The woman is dead, that Detective Patricia Robertson knows for sure. How she got into the washing machine is unknown. One does not just accidentally fall into a side-loading machine. She feels the clammy wet hand of the naked woman.

“Either she was either put into the machine from a shower or someone started a load.” Patricia says to her partner.

Patricia hears a muffled gah-dunk of sheet metal. “Ah!” She feels the familiar burn of soap in her eyes. “Someone’s up there!” She rips down the overhead vent.

“I didn’t know she was in there!” Says the quivering man.