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recovery from his own brutal beating. The crime scene photos showed a thirteen-year-old girl beaten beyond recognition, her body mutilated. Dalton had lost complete control of his anger with her. Even if she couldn’t get him to admit to the murder, Rainey was charged with finding out why that crime changed his behavior. Something about the murder shook him. It was followed by a two-year period where he seemed to have lost his nerve for killing.
A string of unsolved sexual assaults ensued with no more bodies discovered. The victims reported being attacked from behind, stunned, and then beaten. The perpetrator wore a ski mask and became extremely violent when he could not complete the rape. While Dalton had no testicles, he did have a penis, although it was a bit malformed from the surgeries he had to endure. He could obtain an erection, but with great difficulty. When he began killing again, at age twenty-two, he used a dildo to complete the rapes. These crimes showed a criminal with much more control and the use of extensive planning. He was a mature killer at an earlier age than most serials. Since his injuries kept him from pursuing other distractions, he had nothing to do but fantasize and plan his crimes. He did not work. Instead, he lived off his moderately wealthy parents, who were just thankful he survived his own attack. They encouraged his work with the young Christians he claimed to be trying to save from the dark path of sin and debauchery, happily funding his “mission.”
Rainey needed to be sure he didn’t actually commit murders during his two years of apparent down time. There were missing young women, but none they could tie specifically to him without his confession. Still, the families of the missing girls wanted answers. So did Rainey. Why did he modify his behavior during the later rape/murders? If he committed the assaults after he killed the first one, why did he start killing his victims? What changed? That was the question she most wanted answered.
Rainey knew she might never find out. Besides his unwillingness to talk about it, the fact was, this was her last trip to see Dalton at “The Onion.” They had already spent more time on interviews with him than most of the serial killers in the FBI database. Rainey remembered reading that John Douglas, one of the original Behavioral Analysts, said, “When you tell me we should keep someone like Bundy alive to study, I say, fine, keep him alive six hours longer; that’s all I need. I really don’t think we’re going to get much more beyond that.”
When their supervisor told them that she and Danny would not be going back after today, Rainey was secretly elated. She’d had enough of Dalton Chambers to last a lifetime, but she couldn’t let him know that. Once Danny was out of the room, she began her final attempt to get some truth out of Dalton about the young girl and any of the other murders he was suspected of committing. If he admitted to the rapes, well, that was just icing on the cake.
“Dalton, he’s gone now. Just focus on me. Don’t give the guards a reason to hurt you, okay?”
Dalton took his focus from Danny in the hallway and moved his blue eyes back to Rainey. She watched his face reform from murderous intent to charming. In another life, he could have been a movie actor. He had the looks and the ability to transform into whatever he wanted others to see. Dalton was an actor of sorts, playing out his fantasies, as star and director of his own sick plot.
Dalton smiled easily. “I don’t know how you work with that guy. You’re much too nice to have to deal with that every day and a whole lot better looking.”
“Thank you, Dalton. It isn’t easy. He loses his temper so often, I wonder if he should be doing this job.” Rainey knew Danny could hear her through the speaker in the hall.
Dalton made a show of deep concern. “You should ask to be given a new partner. You shouldn’t have to put up with him.”
“I’ll
A string of unsolved sexual assaults ensued with no more bodies discovered. The victims reported being attacked from behind, stunned, and then beaten. The perpetrator wore a ski mask and became extremely violent when he could not complete the rape. While Dalton had no testicles, he did have a penis, although it was a bit malformed from the surgeries he had to endure. He could obtain an erection, but with great difficulty. When he began killing again, at age twenty-two, he used a dildo to complete the rapes. These crimes showed a criminal with much more control and the use of extensive planning. He was a mature killer at an earlier age than most serials. Since his injuries kept him from pursuing other distractions, he had nothing to do but fantasize and plan his crimes. He did not work. Instead, he lived off his moderately wealthy parents, who were just thankful he survived his own attack. They encouraged his work with the young Christians he claimed to be trying to save from the dark path of sin and debauchery, happily funding his “mission.”
Rainey needed to be sure he didn’t actually commit murders during his two years of apparent down time. There were missing young women, but none they could tie specifically to him without his confession. Still, the families of the missing girls wanted answers. So did Rainey. Why did he modify his behavior during the later rape/murders? If he committed the assaults after he killed the first one, why did he start killing his victims? What changed? That was the question she most wanted answered.
Rainey knew she might never find out. Besides his unwillingness to talk about it, the fact was, this was her last trip to see Dalton at “The Onion.” They had already spent more time on interviews with him than most of the serial killers in the FBI database. Rainey remembered reading that John Douglas, one of the original Behavioral Analysts, said, “When you tell me we should keep someone like Bundy alive to study, I say, fine, keep him alive six hours longer; that’s all I need. I really don’t think we’re going to get much more beyond that.”
When their supervisor told them that she and Danny would not be going back after today, Rainey was secretly elated. She’d had enough of Dalton Chambers to last a lifetime, but she couldn’t let him know that. Once Danny was out of the room, she began her final attempt to get some truth out of Dalton about the young girl and any of the other murders he was suspected of committing. If he admitted to the rapes, well, that was just icing on the cake.
“Dalton, he’s gone now. Just focus on me. Don’t give the guards a reason to hurt you, okay?”
Dalton took his focus from Danny in the hallway and moved his blue eyes back to Rainey. She watched his face reform from murderous intent to charming. In another life, he could have been a movie actor. He had the looks and the ability to transform into whatever he wanted others to see. Dalton was an actor of sorts, playing out his fantasies, as star and director of his own sick plot.
Dalton smiled easily. “I don’t know how you work with that guy. You’re much too nice to have to deal with that every day and a whole lot better looking.”
“Thank you, Dalton. It isn’t easy. He loses his temper so often, I wonder if he should be doing this job.” Rainey knew Danny could hear her through the speaker in the hall.
Dalton made a show of deep concern. “You should ask to be given a new partner. You shouldn’t have to put up with him.”
“I’ll
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