Murderer

CHAPTER 50 - Pandora's Box

The image reads an old file of frozen homeless murder cases he once handled. He noticed the rope that the perpetrator used to hang the bodies of his victims.

“Same dog bridle. He's probably testing his first victim.” He muttered as he read through the old investigation file.

“How to cut his hands is still rough and haphazard. Maybe he did it himself ...”

The sound of a sliding door opening stopped the Image monologue, he turned his head. Dito was already leaning against the lip of the door while scapegoating, he shook his head looking at Citra who was sitting cross-legged on the floor instead of sitting on a chair.

“Are you having a picnic or something?” dito quipped, he clucked cluelessly with his former partner.

“You know? If the commander finds out you're in this room, I could get a warning letter.” Dito reminded Citra of her position, but the woman did not care.

The image points to a box containing some evidence of that case, “Case in Manggala and this frozen case, related. This homeless man, is the psychopath's guinea pig.”

This time Dito became interested in Citra, he knew if this woman was investigating a serial murder case in the city of Manggala. However, what he does not understand is why Citra can conclude that the case is related to this frozen case in Mandalanusa.

“The victims' homeless bodies were also hung with the exact same type of rope. Dog leash hunter.”

Dito's face suddenly changed, it seemed like he realized something. “I remember, Doctor Evelyn's husband liked to keep a wide variety of hunting dogs. Don't-don't .. You don't think it was one of Doctor Evelyn's family, do you?”

“Remember! Christian's son is a prosecutor. Reportedly she was transferred to your city.” Dito tried to refute Citra's suspicions.

“That's why I'm sure they're connected to these cases. Not that I'm accusing them, but it could be, pandora's box this case is in one of them.”

Seeing the image that seemed reluctant to move from this file room, Dito forced this woman to rise and immediately out of the room. They could get into trouble if his commander knew he was letting the police of another jurisdiction, into this document room.

The image tailed behind Dito by force, actually there was still something he wanted to look for there. However, he also did not want Dito to get into trouble.

Citra's phone was fully charged when they arrived at Dito's room. Without wasting time, Citra lit the flat rectangular-shaped object. Some notifications coming in.

“Haris ... Embankment ... Christian?” Forehead Citra wrinkled when she saw the notification of her fugitive that appeared also on the screen.

He opened a message containing one text message and one voice message.

[Christian: I opened my past pandora box.] The text message sent by this man raises a big question mark in Citra's mind.

[I asked Bara to investigate your blood ties to my papa, my stepfather, uh, not my adopted father, my memories have been manipulated by the Evelyn family. My name is Gerald, I used to be a Benedict orphanage kid just like Raka, I'm not Christian.]

Citra improved her sitting position to hear the continuation of the voice note from Gerald.

[Evelyn used myself to cover up the true Christian identity. The man with the burns on his face, and Evelyn's been recognized as the niece of Darius, his new husband, your biological father. Sorry I was forced to make you uncomfortable yesterday, I need an object that has a sample of your DNA.]

Image's eyes are rounded to hear if the man is taking his DNA samples secretly and he also knows about the man Evelyn calls his biological father.

The voice message was interrupted. Citra's face stiffened when she heard a voice note sent by Christian aka Gerald. He did not understand what the man was saying.

[Haris : Christian's body was found hanging in an abandoned former clinic outside the city of Manggala. Her wrists and legs are gone.] Again a text message that was enough to make Citra surprised now he received from Haris.

That means the man does not lie if he is attacked by a stranger.

[Bara: If you're back, meet me at the hospital!] This time a short message from Bara that he read, made him feel curious. The image was completely confused, he was sitting on a chair, his hands massaging the temple that arrived felt throbbing fast. There is a secret to what it really is

For some reason from the beginning this perpetrator was like playing him or indeed targeting him.

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The strobe of the patrol car was still on despite the sound of no siren. Several patrol cars and two forensic vans and an ambulance were parked in the courtyard of the abandoned former clinic.

The body that was left hanging freely was as if the perpetrator was deliberately made as an art display. Gaping wounds on the waist and chest, and the thighs wrapped in gauze were also injured. Haris was shocked to see who the body was.

“Commander should know this.” He muttered as he typed a text message for his commander who was in Mandalanusa, Medan today.

The forensic officers took down the body of the man who turned out to be Christian. Haris looked compassionately at the close friend of his commander. Indeed, they only met once, although Christian looked arrogant, in fact the man was quite friendly.

It is certain that Christian's death was caused by a puncture wound on the back of his body that penetrated to the heart.

“This injury .. it looks like the perpetrator used a knife type bayonet or sangkur.” Bara muttered to Haris while taking a photo of TKP.

He was still walking around and treading carefully, he continued his words, “Sangkur SOG Seal is thirty-one centimeters long. What is the culprit of an army or an ordinary person who is skilled at using this type of knife?”

Haris frowned, he followed behind the forensic doctor with a feeling of excitement because of the sharpness of Bara's judgment. Amazingly, just by taking a quick look at the wound, the Bara Physician could guess what kind of sharp weapon the perpetrator was using. He praised Bara in his heart.

Haris's leg accidentally kicked a rectangular-shaped object on the floor. It turned out to be a phone with a cracked screen.

“Doctor Bara ..”

“Bara, just call me Bara!” embers assertively when Haris calls him to the Bara Doctor.

However, Haris ignored the Bara protest and brandished the phone with his hands covered in hand shirts. He approached and took the thing.

The phone he put in clear plastic evidence. “Is this Christian's? Hopefully the data in it can still be recovered.”

Seeing the condition of the screen is badly damaged, they can only hope in the IT section to recover the data in the phone. If it really belongs to Christian, who knows there are clues that could lead to an investigation into the perpetrator.

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