The Midnight Lover

Chapter 6: Sword of Justice

Mark's POV

I'm Mark Robert, a police officer with nearly twenty years of service. In my career, I have earned many credits, from arresting murderers, catching drug lines, to infiltrating the mafia's lair and bringing the boss to justice. I'm a good cop and there hasn't been a case where I haven't been successful. That's why people in the industry also call me with a name "Sword of Justice".

Lately I have only been involved in difficult cases that no police officer has been able to solve. I have used my great brain and rich experience to uncover the identities of mysterious criminals, solving many cases hanging in secret files.

A few days ago I was sent to this city to investigate a serial murder case. It's strange that a peaceful city like Venice has such horrible criminals. I have read the case file to understand what is going on. This serial murder has three victims, the first one happened a month ago, another victim is discovered every other week.

The local police have labeled the case a serial murder case on the basis of fact that the victims are all young girls in their twenties to twenty-five, they are all college students. Royale University - a famous school with a long history of several hundred years. In addition, the method of committing the crime is the same, before killing the victim, the perpetrator r***d them, on the victim's body there are signs of brutal s****l abuse. All three victims died from their throats cut, lost too much blood, and died. The weapon is predicted to be a sharp object about a meter in length, after comparison and analysis, experts believe it could be a very sharp sharpened sword, the blade thickness is about 0.5cm.

It's been almost a month, but this case is still too little information to be able to identify the perpetrator. But from the semen samples collected in the girls' bodies, it was possible to identify the killer not just one person, but a group of people, ranging in age from thirty to forty-five years old. At the scene also did not find any evidence that can be used to confirm the identity of the perpetrator, even the weapon has not been found. This is a difficult case that the local police have to give up. They fear that if the perpetrator is not found soon, a fourth victim will soon appear.

I carefully studied the biographies of the first three victims, in addition to the common point of age and the school they attended, they were all girls who lived alone, had few friends and had no relatives nearby. These objects become the perfect prey for criminals to follow and commit crimes without attracting too many people's attention. This of course, the local police have also thought, they have counted the number of girls who fit the above criteria to calculate the division of force to protect. However, the calculated number was quite large, up to nearly a thousand people, so the original plan was impossible. In addition, not everyone cooperates with the police, they think that makes them a serious invasion of privacy.

After considering many factors, the local police department sent the case file to the superior, as a result, I was sent to take over this difficult case. I developed a detailed plan to catch these criminals before they hit the fourth victim. However, the plan had not yet been implemented when I received a notification from my subordinates that the fourth case had happened. The problem is that the victim is not a young girl like before, but an adult man.

This case is probably not related to the other serial killer case because the victim is not suitable. However, next to the body was an important piece of evidence. It was an extremely sharp one meter long sword, the same weapon that had not been found in the serial murder case.

After receiving the news, I immediately went to the crime scene. Forensic examiners are conducting an autopsy, and the area around one hundred meters is surrounded by police. I went to the place where the body was found to check for important details.

The body was found in an empty lot in front of a residential area. The distance from this place to the nearest house is also more than ten meters, but apart from the blood splattered around the body, the police did not detect any blood stains beyond the distance of two meters, indeed. is a very strange thing. Because from the naked eye, it can also be seen that the victim's death is caused by a strong impact on the ground, the crime scene is no different from the suicide victims, blood and brain splattered, looking scary culmination.

I carefully put on my gloves and sat down next to the body. At first glance, what I noticed was definitely the face of the dead person. Due to the strong impact leading to death, the victim's skull was completely deformed, the result was a contorted face with no shape. However, I couldn't ignore the victim's still wide eyes. His pupils widened with fissures on them. Dark red blood silk spread all over the whites of the eyes, the pupils almost protruding out of the eye sockets looked very scary. I easily guessed that this was an expression of extreme fear, as if the victim had seen something very scary before he died. I could deduce that what he saw was most likely the killer, but I was also curious as to what kind of person the killer was that would frighten a healthy adult man like him? Especially when the victim is also a ruthless killer.

