(woman screaming) - There's been another murder.

I have no worries it's the same guy.

- I know where you live.

- Like I've never heard that before.

(gunshots blasting) - [Stella] You think her hair's been clipped?

- [Reed] Where?

- [Stella] There.

- [Reed] She has a high level of chorionic gonadotropin in her blood.

I'm thinking she was pregnant.

- Make me SIO.

This is the third murder in three months, Jim.

Is this the body of your daughter, Sarah Kay?

- [Katie] What are you doing?

My hand hurts.

- If we don't stop him, he will kill again.

- Excuse me.

Is this your purse?

- Oh, thank you so much.

(traffic rumbling) (door clicks open) (door creaking) (attic door clicking) (slow somber music) (lips smack) (slow somber music) (mobile clinking softly) (pencil scratching) (coffee splashing) - So who are you thinking of for deputy SIOs?

- [Stella] I'm not exactly spoiled for choice.

- Just answer.

- Brink.

And McElroy.

- McElroy?

Good.

(cell phone ringing) That's good.

Burns.

- [Man On Phone] (speaks faintly) shot and killed.

- I'll be right there.

There's uh, there's been a fatal shooting, police officer.

We should get you issued with a firearm.

Book yourself in at the range.

- I don't have time.

- This is Belfast, make time.

(door thuds shut) (pen scratching) (slow somber music) (pen clatters) (deep somber music) - I really don't want these pictures to end up in the press.

- [Mary M.] The site can memorialize the account.

That restricts profile access to confirmed friends and family, but means people can still write on Sarah's wall in remembrance.

- I'd rather her father sent in a formal request as next of kin and close it down completely.

- [Mary M.] Yes, I understand, ma'am.

I'll talk to him.

- All right.

Great, thank you.

I spoke to Ian Kay about Friday night's visit.

He understands that it was his daughter's decision not to take further action.

So, if we can keep it out of the press, I think you're in the clear.

- Thank you, ma'am.

(Stella sighs) I don't know whether you know that there's been a shooting.

A male police officer.

- Yeah, I heard.

Do you know him?

- It's James Olson, ma'am.

The detective we saw near the Falls Road on Sunday night.

- What happened?

- He was shot in the street outside his house.

Apparently, it looks like an assassination.

(slow somber music) I just wanted to say, when I collected your things from your hotel room, there were signs that you'd had company, that a man had been there.

I wanted you to know that I removed those signs.

(slow somber music) - Anything else?

- No, ma'am.

- Thank you.

(door thuds shut) (slow somber music) (people chattering quietly) (camera shutters clicking) - Mr. Burns, can you confirm that it's a police officer that's been killed?

Has anyone claimed responsibility for the shootin'?

Doesn't James Olson live round here?

- [Reporter] Mr. Burns, Mr. Burns.

- Move everyone back to the corner.

Seal off the entire street!

(people chattering quietly) (police radio beeps) Where's his family?

- Inside.

(people chattering quietly) Close this off.

(woman crying distantly) (gentle somber music) - Can I call Mummy?

- She's at work.

Why do you wanna call her?

- To say good morning.

- Okay.

(keypad clicking) (phone ringing) - God so loved us that he gave himself up for us.

That is the message of the cross.

The mystery of death and of glory.

The cross reminds us that there is no true love without suffering, there is no gift of life without pain.

God so loved us that he gave himself up for us.

That is the message of the cross.

The mystery of death and of glory.

The cross reminds us that there is no true love without suffering, there is no gift of life without pain.

God so loved us that he gave himself up for us.

That is the message of the cross.

- [Morgan] Grieving families.

- [Interviewer] And the funeral is on Saturday?

- It's a small affair for immediate family and friends, but we are also planning a uh, a memorial service to honor-- (men speaking foreign language) - There's been an accident.

(Rob grunts) (woman groans softly) It was an accident.

- Go back in there, sir.

Go back inside.

(men speaking in foreign language) - Get some coffee down your friend, sir.

