Case Details: Body found well above high tide line. Unidentified evenly-spaced animal bites on back are not fatal wounds. Deeper than dog or bear bites, creature unknown.

Four front knife wounds: Upper right chest (lefthanded strike), upper right chest (righthanded strike), center chest (bothhanded), groin (underhanded). Victim may have also drowned after physical trauma.

• Toxicology (drugs in system): All the drugs.
• Hair had been recently shorn.
• Was a known surfer, layabout and blatherskite, but could be charming when in desire of something.