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A group of Kids discover a dead body.

The memory of the dead body haunted them for years

By M Burhan KhanPublished 3 years ago 3 min read

The sun was just starting to set as a group of children ran through the dense forest, playing their favorite game of hide-and-seek. They laughed and shouted as they darted through the trees, trying to find the perfect hiding spot. But their game came to a sudden halt when they stumbled upon something that no child should ever have to see.

At first, they thought it was just a pile of clothes or a discarded mannequin. But as they got closer, they saw that it was a human body lying still on the ground. They froze in shock and horror, unable to comprehend what they were looking at. One of the boys mustered the courage to approach the body and saw that the person was clearly dead.

The children were all screaming and crying as they ran back to the nearest house to tell someone what they had found. They found a group of adults and breathlessly told them what they had discovered. The adults immediately called the police, who arrived on the scene within minutes. The area was quickly cordoned off, and the children were taken away to be questioned by the police.

For days afterward, the small town was in shock. News of the discovery spread quickly, and everyone was talking about the tragic event. The identity of the victim was not immediately known, but rumors began to circulate that it was someone from the town who had gone missing a few weeks earlier.

The children who had found the body were traumatized by the experience. They had nightmares for weeks afterward and were too scared to go back into the forest. They couldn't stop thinking about the dead body they had seen, and they felt guilty for not being able to help the victim.

The police investigation continued, but progress was slow. The victim's identity was eventually confirmed, and it was indeed someone from the town who had gone missing. He was a young man in his twenties, well-liked by everyone who knew him. The cause of death was determined to be a gunshot wound to the chest, but the motive and the perpetrator remained a mystery.

The town was gripped by fear and suspicion. No one knew who had killed the young man, and everyone was afraid that the killer was still on the loose. Parents were hesitant to let their children play outside, and the forest where the body had been found was avoided by everyone.

The police conducted an extensive investigation, but they had few leads. There were no witnesses to the crime, and no one had seen anything suspicious in the area. The town was at a loss as to how to move forward.

Months went by, and the investigation seemed to be at a standstill. The town began to slowly return to normal, but the memory of the dead body lingered. The children who had found the body were still struggling to come to terms with what they had seen, and some of them were in therapy to help them deal with their trauma.

Then, one day, a breakthrough in the case was made. The police received a tip from an anonymous source that led them to a suspect. The suspect was a young man who had been seen in the area around the time of the murder. He had a history of violence and had been in trouble with the law before.

The police arrested the suspect, and he was brought to trial. The evidence against him was strong, and he was eventually found guilty of murder. He was sentenced to life in prison, and the town breathed a collective sigh of relief.

But for the children who had found the body, the relief was bittersweet. They were glad that the killer had been caught, but they could never forget the trauma they had experienced. They had lost their innocence that day in the forest, and they knew that their lives would never be the same.

The memory of the dead body haunted them for years to come

AdventureHorrorShort Story

About the Creator

M Burhan Khan

A Fantasy Lover, A Fantasy Writer

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