Shocking Realization: Suicide!

This is my first "shocking realization" and I think its a great debut:

I SAW HALF OF A DEAD PERSON. Capital letters are really important here. Leah and I were driving home on Saturday night at midnight when we came upon two fire trucks and a cop car or two. There was a stopped train and lots of flashlights. The authorities hadn't been there long and we were the first to arrive after them. I cracked the window and heard a lot of dogs barking. Our lane was blocked so we had time to kill. I made Leah move closer so I could get a better look. The street lights follow the train tracks because they are right beside of a little green-way that runs through town (my cycling path), making the severed bottom half of a very unfortunate person perfectly visible. It was a shocking realization if I've ever had one. The legs and ankles looked thin. The feet wore orange flip flops and the legs sported navy sweat pants that appeared to be too small. There was nothing gruesome besides the blood that had stained the groin area of the pants black. Oh and the MISSING TORSO. His flip flops were still on his feet and his legs were in a spread eagle position. Nothing vulgar or distasteful. More comfortable than anything. Anyway, as you can imagine there was a lot of gagging and screaming in our vehicle. The usual carrying-on. There is no police report or anything and I finally found out today that it was a "homeless person". They won't give any other details. Leah and I thought it looked like a child aged 12-14 years. Based on the size of the feet. I mean that's all there was to base this observation on. I'm going to Nancy Drew this mystery until I figure out all of the details. I even went so far as to post an accident report on some accident report database website thing. The internet makes detective work a breeze.

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