(men arguing in foreign language) - You're gonna be okay, you're gonna be okay.

- Oh, my god.

- It's all right, she's gonna be okay.

Don't get hysterical.

Here, take her.

(woman whimpering quietly) (flushing toilet splashes) Where the are you?

I could do with some help here.

- [Matt] DCI Matthew Eastwood, who is this, please?

(Rob breathing heavily) (cellphone redial beeping) - [Woman Over Phone] Your call has been forwarded to the mobile voice message.

(people chattering) (phone parts clicking) (door clicks open) - You should arrest him.

- She must've said something, done something.

- She gets beaten up, and it's her fault?

- Not now, okay?

- He's a sadistic, German pig!

- Not now!

(woman speaks foreign language) (telephone ringing) - It's Rob Breedlove.

- [Man On Phone] I've been trying to get a hold of you.

- I was asleep, what's wrong?

- [Man On Phone] Then you haven't heard.

It's Jimmy, Jimmy Olson.

(knocking on door) (shower water splashing) - Come in.

What's going on out there?

- Your German friend has just beaten up another girl.

- Badly?

- Split her lip, marked her face.

- Yeah.

- Jimmy Olson's been shot dead, right outside his home.

I just called him.

Another police officer answered his phone.

- What phone did you use?

- I've dealt with it.

(people chattering faintly) (footsteps echoing) (children speaking faintly) - Make sure you eat all your lunch.

- I will.

- I put in lots of crunchy black beetles.

- Yummy.

- I love you.

- Love you, Daddy.

(school bell ringing) - [Woman On Radio] Details of how to donate to Alice Monroe fund are going to follow.

(radio clicks) - Take her here, get her patched up.

Pick her up later on.

- This has gotta stop.

- I thought that's what you were here for.

- Get this place cleaned up.

(woman laughing faintly) - Come on, hurry up!

- He drills and it's in, he drills and it's in.

And again, no response, where's the boys?

Nobody to be seen, just keeps on goin' and goin'.

That's the way it went.

- As you may have heard, we're setting up a task force.

I'm going to need a right-hand man.

I'd like it to be you.

It would mean to start right away.

No going home, no sleep.

(people chattering faintly) - Okay.

- I've been told that I need to carry a firearm.

So, you'll need to book me in at the range.

Maybe tomorrow morning.

And uh, I doubt I'll get back to the hotel very much.

I'd like to find out where the nearest pool is so I can swim.

Good.

- I've been on to HQ, we have a list of operational names.

Eden.

- A place where the woman gets the blame.

- Top Hat.

- Too posh.

- Alamo.

- Too Texan.

- Music Man.

- Too male.

- Genesis.

- My least favorite band.

Well, aside from U2.

- Hey, steady on.

- Ashdon?

- Too forest-y.

- What?

- Reminds me of shallow graves.

Curiosity, gentlemen.

(man clears throat) (people chattering) (horn honks) (tires screech) Good morning.

- Morning.

- Morning, ma'am.

- Morning, ma'am.

- First things first.

All telephones disconnected.

All mobile phones switched to silent mode or switched off.

Welcome to Operation Music Man.

(cellphone ringing) - Mm.

- Where are you?

- Yeah, I'm here, I'm in the car park.

- [Mary M.] She's started.

- [Martin] All right.

- As many of you will be aware, we have come to the conclusion that the recent murders of Fiona Gallagher, Alice Parker Monroe, and Sarah Kay are linked, and the work of a serial offender.

Anyone in any doubt about the gender of the person responsible?

Then let's not waste our time looking for a woman.

I've asked my two deputies, Garrett Brink and Jerry McElroy, to take responsibility for allocating all the key roles within the task force.

They will also lead the debrief on the Sarah Kay murder.

(door clicks open) (door bangs shut) When you hear the pathologist's report, you will learn that Sarah Kay was six to seven weeks' pregnant at the time of her death.

