The security guard found the body of the vice president of marketing, Stephen Jones, at 6:39 a.m. Mr. Jones had signed in over twelve hours ago at the front desk and had not bothered to check in since. Although missing a "check" in or even several "check-ins" was not unusual, missing "check in's" for 12 hours was out of the ordinary and therefore the security guard was dispatched to find out if everything was in order.

The first indication that something was amiss was that the door to Mr. Jones' office was dead bolted from inside of the office. After the discovery of the locked door,...

The security guard found the body of the vice president of marketing, Stephen Jones, at 6:39 a.m. Mr. Jones had signed in over twelve hours ago at the front desk and had not bothered to check in since. Although missing a "check" in or even several "check-ins" was not unusual, missing "check in's" for 12 hours was out of the ordinary and therefore the security guard was dispatched to find out if everything was in order.

The first indication that something was amiss was that the door to Mr. Jones' office was dead bolted from inside of the office. After the discovery of the locked door,...