Sherlock Holmes
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Oct 21, 2011 15:53:53 GMT
Victim more likely to be le Grange as there are fewer people to miss her. Also primary school educators less likely to have plastic surgery than a woman with few friends and no work colleagues. Conversely, unemployed artists have less money.Text to IreneDid either of them receive large settlements from parents' deaths? Did either have romantic or sexual relationships?
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Post by Irene Adler on Oct 21, 2011 20:15:11 GMT
Text to SherlockGreyer is engaged, loyal and sizable circle of friends willing to do anything for her. They've started an official search for Greyer. Greyer did not receive any settlements from parents death.
Le Grange, however, received a hefty amount of money after parents death but she's never spent it, the whole amount is still laying in a bank account; never have been touched. There might be a slight sentimental issue...
IA Emily seemed to have a problem with spending the money; maybe even guilt if she feels she had any involvement with parents death. Or it could just have massive sentimental value, maybe she thinks spending the money would be an insult to her parents memory? Yet, she failed to pay her landlord on several occasions... Maybe Sherlock will be able to make sense of it. I only have a vague sense of what's going on.
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Oct 21, 2011 20:50:12 GMT
Text to Irene:Le Grange is your victim.
SH *tilts head, twitches fingers, slight smile*
E-mail to Irene:Cole abducted le Grange from surgery--doesn't matter why she wanted it, she had the money and no close friends or family--and chose her as the victim. MO is that of Schwolow, but killer is obviously Cole. Probable that Cole had apprenticeship with Schwolow, who, after witnessing his apprentice's squeamish reaction, decided he was unworthy and killed him as well.
You will find the rest of Cole's body near le Grange's hands, probably in a similar haystack and manure set-up, within similar travel radius from Cole's house. Schwolow was disgusted to the point where he views them as something worthy of being digestive remains.
This has been a most entertaining afternoon.
Sherlock Holmes
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Post by Irene Adler on Oct 21, 2011 22:11:08 GMT
E-mail to SherlockThank you. You'll find a paycheck in your mail within a week.
Optional extra; if possible, locate Schwolow.
Irene Adler
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Post by Irene Adler on Oct 27, 2011 18:10:45 GMT
Text to SherlockYoung couple found dead in Strand Palace Hotel; 372 Strand, London, WC2R 0JJ.
Female strapped to chair, neck broken, signs of torture. Male's blood smeared on wall: YOU NEVER FORGET YOUR FIRST.
Schwolow suspected. Meet me at Hotel in two hours if you're interested.
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Oct 27, 2011 18:28:23 GMT
*arrives at hotel early, plainly eager for something to do*
*smiles*
I do never forget my first. Nor my second or third.
*examines everything with magnifier, particularly torture marks on female victim and stab wound on male*
Why torture one but not the other?
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Post by Irene Adler on Oct 27, 2011 18:33:29 GMT
*walks up behind him, holding the case report and professionally watching everything he does*
I assume he wanted to make him watch. Just a guess.
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Oct 27, 2011 21:27:46 GMT
*text to John*A medical opinion on my case would be nice.
SH *moves over to wall*Killer used a rag or something similar to write the message. Too clever for using his hands--or too squeamish. Does this handwriting match Schwolow's? I presume it's similar judging by the fact that he's prime suspect. Why would he torture the woman to death but simply murder the man? "You never forget your first." You never forget your first what? Killing? Girlfriend? Revenge? Killing seems the most obvious, but if it is Schwolow, it's certainly not his first. Any signs of identity? Or was he just in the wrong place at the wrong time? And what do we know about Schwolow's first killing--I haven't got my laptop with me.
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Post by Irene Adler on Oct 28, 2011 7:44:17 GMT
It is impossible to determine whether hand writing is Schwolow's as it is written in blood with, presumably, a rag.
Victims have been identified as Zachary and Beth Allen; college students.
As for Schwolow's first murder, some aspects remain unsolved. They never even found the body. You might want to ask a favour from DI Lestrade, ask him to dig up tthe old files. You two have worked together before.