♪ Next move, where do I go ♪ Where do I stay, where do I work ♪ ♪ Where do I rest, where do I play ♪ ♪ It feels as though I been up in this gridlock for days ♪ ♪ And still I'm hoping that this stops, but hey ♪ ♪ Whatever happened to the hip hop parade ♪ - That fact is not to leave this room.

The gap between murders-- - Do you think she noticed I was late?

- Is getting shorter.

- Think you got away with it.

- Good.

- Think of it as an addiction.

There's a law of diminishing returns.

The serialist, like the heroin addict, is always seeking that elusive first high, and he's doomed to fail.

That's why the cooling-off periods get shorter, and the crimes become more elaborate.

And he will carry on, feeding that killing habit, unless we stop him.

(keyboard clacking) He clearly has a victim type.

They are not victims of chance, they are victims of choice.

They don't know him, but he knows them.

It's possible that he's out there stalking his next victim now.

He may even have a waiting list.

It seems that he breaks in to their homes a day or two before he then returns to kill them.

How does he find and select his victims?

(birds chirping) We need to be looking at correspondences.

What links these three women?

We will be making an announcement to the press later this afternoon.

There's every possibility after we do that, that we will be flooded with calls.

But all of those calls need to be captured, recorded, and assessed.

Though there are many of us gathered here today, with still more to come, there is only one of him.

You'd think that gives us the advantage, but it doesn't.

He moves around on his own in darkness, and we operate under the glare of media lights.

Now let's make sure that we don't let anything slip through the cracks.

The devil, quite literally, ladies and gentlemen, is in the detail.

Detail, detail, and detail again.

(dog barking) - Can I help you?

You!

Looking for someone?

- Are you talking to me?

- Yes, I'm talking to you.

What are you doing here?

- How is that any business of yours?

- I'm making it my business.

You're not from around here.

- So?

- So what are you doin'?

- There's a name tag on the front seat.

- Hey, that stuff is private.

I doubt James Tyler would be that thrilled to know you're looking at his family case files.

- Jimmy Tyler?

- I'm a grief counselor.

He lost his son, Daniel.

- I know he did.

(dark barks distantly) You're on the wrong road.

- Yeah, I realize that now.

- Turn round, go back up there and take the next right.

(Liam sighs) (keys jangling) (knocking at door) - Mr. Spector.

- I was in the area.

I was worried you missed a session.

But uh, if this is a bad time.

- No, come on in.

(birds cawing) - [Woman On Voicemail] You have one new message.

- [Olivia] Morning, Mummy, it's only me.

I'm about to leave for school.

I hope you're okay and all the babies are okay, too.

Love you, bye.

- When Daniel was small, I was a registered child minder.

They all used to play out there, Daniel and the kids I looked after.

When Jim went to prison, they revoked my license.

I've been into his room.

- [Liam] Good.

- Would you like to see it?

- Stella, this is Martina Dean.

Martina is our media liaison officer.

- Before we start, I need a word with you in private, sir.

(door bangs shut) - It's nothing special, is it?

I don't think I'll ever be able to accept what's happened.

- You don't have to.

I don't subscribe to that model of grief.

I don't see bereavement as ever being resolved or accepted.

There's no closure, no recovery.

But you can learn to live a life without the physical presence of your son.

- (sniffling) That's just it.

(sniffling) I can't.

(Liz shuddering) He would always come to me for kisses and cuddles.

He would always hold my hand.

All I want is for somebody to hold me.

Tell me I'm gonna be all right, that I'm not goin' mad.

(Liz breathing heavily) Would you do that?

- What?

- Hold me?

- Yes.

(Liz breathing shakily) (Liz sobbing) - He came to my hotel room.

- When?

- Sunday night.

Monday morning.

- Why?

(sighs) What time?

- Between 2:00 and 4:30 a.m. - About the same time that Sarah Kay was being murdered.

So he's on the hotel CCTV.

- Probably.

- Did you talk about his case?

