Mystery of an Abandoned Car

Mystery of an Abandoned Car

Spelling  

1) a deserted stretch of road	11) victim was bound and gagged in his       own car
2) an abandoned car	12) a piece of cloth was stuffed into his        mouth
3) dark and dingy road	13) pulled my handy pen-knife out of my       pocket
4) crime scene	14) a series of grisly murders
5) stopped in my tracks	15) a gruesome tale of finding human       remains behind the house
6) gasped in horror	16) brutal murder
7) cautiously took a step closer to the car	17) well-known millionaire
8) body lying motionlessly	18) kidnappers demanded a ransom
9) legs and hands were bloodstained	19) find the culprits
10) a man tied up securely with ropes	20) heaved a sigh of relief

Dictation

I stopped at the entrance of a stretch of deserted road. It was a shortcut to Kelly’s house. Should I use the shortcut? “Yes!” I said firmly to myself. That way, I would reach her house a lot quicker. I strode forward but stopped almost immediately in my tracks. Right in the middle of the dark and dingy road was a car. It was very different from the ones I had seen on the main road. They were all sleek and shiny but this one….. well, it was covered with tiny spiders beginning to make their nasty cobwebs.