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.