“The squad room was quiet, and he borrowed a colleague’s computer, combing the databases for crimes matching the Duvall/White homicide. He kept widening his parameters, finding nothing even remotely similar. He was surprised, and disappointed. He assumed that this was not the killer’s first rodeo. Mutilation that precise required practice. And the staging spoke to an internal logic, however warped. He’d heard of serial murderers cutting out eyes. A typical profiler’s interpretation w...ould be: rage, followed by shame, the bad guy unable to bear the gaze of his victims. With Marquessa and Thomas, the opposite seemed true. He wanted them to watch him. He took pride in his workmanship. Who were they to him? Who were they, period? Ballard’s notes included the name of Marquessa’s mother, address in Watts, and a phone number that rang twice before a young girl picked up.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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