Or your review?

- No.

- James Olson was a married man, Stella.

Married, two kids.

- That's his business.

He wasn't wearing a ring.

- I'm sure that'll be of some comfort to his wife when she finds out that her husband spent his last night on earth in your bed.

- You were a married man when you spent a night in my bed.

- [Jim] Am I going to regret my decision to make you head of this task force?

- I hope not.

- Did you deliberately withhold this information until after the debriefing?

- Yes.

But I thought you should know before the press conference.

- An SIO should display high levels of personal integrity.

Demonstrate professional, ethical, and moral standards.

Show some self-control.

- I wasn't SIO at the time.

(Jim scoffs) (Jim laughs) Are you in the least bit upset that Olson is dead?

- Shall we get Martina back in here?

(telephone ringing) (metal gate clanking) - "I know where you live.

I know where you-- - Step back, sir.

- [Rob] You scumbag!

- Did something happen to your friend?

Oh, I am sorry to hear about that.

- Get off me!

I'm a police officer, for god's sake!

- Do wish him a speedy recovery.

(laughing) - Get off me!

If I find out you've been doing their dirty work for them.

Will you get off me, I'm a police officer, for god's sake!

(car doors banging) (engine rumbling) - We need to make it clear that Aaron Monroe is of no interest to us.

- I don't see any mention of Aaron Monroe.

- If it comes up.

- There's something not right about him.

- That's as may be, I need his father off my back.

- We should announce that she was pregnant.

It seems Sarah was on a course in London seven weeks ago.

Hopefully the father will come forward.

Can we not call them "professional"?

- [Martina] What would you suggest?

- Something that's less of a value judgment.

Highly-qualified?

- And what about the washing and the posing?

- The more detail we give out, the more likely there are to be copycats.

Also, in my experience, this kind of case encourages false confessions.

So, we need to hold things back.

- The cutting of the hair?

- [Stella] Yes, we should mention the hair and the jewelry, but not the painting of the nails.

Let's not refer to them as innocent.

- They were innocent.

- What if he kills a prostitute next?

Or a woman walking home drunk late at night in a short skirt?

Will they be, in some way, less innocent, therefore less deserving, culpable?

The media loves to divide women into virgins and vamps, angels or whores.

Let's not encourage them.

(soft tense music) (crowd chattering quietly) (camera shutters clicking) - Okay, um, good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

I am Assistant Chief Constable Burns, and I would like to thank you all for coming here today.

(horn honking) (chickens clucking) (birds twittering) (parking brake creaks) - [CC] (laughing) Hello!

(laughing) How are you, my darling?

- Exhausted.

(both laughing) - Mm-mm.

- Where are the kittens?

- Come on!

- It is for these reasons we have decided that the three murders are linked, and we are seeking one individual for these crimes.

I met with Sarah Kay's family today and informed them of all the latest findings.

I do, of course, offer them and the families of Fiona Gallagher and Alice Parker Monroe my heartfelt condolences.

The members of my team are working tirelessly to provide them with the answers that they require.

Why were these women killed, and who is responsible?

- [Olivia] They're so lovely, have they got names?

- [CC] Not yet.

- Can I pick one up?

- If you're gentle.

(door clicks open) - [Sally Ann] Hey, Daddy.

- [CC] Show Mommy.

- John, did I see a new quad bike outside?

- [John] You did.

Do you wanna go on the quad bike?

Okay.

- Hey, take Olivia.

- She's playing with the kittens.

- Yeah, but she's the eldest.

You've gotta her first sometimes.

(kittens meowing) - [Mary O.]

Mary Otwin, BBC News.

Who discovered the body?

- Her sister, Marion.

- [Mary O.]

Were there any signs of a sexual assault?

- That's not something I would like to disclose at this stage of the investigation.

- [Alison] Alison O'Brien, TVNI.

Were the three victims known to each other?

- [Stella] That is a line of inquiry that we are actively pursuing.

