They made their way back down to the first level of the mill and returned to the spot where the chain saw was discovered. They approached the weapon's resting place, only to find that it had disappeared.

"Who the hell took the damned thing?" Morley exclaimed.

"I'm sure the guys from Forensic's have it," Stax replied, even as he scanned the area to see if the weapon had possibly been placed elsewhere. "I wouldn't worry too much about it, Chief, but we should get back to the others before they leave without us. If anything were to happen, way down here, no one could hear us."

"Really?" Morley asked, as a slight grin slipped across his lips.

A few minutes later, the other officers noticed that Stax and Morley had not returned with the murder weapon, so some of them decided to go look for them. As they moved down the stairs, the coughing growl of a chain saw motor rang out. Racing through the mill and making their way to the back of the building, they were stunned and horrified to find their boss standing over the decapitated body of Detective Stax.

Once Morley realized that his fellow officers were clustered around him with their guns drawn, he cut the saw's motor, looked at them innocently and asked, "What?"