'What are you thinking, sir?' Perkins asked.
'Well, from the state of the room, it doesn't look like anything's been taken although we'll have to do a full inventory check on any jewellery still lying about the place. But I think we can safely rule out an opportunistic thief who took it upon himself to up the ante and add granny killing to his list of crimes. Quite possibly we are looking at a crime of passion.' Milburn ran his eyes up and down Ethel's large- almost obese- body. 'Although if passion had a pulse, we might also be investigating a missing person's case too.' He straightened his back. 'They're going to have to roll this one down the stairs to get her into the ambulance, you know.'
There was a slight pause. 'Really, sir?'