- Was Sarah Kay clothed when she was found?

- No, she was unclothed.

- Ned Callan, Belfast Chronicle.

Has the review that you were conducting into the death of Alice Monroe been suspended?

- Yes, it has.

- [Ned] Were you the first person to link the three murders?

- I did discern a link between the murders, and then discussed them internally with other PSNI officers.

- Were the independent murder inquiries conducted into the deaths of Fiona Gallagher and Alice Monroe adequate, in your view?

- I think there is no doubt that the best way to advance the inquiries into these three tragic murders is to view them as related and to proceed accordingly.

- Can you explain why neighbors report seeing a police patrol car outside the most recent victim's house on the Friday evening before the murder took place?

- Mr. Callan, we've only got a few minutes left and there are a lot of other hands raised, so.

- Sir.

- Over here.

- Well done for spottin' the wardrobe malfunction.

- Cleavage?

- [Martina] Just chest.

(engine rumbling) (engine sputtering) (birds cawing and chirping) - Daddy, I want to go back.

- Wait a minute.

- [Olivia] I don't wanna go in there.

- Wait a second, okay?

Wait for Daddy.

(door splinters) (soft ominous music) - [Olivia] Daddy!

(soft ominous music) Daddy, I need to wee!

(soft ominous music) I'm gonna tell Mummy!

(beam creaking) (soft ominous music) I'm freezing, Daddy!

(beam creaking) (soft ominous music) Daddy!

(tense suspenseful music) (marker pen scraping) - [Man On TV] And so I think a lotta jurors eventually just get mesmerized, just nod to it and say, "Well, whoever sounds the best, whoever looks the best, whoever made the best presentation, must be right."

- Mum suggests we stay a day or two.

- I can't.

I've got some work to do before tomorrow.

- [Man On TV] Destroyed me, I mean, what, what, what hurt the most-- - We could stay, I guess.

Dad could run the kids to school in the morning, drop me off.

- [Man On TV] My sister not five feet behind me.

To turn around and see that horror in her eye.

She'd say, "Mommy, will it be okay?

Don't worry-- - Mum's offered Olivia one of the kittens.

- (scoffs) What a surprise.

- Hm.

Well, can she have one?

- Kittens turn into cats, cats kill the birds.

- We could put it in a collar with a bell.

(both chuckling) There we go.

(Paul sighs) (fire crackling) (engine rumbling) (deep somber music) (deep suspenseful music) (bottles in fridge clanking) (tense music) - Decided that the three murders are linked, and we are actively seeking one individual for these crimes.

- That was Detective Superintendent Gibson speaking at a press conference earlier today.

The three murder victims, Fiona Gallagher, Alice Monroe, and Sarah Kay, were all professional women in their early 30s, killed by strangulation in their own homes.

Superintendent Gibson made this appeal.

- I would ask that anyone out there today who has any information whatsoever to please step forward and speak to us.

They can call on the Operation Music Man incident phone-- (TV remote clicks) (slow ominous music) (Olivia screaming) - [Olivia] Mummy!

- [Sally Ann] It's okay.

- [Olivia] Mummy!

- [CC] You didn't tell me this was still happening.

(engine rumbling) (relaxed blues music) - Shh.

(Olivia panting) It's okay.

(Olivia panting) - She shouldn't have that necklace on in bed, should she?

- Why?

- [CC] She could strangle herself.

- Here, take a wee drink, sweetheart.

There you go.

That's it.

- [CC] Where did she get it?

- Paul gave it to her.

Why do you ask?

- Hm, just looks like an odd choice for a little girl.

- She loves it.

(Olivia panting) There, okay.

Now that's it.

Shh.

Good girl.

Good girl.

(door bangs shut) (necklace jingling) (Stella sighs) (clock clicking) (sirens wailing) (clock ticking rapidly) What do you think you dreamt about this time?

- It's not a dream.

- Well, what do you think you saw that upset you?

- A lady.

- What lady?

