'And just how did he happen to end up in the dumpster?'

Manos seemed surprised at the question. 'Whoever killed him hid the body there to make time to get away before someone found it. This part of the street gets pretty busy late at night, especially just before sunrise when the bar closes.' He finished the last part with a smirk.

'I bet it does.' Andreas again looked in the dumpster. 'So, where's last night's garbage?' Manos again looked puzzled. 'What do you mean? It's in the dumpster.'

'I see, so when the bar closed last night, probably around sunrise from what you said, whoever dumped the garbage carefully placed it around the body or pulled him out, put the bags in, and then tossed him back on top?' Manos' face was beet-red. Andreas didn't wait for an answer.

'Have you spoken with anyone from the bar?'

'No one's there yet.'

'When you talk to the guy who dumped the garbage, I'm sure he'll swear there was no body in the dumpster when he did. But that corpse has been dead a lot longer than since sunrise.' Andreas shook his head. 'I don't think this is the murder scene. Somebody picked this place to dump the body.'

He gestured for Kouros to get a camera from the car. 'We've got a lot more going on here than just some kid in the wrong place at the wrong time. And who said he's foreign?'

The rookie raised his hand. 'He looks a lot like the Eastern Europeans living around here.'

'With all the intermarriages, so do a lot of Greeks. This kid could be Greek, and if I get a better look at the ring on his finger I might know for sure.' The coroner started toward the body.

Andreas put out his hand to stop him. 'No, Spiros, don't. I want everything videotaped exactly as it is before anyone touches the body. I'll get what I need from this.' He took the camera from Kouros, leaned back in and took a few pictures.

'So, let's see what we have.'



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