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Oct 28, 2011 12:57:44 GMT
The victims were married. Newlyweds, going by their age. But where are their rings? Not likely the killer took them to make it look like a robbery--there's too much evidence of foul play. He knew he'd never fool the police into thinking he was after their jewelry. *rolls eyes*Handwriting analysis is still perfectly possible, regardless of medium. The way one writes is the way one writes. For example, the it's obvious from the way the block capitals are even and steady that whoever wrote this is accustomed to writing in uppercase. If they don't normally do so, the letters are choppy, uneven, almost childlike. Whoever wrote this is used to block capitals, not unlike myself. That suggests a dominating or aggressive personality, possibly even a feeling of being ignored, which fits with that of a serial killer. *returns to bodies*The sudden ferocity of the man's death would seem to imply that he was interrupting the torture of his wife. The fact that no one heard them would imply the woman was drugged and the man was stabbed to death before he could say anything. Or no one in this hotel had any observational skills, which would make it a prime location for torture. If it is the former, the killer must have been alert, aware that someone could interrupt, and had plans for such an occasion. He wouldn't have made the male victim watch without restraining him in some fashion, and I see no ligature marks. *fingers twitch*
*text to Lestrade*Need files on Schwolow killings.
SH So it's obvious from the amount of blood near the bodies that the cause of death for the female was exsanguination and cause of death for the male is a stab wound to the heart. The fact that the killer used the male's blood to write the message when hers was so readily available is intriguing. It says that it was a personal issue with the man, or he didn't want to dirty himself with the blood of a woman. It's possible your killer was gay.
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Post by Irene Adler on Oct 28, 2011 21:31:04 GMT
*pauses, thinking over everything he said*
...Do not roll your eyes at me, I will hit you.
Now, I'm glad you know exactly what's going on here, but do you have any idea where Schwolow could possibly be? This is the police's forte and I really have no interest in it; only in finding Hascal Schwolow as soon as possible.
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Oct 28, 2011 22:04:25 GMT
*sigh*
Boring. But if you wish. I haven't anything better to do.
If the perpetrator of this particular crime is, in fact, Schwolow, you may care to check for his latest boyfriend. If the police haven't checked for his romantic attachment already. If they've found nothing, then that means either they weren't doing their jobs correctly (again) or he took great pains to hide it.
I'm suspecting Cole was his old boyfriend who failed him utterly. Hence why he was murdered. Which means he may have another boyfriend--check the prison records for any other common male visitors and their locations. You may find him at one of those. Prison escapees often flee to the homes of those who they feel care about them unconditionally. Am I correct in saying that his first victim was, in fact, his mother?
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Post by Irene Adler on Oct 29, 2011 12:49:16 GMT
Close. Both parents, actually.
*flips though pages in a file*
Seems his parents--John and Susan--were very religious. Church every Sunday, etc. Could be that they had a problem with their son being--
*looks up at writing on wall*
--gay... Oh.
*look of realization and whispers*
...How did I miss that?
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Oct 29, 2011 13:19:49 GMT
Yes, how did you miss it? Especially as he has such a deep-seated misogyny.
*silence*
He's killing couples now. Interesting. I wonder how much the Allens resembled his young parents in both looks and mannerisms.
If it is a case of resemblance, Schwolow may have seen them and followed them back here. If not, it's likely they were intended targets--he could have known them and chosen them carefully. I think the former is more likely, judging by the message on the wall.
You need to find out if either Allen knew someone who visited Schwolow in prison. If so, and that visitor was a man, you'll likely find him at the visitor's residence.
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Post by Irene Adler on Oct 29, 2011 13:35:31 GMT
Plus the fact that the 'T' has also been deliberately drawn to look like a cross... The two cases are definitely connected.
*holds up the case file for Sherlock, the pictures of John and Susan Schwolow and Zachary and Beth Allen looking strikingly familiar*
The Allens were definitely targeted then.
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