I dropped my gaze to other parts of the body. The victim's whole body was nowhere to be found. Fresh blood seeped into his shirt crimson. The strong smell of blood made me feel horrible, it even affected my judgment from other senses. For the moment I couldn't find any more strange details. Because the way to die was so tragic, I couldn't even move the body for fear of ruining the scene. Finding no abnormalities on the body, I stood up and prepared to check my surroundings. However, I suddenly noticed that the button on the victim's sleeve had disappeared. I don't know if this detail has anything to do with the case, because it's very likely that the button would have fallen off in other normal circumstances. But it is also possible that it is lost when the victim fights with the perpetrator, I cannot be sure of that. However, I still keep this detail in mind as an important hint.

As I was checking the surrounding area for more suspicious signs, my subordinates came running to report.

"Captain, the forensic test results have been obtained!"

I have been waiting for this result for quite some time. I am very curious about the cause of death of the victim. Although there is a high possibility that he fell from a great height and died, it is also possible that he died before and was later thrown away like this to distract the investigation.

I nodded and took the documents. The first part to consider is the victim's cause of death. He died of a broken neck, then the bones of his whole body were almost crushed, the blood vessels in his body also burst, and his death was very tragic. However, it is not possible to determine what weapon the killer used to do that. As expected, the victim died before falling from the height. He died of a broken neck, there are many ways to do that. I know of many tricks that can easily break a man's neck, even with his bare hands. However, it is not clear what weapon the perpetrator used to do so. What I am most curious about is that the perpetrator approached the victim at a close distance and somehow broke his neck, but why is there no sign of resistance? The neck is a very sensitive part for every person, it is impossible for such an important place to be accessed without causing any precaution or vigilance. Whether it's a child or a weak girl, when attacked in this part, they will surely protest madly, at least there will be fingernails or traces of struggle before death. But when I looked at the body I couldn't see it at all. Not even the slightest trace of the weapon was found. Even if it was to strangle the victim with his bare hands, surely there must be finger prints left on the flesh? Besides, he died somewhere else and was dumped here, or was the place where the body was found at the crime scene?

The victim was an adult, tall, strong man, he must have resisted when attacked by the perpetrator. However, from the state of the corpse, it was shown that he did not resist or struggle, there was no trace of that. It is also difficult to determine whether he died from a broken neck or was caused by an accident. But if it was an accident, why was the corpse found in an empty place, without trees or tall buildings? He couldn't fall to the ground but could break his neck, calculated from the fracture of the neck bones and bones of the whole body, it can be confirmed that the victim must have fallen from a height of at least ten meters.

I feel this case is still very mysterious, it is even more difficult than the serial murder case that I am in charge of. Comparing his semen samples and the samples we got from the bodies of previous victims, the match proved his identity as the killer. Since the victim this time is confirmed to be one of the criminals who murdered the girls, I will also be responsible for his case.

I let out a sigh. This case is becoming more and more complicated. Every week there will be a new victim, I have prepared a full plan to capture the criminals and rescue the victims, but the result is that the fourth victim is one of the perpetrators of the crime. previous case. His death was just as tragic as the other girls. I could suspect that the person who killed him was most likely a relative of the previous victims. Because I believe it is impossible for an accident to happen in such an unusual way. And if it was an accident, why was the victim's body found in a place that was unlikely to be a crime scene? In addition, only the relatives or relatives of the previous victims have the ability to know something about the identity of the perpetrator and kill him for revenge. They are the most obvious motivated suspects in this case.

We will now investigate the families of the victims first to find the suspect. However, there is also another possibility that the criminal was murdered by his target this time. As evidenced by the weapon he carried with him, it is very likely that he was attacked by the victim. According to this speculation, I also sent someone to compile information about the people living in this residential area, then find the girls who fit the criteria that the criminal group is targeting.

The intuition of a longtime cop gives me the feeling that this case will be the key to unlocking the remaining links.