TeBeautySlayer-1

    Sunlightstreamedthroughthedenseopy,dapplingherskinwithshiftingpatternsoflight.Thestillnessofthecorpse,thevitalityofthesurroundingforest,theterrorfrozenonherface,thewarmthofthebreeze—itwasatradi.

    Yethauntinglypoetic.

    Theairsmelledfaintlyoflustah.

    Shewastheforty-ninthvictim.

    Overtenyears,forty-ninewomenhadbeendumpedinthisravine.Allraped.Allkilled.Allfoundaftersexuactivity,somemultipletimes.Yetnosemen,nobodilyfluids,racesoflubrit.

    Theer''''''''sverdict?

    Deathbyextremesexualeuphoriatriggeringfatalventricurarrhythmia.

    Insimplerterms,theyhaddiedatthepeakasm.

    Normally,onlythosewithweakstitutions,likeheartdisease,genitalvascurdefects,oraneurysmswoulddiethisway.Butthesewomenhadbeehy.Nohistoryofexcess.Noalcohsintheirsystems.Nosignsofrestraint.Nosuffocation.

    Whatkindofkillercoulddriveawomansofariasythatshecrossedthethresholdofdeathitself?

    Thethoughtleftashadowintheheartsofeverymaleiigatoronthecase.

    Thevictimsspannedage,background,evendifferentcities.Theirdeathsspannedadecade.Buttheysharedorait:

    Theywereallstunninglybeautiful,withfwlesspaleskin,foundnaked,withoutasinglevisiblewound.

    Themediadubbedthekiller:

    TheBeautySyer.