something.
The chief agreed to my request, but only after giving me one of those “are you working too hard?” looks. I went back to my desk and finished off the vandalism reports. I found only two more dealing with churches. The first might have a connection. Someone broke into a Baptist church and burned a bible on the preachers lectern. The second case looks more like a drunk man forgot where he was and shat in a confessional.
I took a thumbtack board from the Vice squad and set up a map of the city, pins marking areas of importance to my case. I used red tacks for the body drops, blue for the one known hangout location, and white for the vandalized churches that are possibly connected. I realized that I needed more clues to crack this case. The blue pin for the school hangout and that year’s body drop were in the same part of town but without other points, it means nothing.
After I looked at the map for a few minutes, Agent Johnston stuck his nose in. After he asked about the map and pins, I explained and he quickly pointed out something that I am still kicking myself for missing. I’d forgotten to mark the possible kidnapping locations. I added them to the map with green thumbtacks and stepped back to take a look. The kidnapping locations and the drop points were within five miles of each other for each victim. Eric’s hangout and murder site was within this five-mile radius. This could mean that all the murder sites are close to the pickup and drop off points as well.
This may help us find evidence to convince a jury once we catch the group, but it won’ t help us save the next kid. Somewhere in this city a child is walking around, unaware that their life will come to a violent end very soon. I was starting to get a headache from lack of sleep, so I told Johnston that I was calling it a day. Once I finish this entry, I am heading home. I just hope the kids let me sleep.
The Charlesville Times, cover page.
April 14, 2001
Easter Murderers Changing It Up
Early this morning, the body of a girl was found in the customary black bag of the Easter Murders . This victim makes seven in as many years. However, this victim is unusual in comparison to all previous victims. The body was identified as Judith Smith and unlike the other ritualistic killings were ten-years old and from middle-class families, Judith was twelve-years old and from a lower-class family. Does this mean that the murderers have changed their targets to throw off the police’s investigation? Or could this be a real copycat killing, as was suspected of the previous murders until we read Eric Moore’s confession?
One thing that points to this being a copycat killing is that, according to the police, Judith was attacked, by up to five different individuals. While evidence has revealed that each previous victim was killed by a different murderer, each murder was committed by only one attacker. That distinction could point to a copycat; however, the police state that evidence points to this murder belonging to the murderous group known as the Easter Murderers . The police claim that the wound patterns match those of earlier victims. When asked which victims, Police Chief Jones stated that they matched all the victims except Eva Collins.
While wound patterns are not distinctive enough to be as certain as fingerprints, DNA, or bullets, the Police Chief and Detective Pearson are confident that Judith Smith was killed by the remaining members of the group. When asked why the group would have changed their ritual, both in victim and in the number of attackers, Detective Pearson claimed to be unable to answer at this point in the investigation.
April 14, 2001 from work computer
We found Judith today in a bag. Her wounds were similar to five of the six “Easter Murders ” cases. It normally takes longer
The chief agreed to my request, but only after giving me one of those “are you working too hard?” looks. I went back to my desk and finished off the vandalism reports. I found only two more dealing with churches. The first might have a connection. Someone broke into a Baptist church and burned a bible on the preachers lectern. The second case looks more like a drunk man forgot where he was and shat in a confessional.
I took a thumbtack board from the Vice squad and set up a map of the city, pins marking areas of importance to my case. I used red tacks for the body drops, blue for the one known hangout location, and white for the vandalized churches that are possibly connected. I realized that I needed more clues to crack this case. The blue pin for the school hangout and that year’s body drop were in the same part of town but without other points, it means nothing.
After I looked at the map for a few minutes, Agent Johnston stuck his nose in. After he asked about the map and pins, I explained and he quickly pointed out something that I am still kicking myself for missing. I’d forgotten to mark the possible kidnapping locations. I added them to the map with green thumbtacks and stepped back to take a look. The kidnapping locations and the drop points were within five miles of each other for each victim. Eric’s hangout and murder site was within this five-mile radius. This could mean that all the murder sites are close to the pickup and drop off points as well.
This may help us find evidence to convince a jury once we catch the group, but it won’ t help us save the next kid. Somewhere in this city a child is walking around, unaware that their life will come to a violent end very soon. I was starting to get a headache from lack of sleep, so I told Johnston that I was calling it a day. Once I finish this entry, I am heading home. I just hope the kids let me sleep.
The Charlesville Times, cover page.
April 14, 2001
Easter Murderers Changing It Up
Early this morning, the body of a girl was found in the customary black bag of the Easter Murders . This victim makes seven in as many years. However, this victim is unusual in comparison to all previous victims. The body was identified as Judith Smith and unlike the other ritualistic killings were ten-years old and from middle-class families, Judith was twelve-years old and from a lower-class family. Does this mean that the murderers have changed their targets to throw off the police’s investigation? Or could this be a real copycat killing, as was suspected of the previous murders until we read Eric Moore’s confession?
One thing that points to this being a copycat killing is that, according to the police, Judith was attacked, by up to five different individuals. While evidence has revealed that each previous victim was killed by a different murderer, each murder was committed by only one attacker. That distinction could point to a copycat; however, the police state that evidence points to this murder belonging to the murderous group known as the Easter Murderers . The police claim that the wound patterns match those of earlier victims. When asked which victims, Police Chief Jones stated that they matched all the victims except Eva Collins.
While wound patterns are not distinctive enough to be as certain as fingerprints, DNA, or bullets, the Police Chief and Detective Pearson are confident that Judith Smith was killed by the remaining members of the group. When asked why the group would have changed their ritual, both in victim and in the number of attackers, Detective Pearson claimed to be unable to answer at this point in the investigation.
April 14, 2001 from work computer
We found Judith today in a bag. Her wounds were similar to five of the six “Easter Murders ” cases. It normally takes longer
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