The Ripper

Pov Nova The body was under a white sheet. The eyes filled with terror and void of hope. She was the third girl this week. Her throat cut open and her stomach gutted like some animal. A single red envelope left in her hand. The rose wax seal on the back made me cuss. " Dammit Collins, it's the Ripper, someone has to stop this monster. " I looked into the deep chocolate eyes of my partner Agent Collins, We had been trying to end this serial killer for months. I moved the sheet to see her sky blue eyes. She looked like my sister. Plump lips and long lashes, with silky long black hair. My stomach turned as I looked at the only two marks on her body A deep cut to the throat and the gash in her stomach. The rest of her body wiped and washed of any and all evidence. Agent Collins made hasty notes and took pictures to document the scene. He sighed and put the camera back in its bag. Looking at me with his sober glare. " No need to be so formal Nova, We will find him. He's bound to mess up soon enough. Have you noticed anything different from the others? I mean this was right out in the open. No ally, no trees to hide. The killer is getting bold. " I knew he was right. Knew that no one could stay invisible forever. I needed to find some thing, even one single finger print could turn this entire man hunt around for us. After several hours of searching nothing was found. As always the killer was steps ahead of us. The girls nails were scrapped clean and a fresh coat of blood red nail polish covered her nails, This sick twisted individual kidnapped girls, played dress up and then killed them with no remorse. I wanted to find even a single stray hair and yet the only thing even pointing to murder was the brutal way she was cut open. No dirt, no foot prints, nothing was out of place. " No it's identical to the other 2, I bet it's the same letter as well. Same hand written letter no one can find the author of. " I reached down with my gloved hands to open the red envelope. it was stiff the edges perfectly crisp. I pulled open the flap and in solid black pen was written. " Sky eyes and soulless hair, no shame no guilt Beauty beware. " Collins sighed and shook his head. Standing and stretching his back. His eyes falling on the scene before us. His eye brows in a deep scowl. He paced the scene thinking and being annoyed no one could decode the clue given to us. " What the hell do the letters even mean? They make no sense to me at all. Sky eyes blue obviously but soulless hair, meaning black? or soul less because it's hair? The girls that have been killed are all homeless drug addicts with tons of shame and guilt. Women that were working on getting clean and changing their lives for the better. beauty beware, so anyone deemed beautiful is a target? " I wish I knew. In Truth I had been sending copy after copy to different police departments in an attempt to find out more. No one knew anything or could identify the letter. It was like something from hell crawled out of the fiery pit and has been stalking women to their death. " He isn't going to stop till he guts every hooker this city has. Come on Nova we know what they all have in common. They're hookers, the killer is a jack the ripper copycat. " I looked at Collins his eyes looking at the body. His finger clenched in fist. Turning his head and I could see the pain in his eyes. Four months ago Collins sister had been the first body found. Her raven black hair coated in her own blood. Her blue eyes stretched open full of fear. Her body ripped to pieces. The killer had destroyed her. She had been found in an expensive dress and The letter grasped tightly in her fingers. Since then Collins had vowed to destroy the monster that killed her. I got into the car my stomach turning. I could not stop thinking about my sister. Her dark brown hair and Blue eyes, she was a walking target. She was In danger and I couldn't warn her. I could not risk a word about a serial killer getting out and causing panic. The last thing this little town needed was a man hunt for a serial killer. 4 months, 6 girls 1 nasty psycho.