole the
victims car, and someone saw something. He was a realtor showing
the empty house he was found in.

Animals are much more in tune with strange sounds than we give them
credit for. We should watch them more and maybe we'd be able to see
the clues. Just think: Scarlett and Rhett may help cats (catch) a
killer.