Captain Davis knew when a scene had been staged

And this one was absolutely right on the mark.

The way the victim had been stabbed, did not seem right.

For a long while, he stood, watching everything carefully as the Texan commandeered the situation, asking questions, making sure that the crime scene was not contaminated. A couple of greedy eyed journalists had turned up and Captain Davis felt a deep distaste for them as he looked at them, waving their mics in front of anyone in sight, a cameraman chewing gum in a desultory way.

The vultures would do anything for a story; he thought bitterly and turned his back...