I arranged myself beside the table and opened the folder Mr. Ribbons had given me. I glanced through the sheet briefing the case: the victim was Mr. Stephen Bowlin, white male, age 52, stabbed to death in his apartment in North Christie. The evidence found at the crime scene included a piece of fabric torn from a women's overcoat, a bloody handprint, and a threatening note written by a left-handed person. There were seven known suspects. The piece of fabric had matched the overcoat of Mr. Bowlin's loan shark, Ms. Linda Rittenhouse, but her alibi for the time of the murder had been confirmed. The handprint and the handwriting didn't match any of the known suspects. Apparently, Mr. Ribbons hadn't listed his acquaintance as one of the suspects.