Police POV:

   Today, the police searched again this time it was for hair particles. They wanted to see if they could find some that matched the hairs stuck to the fingertips of the second victim. The hairs appeared to be two different colors. One was the same shade as the dead man and the others belonged to the killer. This new evidence might make it easier to track the killer whoever he or she might be.

       The police scanned the basement further. They searched the back porch and saw hair strands stuck to broken glass. Funny, they had not noticed it before now. Then, again the weather conditions were not as grand. It was a sunny day out today while it was raining out the day they discovered the first dead body.

       They kept this new piece of information to themselves so as not to scare the murderer away. They were unsure as to the motives but were closer to finding the killer or killers.

   The officers decided to send the hair samples to a special lab to go with the rest of the evidence collected so far. They had an expert already examining the bloody handkerchief, the glass fragments, the blood, the glove they found in a shrub with blood-soaked on it, and the prints from the bathroom. They confiscated the makeup, the powder, and other items from the bathroom.  

      One officer felt something brush up against the bottom of his shoe. He found the tip of a broken knife by the kitchen sink. He wondered, Did it belong to the person responsible for the deaths or to one of the dead people?  He was glad he had on gloves as he picked it up. This way when dusted for prints it would answer some questions.

      He hoped this was all the evidence needed to prove the identity of the killer and that a possible motive would be discovered soon.  The sooner he and the other officers caught him or her the sooner they could rest easy at night.

       The other suspects did not have a trace of blood on them. Each one's alibi checked out except for one and there was no real proof that this person could have done it. This leads them back to the question on everyone's mind, Who did it? Would they strike again or was the horrible nightmare the end of their killing streak?

      Find out more in Chapter 16

     Until then,

bye-bye,

little owlets!

Summer out!