Faceless Man
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:48 pm
What can a Private Investigator do that cops can't when they cant seem to solve the case, or rash of cases in a major city as bizzar as those associated with the supernatural? Well, the Amarillo Police Department can't seem to find their asses with both hands of late. There has been an elevation in street violence, of course.
But this is something else. I first stumbled across it when one of the local cops I knew mentioned it to me at Jaguar's. For those of you who know Amarillo a little bit, no... I wasn't trying to make money there. Instead of going to The Brew Pub, Brandon and I went there for a change. Anyway, my buddy Gerald was there, and he mentioned this case that had him bugged. They found a male, white, about age 25 that had been killed. He had been clawed by something, and well... the place was a mess. He had struggled, though it appeared to be completely useless. There was no left behind prints, fibers, hairs... nothing. What bothered him was the face was removed. It was removed in a manner that suggested it was half cut, half ripped off. The doors to the place were not forced, nor were the windows, and all of them were still locked which totally had them puzzled.
I suggested maybe it was a ninja, just as a joke. It was a remote possibility, because they had the skill to get in and out without showing signs of forced entry or leaving prints, but.... there would still have been footprints of some kind. Taijutsu has been known to use claw-hand techniques or even metal claws to fight in close quarters. Even though it was possible, it was a joke, though it was doubtful that Gerald would even know that much about ninja. The method of death didn't really match, and come on... this is America!
Anyway, I dismissed it, but then, I was later approached by a citizen and asked to start a case similar to the one that Gerald mentioned. Now, the more I investigate, I found there have been four murders like this. Brandon seems to think they are connected to some sort of ritual killing of some kind. He also had something come to him from his gift, something about shadow, or shadow people. Anybody make any sense of this?
But this is something else. I first stumbled across it when one of the local cops I knew mentioned it to me at Jaguar's. For those of you who know Amarillo a little bit, no... I wasn't trying to make money there. Instead of going to The Brew Pub, Brandon and I went there for a change. Anyway, my buddy Gerald was there, and he mentioned this case that had him bugged. They found a male, white, about age 25 that had been killed. He had been clawed by something, and well... the place was a mess. He had struggled, though it appeared to be completely useless. There was no left behind prints, fibers, hairs... nothing. What bothered him was the face was removed. It was removed in a manner that suggested it was half cut, half ripped off. The doors to the place were not forced, nor were the windows, and all of them were still locked which totally had them puzzled.
I suggested maybe it was a ninja, just as a joke. It was a remote possibility, because they had the skill to get in and out without showing signs of forced entry or leaving prints, but.... there would still have been footprints of some kind. Taijutsu has been known to use claw-hand techniques or even metal claws to fight in close quarters. Even though it was possible, it was a joke, though it was doubtful that Gerald would even know that much about ninja. The method of death didn't really match, and come on... this is America!
Anyway, I dismissed it, but then, I was later approached by a citizen and asked to start a case similar to the one that Gerald mentioned. Now, the more I investigate, I found there have been four murders like this. Brandon seems to think they are connected to some sort of ritual killing of some kind. He also had something come to him from his gift, something about shadow, or shadow people. Anybody make any sense of this?
