runner. It took about three minutes before we caught him, and it took twice as long to escort him back to the car.
We entered the interview room later that day. His arms were folded, and he was glaring at us.
"Do you remember a woman called Eve Roberts?" I asked him.
"What do you think?" said Kurt, trying to be clever with us.
"Well, she was your wife. Now, you divorced with her. Can you tell us why that is?"
He looked at us for a few seconds, remaining quiet, and then he said to us, "well, you're the police officer. You work it all out."
"Believe me, I will!" I said. "And if you don't start talking now we'll charge you with murder!"
"Who the Hell has been murdered?" he said, trying to look confused.
"Your ex-wife," Mitchell told him.
"Which one?" asked Kurt.
Mitchell and I looked at each other. He was clearly a stupid man.
"Eve Roberts was killed almost twenty-five years ago," I replied. "Do you remember her disappearance?"
"No," Kurt replied.
"Well, she was murdered shortly after your divorce, and before she died, she was about to go to court because she claimed you were domestically abusing her!"
I was getting excited, excited to charge this man with the murder, but he was not necessarily the killer.
"I don't know nothing," he said, folding his arms.
"Also, Eve claimed that you were stalking her."
"No comment," said Kurt.
Unfortunately, we continued to talk to him, but he kept saying, "No comment." Although usually that was a sign that the person was guilty of a crime, I thought that Kurt was too lazy to speak to us anymore. So, we looked into his criminal history, and he was clean. I couldn't believe it. We had to release him without charge. I was devastated, but before he left, I warned him I would be keeping a close eye on him.
However, I had something else to be shocked about, as well. In a surprise twist to the investigation, I received a call from the boss.
"Are you sitting down?" D.I. Mitchell asked me.
"I am now," I replied. "Why?"
"Because you're about to be in shock. At the field where Eve Roberts was found, we've discovered another seven corpses."
Chapter 5
It took us five days to identify each individual murder victim, but we got there in the end. It was difficult, because like Eve Roberts, each victim had had their teeth pulled out. I was certainly not expecting this to happen – I was dealing with a complete, utter psychopath.
The first victim of the extra second we identified was Irene Ford. When she went missing, she was forty-eight years of age. She had short, brown hair and was a mother of two. She was a nurse before she died, although she was found wearing casual clothes. She lived around the Minot area. On the day she went missing, the last person to see her was her husband. She said that she was going out down town, but no closed-circuit cameras could confirm that she ever made it to town. Some suspected that she took a shortcut home, and that was that for her. I would look into more detail about this later. As far as forensics could make out, she was beaten to death with something metallic, especially across the skull, but also the spine. She died in 1990.
The second victim was named John Crawford. He was aged forty-nine when he went missing. He worked in a petrol station and lived just outside of town. He had a wife and son – his wife was long gone, but his son was still alive. It was his wife who last saw him. He said goodbye to her before going to work, but he never turned up for work. His family knew that he’d been murdered, and they had launched several search parties over the years to look for him. He was shot in the head in 1990, but also suffered two shots to the chest. He was killed with a shotgun.
The third victim was Sienna Stewart. She was aged thirty-seven. She had quite long, blonde hair, and she was loved by all. Although she had no family, she had many friends and was a very sociable person, so it was very unusual for her not to make any contact
We entered the interview room later that day. His arms were folded, and he was glaring at us.
"Do you remember a woman called Eve Roberts?" I asked him.
"What do you think?" said Kurt, trying to be clever with us.
"Well, she was your wife. Now, you divorced with her. Can you tell us why that is?"
He looked at us for a few seconds, remaining quiet, and then he said to us, "well, you're the police officer. You work it all out."
"Believe me, I will!" I said. "And if you don't start talking now we'll charge you with murder!"
"Who the Hell has been murdered?" he said, trying to look confused.
"Your ex-wife," Mitchell told him.
"Which one?" asked Kurt.
Mitchell and I looked at each other. He was clearly a stupid man.
"Eve Roberts was killed almost twenty-five years ago," I replied. "Do you remember her disappearance?"
"No," Kurt replied.
"Well, she was murdered shortly after your divorce, and before she died, she was about to go to court because she claimed you were domestically abusing her!"
I was getting excited, excited to charge this man with the murder, but he was not necessarily the killer.
"I don't know nothing," he said, folding his arms.
"Also, Eve claimed that you were stalking her."
"No comment," said Kurt.
Unfortunately, we continued to talk to him, but he kept saying, "No comment." Although usually that was a sign that the person was guilty of a crime, I thought that Kurt was too lazy to speak to us anymore. So, we looked into his criminal history, and he was clean. I couldn't believe it. We had to release him without charge. I was devastated, but before he left, I warned him I would be keeping a close eye on him.
However, I had something else to be shocked about, as well. In a surprise twist to the investigation, I received a call from the boss.
"Are you sitting down?" D.I. Mitchell asked me.
"I am now," I replied. "Why?"
"Because you're about to be in shock. At the field where Eve Roberts was found, we've discovered another seven corpses."
Chapter 5
It took us five days to identify each individual murder victim, but we got there in the end. It was difficult, because like Eve Roberts, each victim had had their teeth pulled out. I was certainly not expecting this to happen – I was dealing with a complete, utter psychopath.
The first victim of the extra second we identified was Irene Ford. When she went missing, she was forty-eight years of age. She had short, brown hair and was a mother of two. She was a nurse before she died, although she was found wearing casual clothes. She lived around the Minot area. On the day she went missing, the last person to see her was her husband. She said that she was going out down town, but no closed-circuit cameras could confirm that she ever made it to town. Some suspected that she took a shortcut home, and that was that for her. I would look into more detail about this later. As far as forensics could make out, she was beaten to death with something metallic, especially across the skull, but also the spine. She died in 1990.
The second victim was named John Crawford. He was aged forty-nine when he went missing. He worked in a petrol station and lived just outside of town. He had a wife and son – his wife was long gone, but his son was still alive. It was his wife who last saw him. He said goodbye to her before going to work, but he never turned up for work. His family knew that he’d been murdered, and they had launched several search parties over the years to look for him. He was shot in the head in 1990, but also suffered two shots to the chest. He was killed with a shotgun.
The third victim was Sienna Stewart. She was aged thirty-seven. She had quite long, blonde hair, and she was loved by all. Although she had no family, she had many friends and was a very sociable person, so it was very unusual for her not to make any contact
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