Mr. Ballin

Faust nodded, and then the photographer opened the door

And Faust immediately saw what he was talking about.

I mean, there was blood spattered all over the walls, the floor, the windows, and the mattress.

He felt his heart sink as he realized that with this much blood loss, they probably would not be finding their victim alive here.

But he knew it was going to be very hard to figure out what had happened here or who was responsible until they found her dead or alive.

And so Faust stepped into the room closer to the bed where a forensic technician was swabbing for fingerprints.

The mattress was completely soaked in blood and on one of the pillows, he could clearly see a bloody handprint.

He figured it either belonged to Bonnie or her kidnapper, but they'd have to wait for test results to be sure.

Faust stepped back and he noticed that the sheets had been partially pulled off the bed and were sort of balled up on the middle of the mattress.

And to him, it seemed like, you know, given how much blood is in here and the fact that obviously Bonnie is not here, that clearly some sort of long and violent struggle took place in this room.

And it seemed to him like the struggle must have originated on the bed.

And maybe even the bulk of the struggle was happening on the bed.

I mean, it's soaked in blood and the sheets are all messed up.

And he's thinking, you know, very likely then Bonnie was in bed when the attack began.

Faust also noticed there was a folding knife with a red handle on the mattress.

And there was also a purse that had been poured out.

There were multiple credit cards and a checkbook that were just sitting on the bed.

And the fact that these items were not stolen made Faust think that robbery probably was not part of the motive for whatever happened to Bonnie.

But then something on the floor by the bed caught Faust's eye.

After double-checking that the room had already been photographed, Faust put on a pair of gloves and then crouched down and he picked it up.