Soon, the administrator led Violet and Calvin to the location where Stanley had jumped into the river.
Violet looked down, the river below was swift, and the rocks towered, it was scary to look at. If one wasn't careful, one could smash on the rocks and fall into serious injury.
Violet didn't know if Stanley had smashed on a rock at that time, but with such a swift river, it was dangerous enough.
"Mommy, could Daddy have been choking and drowning at that time?" Calvin asked as he took Violet's hand.
Violet shook her head, "I don't know either."
Calvin lowered his eyes and didn't ask any more questions.
Violet turned her head to look at the administrator, "Come on, keep taking me down this river."
"Yes, Mrs. Murphy." The administrator nodded.
Several people made their way to the river downstream.
As Violet walked, she observed the surroundings, trying to see if there were any clues.
"Has it rained in the past few days?" Violet asked.
The administrator shook his head, "No, there have been cloudy days for a while, but no rain."
"Mommy, what are you asking that for?" Calvin was curious.
Violet pursed her red lips, "I was just thinking that if Stanley had gone up from the river at that time, then maybe there would be some kind of trace left on the shore, as long as it didn't rain, that trace should be able to stay for some time, but it's just my guess, I don't know if it's true or not."
"Give it a try." Fraser said, "It's true that we hadn't thought of this before, but it is possible, because both sides of the river are muddy If Mr. Murphy had gone ashore at that moment, with his wet shoes, he would soon have left footprints on the muddy ground."
"Right." The administrator hammered his palms, "Then Mrs. Murphy, I'll send someone along both sides of the river looking for signs."
"Okay." Violet nodded her head.
Fraser went to help as well, and Violet led Calvin on down the road.
Near the end of the river, they heard Fraser's shout from the other side of the river, "Mrs. Murphy, I found something!"
Fraser waved his hand excitedly.
Violet's heart beat fast.
Calvin grabbed her hand, "Mommy, is Uncle Fraser saying that traces of Daddy were found?"
"I suppose so." Violet's voice trembled as she replied, unable to hide her excitement.
Fraser rowed a small boat to Violet and Calvin.
"Mrs. Murphy, Calvin, come up, I'll take you there." Fraser said.
Violet hastily responded, then carried Calvin to the boat.
A minute later, the three crossed the wide river to the other side.
The administrator and the others were waiting for Violet.
When Violet came over, the administrator pointed to a pile of grass that had fallen to the ground below and said, "Mrs. Murphy, I suspect that this grass is what Mr. Murphy crushed at that time. Look at the grasses next to it, they are all upright on them without a single problem, just this piece of grass is limp, obviously something crushed them into this state at that time, that's why these grasses are in this condition."
"Stanley!" Violet's hands trembled with excitement, and her eyes burst with hope.
Fraser said, "That's right, we suspect it is Mr. Murphy, because from the area where this grass was overwhelmed, it exactly matches the width of a person's body size, maybe Mr. Murphy was in this place at that time and tried to get to the shore, but due to lack of strength, he collapsed in this place."
"But you didn't find Stanley back here, where did Stanley go?" Violet bit her lip.
She already had a suspicion in her mind that Stanley might have been taken away.
She just didn't know if it was Ivan, or someone else.
When Ivan was here at the beginning, wanting to kill Stanley, then since Stanley jumped into the river, he would send someone to wait by the river and take Stanley away.
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