It appears to have been blunt force trauma.
Footprint evidence suggests one attacker, but police haven't ruled out a second. The scene is a mess. The victim, a snowman, was cut in half. It wasn't a pretty scene. There was snow everywhere.
Friends and family gathered in small groups near the scene this morning, remembering the once robust snowman. Born October 24th, an internal leaf disease had taken its toll, but Frosty was a fighter and was fully expected to survive the winter. The brutal and senseless attack put those hopes to rest.
A snow-encrusted scarf remains visible amid the carnage.
As a Forensic Identification Officer sifted through the gruesome scene, those gathered outside the police barricade gasped as a light blue scarf, believed to have belonged to the victim, was pulled from the carnage. Some turned away, as the scarf, literally caked with snow, was placed in an evidence bag.
"I saw him yesterday," a teary-eyed neighbour, who refused to give her name, said this morning. "He was always friendly, never had a negative thing to say about anyone. Some felt he was cold, but he had a warm heart. Who, who would do this?"
Frosty is believed to be the 14th victim in a string of snowman homicides around the city of Thompson. Some believe it to be the work of a serial chiller. (sorry!)
Police report a number of suspects will be interviewed following this latest attack, including an out-of-work magician and a second individual, known only as "Heat Miser." Burger Meister, Meister Burger has been ruled out as a suspect in the death, but remains under investigation for a recent rash of toy thefts, also in the Thompson area.
Anyone with any information about this, or any other pre-Christmas crime, is asked to leave a comment. Police will get back to you.
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