Read Online Muti Nation by Monique Snyman - Free Book Online Page A
Authors: Monique Snyman
Tags: BluA
Ads: Link
knocked him unconscious. According to the victim’s statement, when he awoke he was bound to a kitchen chair and gagged and looking at two masked assailants, both wearing leather jackets, jeans, and ski masks.
“One carried a panga and the other one took the steak knife I had defended myself with,” said Lucky Zingithwa.
Upon his awareness, the assailants tortured the victim through repeated beatings before being cut across his body with the kitchen knives. One of the assailants found a clothing iron, plugged it into the electricity socket, and used it to burn the left side of the victim’s face. Thereafter, the assailants went on to remove the victim’s teeth and eyes and hack off one of his feet.
There is no sign of the victim’s body parts in or around the residence or surrounding neighbourhood, which makes this—possibly—a muti-related attack. Christiaan Snyders, occult-crime specialist, was called in to consult on the case (Snyders International—Case File: #23-CS).
After the assault/attempted murder, the two suspects fled through the front door. No witnesses have come forward to indicate whether the suspects had a getaway car.
A neighbour, Lebo Jacobs, heard commotion but thought the victim was having a domestic squabble with one of his girlfriends at the time. He asserted to officers he didn’t see anything which could be used to lead them to a suspect. He did, however, call an ambulance and the police when he heard the victim’s muffled cries for help around 23:00.
Deputy Clarence White was the first to respond to the emergency call and arrived at the scene around 23:10. He identified a partial footprint in the mud outside of the point of entry. A bloody fingerprint on the kitchen counter from when a suspect possibly leaned against it, was also found and sent to the forensics lab for analysis. Closer inspection of the shoeprint revealed one of the suspects was wearing size 10 Nike Airs. DNA evidence has also been collected from underneath the victim’s fingernails and has been sent for analysis to the forensic lab.
Victim, Lucky Zingithwa, mentioned in his statement one of the assailants wore a leather necklace with a human tooth hanging from it.
Notes:
Refer to Addendum D for the forensic lab’s DNA and fingerprint results.
Chapter 11
My grandfather’s office is large and arbitrary.
What was once the main bedroom had been extended in width and length to contain everything Christiaan Snyders deems purposeful. This includes a large glass case stretching the entirety of the back wall. From ceiling to floor, the glass case houses a collection of fantastic items with equally unbelievable stories attached.
There is an authentic Maori Warrior Mask—one of many in the world—stationed proudly in the top left corner of the case. Maori warriors used to carve masks and statues prior to going into battle. It is believed the spirit of any Maori man who lost his life in battle would then take over the specially carved pieces. Father Gabriel baptised Gramps’ Maori Mask as Houdini when he first arrived and the name stuck. It’s a nice story; imagining a warrior’s soul lives on in an inanimate object, except it is also believed these masks and statues bring harm to pregnant or menstruating women. So far, we cannot claim any females in the agency have been affected by Houdini, but he is a weirder-than-usual Maori Mask without the added stigma. Every once in a while Houdini disappears for weeks at a time. Where he goes, nobody knows, but when he returns he often wears a smug smile. Gradually, the smugness fades and his usual unpleased frown is back in its place.
To be honest, I think Houdini is a peeping pervert, but I would not say it to his face.
Next to Houdini sits an honest-to-God shrunken head dating back to the late 1800s. We call him Jack (don’t ask me why). Jack comes from Peru, but he ended up in Gramps’ collection a few decades ago when another collector decided he was a cursed object.
“One carried a panga and the other one took the steak knife I had defended myself with,” said Lucky Zingithwa.
Upon his awareness, the assailants tortured the victim through repeated beatings before being cut across his body with the kitchen knives. One of the assailants found a clothing iron, plugged it into the electricity socket, and used it to burn the left side of the victim’s face. Thereafter, the assailants went on to remove the victim’s teeth and eyes and hack off one of his feet.
There is no sign of the victim’s body parts in or around the residence or surrounding neighbourhood, which makes this—possibly—a muti-related attack. Christiaan Snyders, occult-crime specialist, was called in to consult on the case (Snyders International—Case File: #23-CS).
After the assault/attempted murder, the two suspects fled through the front door. No witnesses have come forward to indicate whether the suspects had a getaway car.
A neighbour, Lebo Jacobs, heard commotion but thought the victim was having a domestic squabble with one of his girlfriends at the time. He asserted to officers he didn’t see anything which could be used to lead them to a suspect. He did, however, call an ambulance and the police when he heard the victim’s muffled cries for help around 23:00.
Deputy Clarence White was the first to respond to the emergency call and arrived at the scene around 23:10. He identified a partial footprint in the mud outside of the point of entry. A bloody fingerprint on the kitchen counter from when a suspect possibly leaned against it, was also found and sent to the forensics lab for analysis. Closer inspection of the shoeprint revealed one of the suspects was wearing size 10 Nike Airs. DNA evidence has also been collected from underneath the victim’s fingernails and has been sent for analysis to the forensic lab.
Victim, Lucky Zingithwa, mentioned in his statement one of the assailants wore a leather necklace with a human tooth hanging from it.
Notes:
Refer to Addendum D for the forensic lab’s DNA and fingerprint results.
Chapter 11
My grandfather’s office is large and arbitrary.
What was once the main bedroom had been extended in width and length to contain everything Christiaan Snyders deems purposeful. This includes a large glass case stretching the entirety of the back wall. From ceiling to floor, the glass case houses a collection of fantastic items with equally unbelievable stories attached.
There is an authentic Maori Warrior Mask—one of many in the world—stationed proudly in the top left corner of the case. Maori warriors used to carve masks and statues prior to going into battle. It is believed the spirit of any Maori man who lost his life in battle would then take over the specially carved pieces. Father Gabriel baptised Gramps’ Maori Mask as Houdini when he first arrived and the name stuck. It’s a nice story; imagining a warrior’s soul lives on in an inanimate object, except it is also believed these masks and statues bring harm to pregnant or menstruating women. So far, we cannot claim any females in the agency have been affected by Houdini, but he is a weirder-than-usual Maori Mask without the added stigma. Every once in a while Houdini disappears for weeks at a time. Where he goes, nobody knows, but when he returns he often wears a smug smile. Gradually, the smugness fades and his usual unpleased frown is back in its place.
To be honest, I think Houdini is a peeping pervert, but I would not say it to his face.
Next to Houdini sits an honest-to-God shrunken head dating back to the late 1800s. We call him Jack (don’t ask me why). Jack comes from Peru, but he ended up in Gramps’ collection a few decades ago when another collector decided he was a cursed object.
Similar Books
