Officer Jim Kurring responds to a disturbance call at an apartment, where he encounters a defensive and hostile woman named Marcie. The routine investigation quickly escalates when Jim discovers a dead body hidden in her bedroom closet.
JIM KURRING: I got a call of a disturbance, your door was open, I just wanna see what's goin' on --
MARCIE: There's no disturbance.
JIM KURRING: Then you've got nothin' to worry about.
MARCIE: You don't tell me, I know my rights, just come right in, you can't --
JIM KURRING: Don't test me, you wanna
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