Most people accepted Victor von Doom's explanation. No one thought it had been carefully planned, either. They all agreed that Jared Arden had simply been unlucky enough to kill himself with a ricochet.
Little did they know it had all been calculated by a Kryptonian's Super Brain. But the truth was so outlandish that even if Henry came forward and admitted it, few would believe him.
Creating a misunderstanding and causing a death had been Henry's goal all along. He certainly wasn't going to explain what he had done. Boasting just to prove himself, then rushing to land himself in prison, would be idiotic.
He merely turned to Aether Hepburn, who had hurried over to check on him. "Please call the police for me. Since I'm involved in this, and I'm innocent, I ought to have it on record with them."
One important principle of modern law was to preserve credible evidence. Assuming you could leave a scene because you were innocent or a victim only gave someone else a chance to shift the blame onto you or frame you.
But this was no ordinary place. Even if someone called the police, the officers couldn't simply walk in. As the owner of the mansion, Christine Mellon could refuse entry to any officer without a search warrant.
The police would have a legal right to enter if, for example, someone posing an immediate danger to the public ran inside right before their eyes. A fire or someone inside urgently needing medical care would also qualify as an exception.
The situation at the Mellon mansion fell into a gray area. If the police determined that someone inside was destroying important evidence of a crime, they could force their way in without a warrant.
Two people had died inside today. At an ordinary