Detectives had been staking out the house for several weeks.

侦探们已对这所房子监视了几个星期。

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The detectives resumed their vigil at the house.

侦探们又开始在那楝房子警戒了。

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If detectives on the scene have begun witness interviews, they may offer details that point the CSI to a particular room of the house or type of evidence.

如果现场的侦探开始询问目击者，他们可能会提供指向某个特定房间的具体线索或者证据类型的信息。

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Detectives have carried out house-to-house inquiries in Irvine Drive and have appealed for any residents who lived in the area at the same time as Peter Tobin to get in touch with them.

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Police said Mr. Santana had been questioned by detectives at the 78th Precinct Station House on Sixth Avenue in Park Slope until about midnight and was then led to a precinct holding cell.

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Detectives said they were now focusing on the area around Gas House Road.

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