Sirens blared.
Several police cars sped into the apartment complex in the South District where the incident had occurred.
The community garden had been sealed off with police tape, and several forensic technicians were carefully examining the scene.
Yang Qi and Chen Jifeng, along with several officers, were led to the center of the garden by an officer from the local precinct.
The garden wasn't large. It had a slide, a swing set, and a small patch of lawn.
"It's this tree."
The precinct officer pointed to a thick, horizontal branch on a willow tree not far from the slide and explained, "According to a resident in the building opposite, around five in the evening yesterday, they saw a rather large crow land on this branch. It stayed for over ten minutes, cawing every now and then."
"Later, the child came here on a scooter, stopped, and looked up at it. Not long after, they disappeared. By the time the parent came looking, both the child and the crow were gone."
