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Here is a report from the scene of the crime:

At approximately 6:15 PM on Monday, September 13, 2010, Rebecca Langsford left her house to go to dinner with her longtime friend and high school sweetheart, Kurt Demisky. “I kissed Will [her husband] goodbye and left,” she told police, “I can remember he had just got back from work a few minutes ago and was tired. I was disappointed we couldn’t spend the night together, as we usually do, but this was my only time to see Kurt and Will had some work he needed to do. I still can smell that awful tea he was drinking. Every day he comes home from work and makes himself this herbal tea he gets in Chinatown. I don’t trust it, I’ve seen the store. I’m a coffee person myself anyways.”  Ms. Langsford left to dinner while William Langsford stayed at home, doing work around the house according to his wife. Three hours later, approximately 9:30 PM, William’s longtime friend and business partner, Greg Lorenberg, arrived at the Langsford house to discuss some work items with William. “I knew he was home because I saw his car in the driveway. I got to the door and waited for a while for him to open it. I figured he was out back listening to his iPod at a blaring level. So I got the key they keep in this fake rock in the garden and came in.”  William Langsford was found dead by Greg at around 10:45 PM that night. He called 911 immediately, and the police notified Ms. Langsford who “dropped everything and rushed to the house”. Mr. Langsford was found lying face-down on the ground with a cup in his hand, and tea spilt on the floor. There were no signs of rough play, wounds aside from those caused by the landing on the floor, or bleeding. The coroner announced that his cause of death was internal poisoning by an unknown substance. It was unknown how long he had been dead for when he was found, though it is more likely that he had been dead for less than an hour. The police asked Mr. Lorenberg why it took him over an hour to call 911. “Well I waited for a good while outside. Then, when I got in, Scruffy [the Langsfords’ dog] bounded up to me. I’ve known Scruffy for a while and didn’t suspect anything bad happened to Will, so I took Scruffy out for a bit. We played catch and he did his business. Then I went back inside and found Will dead after looking for a few minutes.”  Ms. Langsford arrived on scene at 11:00 PM with Kurt Demisky. Unlike the relatively calm Lorenberg, Ms. Langsford, William’s wife of 15 years, was extremely distraught at finding out her husband had died. Despite this, Mr. Lorenberg quickly accused Rebecca of murdering her husband. “I know you are having an affair with that Kurt guy. You say that he is only in town for a few days, but I saw you two together a week ago at a café making kissy-faces! You only married Will because of his money!” he said. Though reluctant to leave, Mr. Demisky had to leave early so he could get ready for his flight to Europe early the next morning. Further investigations discovered that Ms. Langsford also had a plane ticket for Europe, Milan exactly, for three days later. This caused Greg to further point his finger. “I always go to Milan to see the latest in Fall fashion! You even know that, Greg!” Ms. Langsford said, “Just because Kurt is going to the same continent around the same time as me, doesn’t mean we are going to kill my husband and run off with his money! And…..yes. I admit it. I have been having an affair. It has only been going on for two weeks, but I assumed it would end even though Kurt was going to Rome…..”  “So he is going to the same country as you, too!” Mr. Lorenberg said. “What about you, Greg?” answered Ms. Langsford, “Why do you seem like you are perfectly innocent? You were the first one to see him dead, and Scruffy never takes more than 20 minutes to do his business, even with a game of fetch. He is an old dog, he tires quickly.”  Ms. Langsford, being the most likely culprit, was arrested for the murder of William Langsford because she was accused of poisoning his daily tea, thereby killing him.

Here is the picture the police took upon arrival at the scene.