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Most people don’t allow themselves to see the savage side of a psyche that was crafted millions of years ago out of their ancestors’ often brutal need to survive. These are the traits that evolution deemed to be useful. People are just too dumb to understand that their own predilections are suggestive of a gene pool that is rooted in brutality.
It’s like the universe was asking him to take out its trash. Of course, he obliged.
Jeremy was a kid who craved knowledge. And chronically understimulated, he fed his own hunger by experimentation. His father’s early advice echoed in his mind over the years. “You want to learn about something, son? You have to open it up.”
thinking how great it would be if criminals could take their nefarious dealings out of the two a.m. hour for a couple of months at least.
The thoughts of the depraved fascinated Wren. But the last thoughts of the dead fascinated her even more.
There are very clear indications of strangulation.
attitude, she nods and manipulates Jane Doe’s limbs, revealing an old, faded tattoo on the back of her bicep. It looks like hands set in prayer with a rosary entangled through them.
“You were right with lividity. It is fixed at its highest level, which means we are up at the twelve-hour time frame likely.
“You’d be surprised how many secrets the dead have told me.”
pussy. He responds instead by aggressively grabbing Matt’s face and planting a deep kiss right on his mouth, biting hard enough on his bottom lip to hear a satisfying crunch. Sometimes he allows himself to give in to hedonistic instincts, and rarely does he regret it.
Her brutal strangulation was just something her killer enjoyed before finally giving her the release of death, in one of the most painful ways imaginable. The stomach wound, which runs the length of her abdomen, is jagged and deep.
it is safe to deduce that she died while lying on her right side and was later moved to her back. These details piece together like a neatly fitted puzzle, but the color of the lividity still gives Wren pause.
“He refrigerated her.”
Jeremy has been doing this for a while, racking up six victims at this point.
but she still didn’t see it coming when he plunged a knife directly into her stomach. He dragged it across her abdomen with great force and watched as she writhed in pain on the concrete basement floor. He chose this end deliberately. Stomach wounds are truly harrowing. Bile and acid pour into the wound, slowly poisoning the victim with their own bodily fluids.
Meghan
He got so sloppy in his haste to be the next big thing that he genuinely asked law enforcement in a letter if they could trace a floppy disk back to him. They
BTK killer
Looking back, Jeremy considers that day vital in his development. He saw suffering, pain, and the release of death.
WRENS ARE TRULY MAGNIFICENT LITTLE creatures. They signify rebirth and protection, immortality, and strength. Because of the wren’s small stature, most larger birds and predators underestimate its incredible ingenuity and intelligence. But while technically fragile, the wren outwits its underprepared predator to come out on top when threatened.
“John, do you remember the girl who survived the Bayou Butcher seven years ago?”
“Call Philip Trudeau. Confirm he knows Cal,” Wren directs. “Actually, John, maybe try the name Jeremy. The other victims, they called him Jeremy.”
He’s sure Tara will die. But it’s the sloppy execution that bothers him.
