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<speak>   <prosody rate="0.9">     The case did not begin with sirens or panic.   </prosody>       <break time="800ms"/>   <prosody rate="0.9">     It began with something far more subtle...    </prosody>   <break time="500ms"/>       <prosody volume="soft" rate="0.85">     absence.   </prosody>   <break time="1s"/>   <prosody rate="default">     On an ordinary Wednesday morning, a desk remained untouched.   </prosody>   <break time="500ms"/>   Coffee gone cold. <break time="300ms"/>    Computer asleep. <break time="300ms"/>    Chair slightly pulled back.   <break time="800ms"/>   <prosody rate="1.1">     At first, no one worried. People are late. Plans change. Life intervenes.   </prosody>   <break time="800ms"/>   <prosody rate="0.95">     But hours became days, and days became an uncomfortable silence.   </prosody>       <break time="600ms"/>       Calls went unanswered. Messages remained unread.   <break time="500ms"/>   <prosody volume="soft" rate="0.9">     A routine life had quietly stopped.   </prosody>   <break time="1s"/>   The apartment offered no comfort.   <break time="400ms"/>   Keys on the table. <break time="300ms"/> Wallet undisturbed. <break time="300ms"/> Phone resting on the kitchen counter.   <break time="1s"/>   <prosody rate="0.85">     No one walks away from their entire existence.   </prosody>   <break time="1s"/>   <prosody rate="default">     There were no signs of forced entry. No broken locks. No scattered belongings. No visible struggle.   </prosody>       <break time="600ms"/>       Everything appeared frozen, as if time itself had hesitated.   <break time="1.2s"/>   Some crimes are defined by violence. <break time="400ms"/> Others by precision.       <break time="1s"/>       <prosody rate="0.85" volume="loud">     This one... was defined by silence.   </prosody> </speak>