- A lady with no clothes on.

- (scoffs) There is no lady, darling.

- Well, there is at home.

- What?

- I've seen a lady at home.

- Where?

- Upstairs.

- Where upstairs?

- Upstairs in the ceiling.

- What do you mean?

- Above my bedroom.

- Oh, it's okay, hey.

(wood creaking) - [Newscaster] The driver of the white van.

(drown out by footsteps crunching) Police this evening have revealed that murdered solicitor Sarah Kay was pregnant at the time of her death.

Family members believe it is possible Sarah was herself unaware of her pregnancy.

Police have appealed to anyone involved in an intimate relationship with her in the last two months to come forward to help the police with their inquiries.

Detective Superintendent Gibson, who's leading the investigation into the murder of Sarah Kay, which was today linked with two other recent murders in Belfast, refused to comment on whether the killer, if caught, would face charges of child destruction.

(necklace jingling) (slow somber music) (paper crackling) (Paul breathing heavily) (paper crumpling) (deep ominous music) (water splashing) (foreboding music) (Stella gasps) (pounding on door) - I know you're in there, open the door.

(pounding on door) Open the door.

(pounding on door) I know you're in there.

(birds chirping) - Jimmy, what are you doin' here?

- Who the hell do you think you are, telling people on my street that I'm in therapy?

Calling to my house when I'm not there?

Sniffin' around my wife?

- I didn't say anything to anyone about therapy.

- Then how come the whole world knows?

- Not from me.

- You had your Jew-boy I.D.

hanging from your neck.

- Liz needs help, Jimmy.

Can you not see that?

- Not from you, she doesn't.

- I saw the bruises, Jimmy.

- You stay away from my wife.

Or I'll kill ya, and your wife, and your kids.

(birds chirping) (gate creaks) (van door bangs) (engine revving) (tires squealing) (telephone ringing) - [Angelica] Stella.

- I uh, I wondered if you had the test screen results on Sarah Kay.

- I sent them through.

- Oh.

Did, did you do the autopsy on, on James Olson?

- Yes, I did.

I've just been talking to his wife.

Actually, do you have a minute?

There's something that might interest you.

- Yeah.

- Ever seen anything like this?

- Jesus.

- Seven spent bullets in his body.

Three in his head.

(slow somber music) (gentle melancholy music) (gunshots blasting) (gates creaking) (gentle melancholy music) (telephone ringing) (people chattering) (Jerry sighs) - How's it going, Jerry?

- Well, we're swamped with phone calls as you predicted.

Women turning in their boyfriends, brothers, sons.

(Jerry sighs) - It is a husband, boyfriend, brother, or son we're looking for.

- Yes, ma'am.

- The press got hold of those photographs of Sarah Kay.

DCI Eastwood's in your office, ma'am.

(people chattering) - I've spoken with Assistant Chief Constable Burns.

He tells me that Detective Sergeant Olson visited you in your hotel room in the early hours of Monday morning.

- That's correct.

- Can you tell me the purpose of that visit?

- Sexual intercourse.

- How long was DS Olson with you?

- Two, two and a half hours.

- Did you converse at all?

- Very little.

- What was his state of mind, would you say?

- He seemed fine.

- Not preoccupied, worried?

- No.

- (sighs) We retrieved two phones from Sergeant Olson's body.

One a contract phone, the other one an unregistered pay-as-you-go.

Does your number feature on that list?

(sighs) - Yes.

- Mark the calls for me.

(sighs) Two of these are media messages.

Can you tell me what he sent you?

- I didn't open them.

- Why?

- I didn't want to.

- Because he was a married man?

- I didn't know that at the time.

- But you didn't think to ask?

- He didn't think to tell me.

I know nothing that will help you with your inquiry, and I have a lot of work to do.

- Yeah.

When did you first meet Sergeant Olson?

- That's what really bothers you, isn't it?

The one-night stand.

Man, woman.

Subject, man; verb; object, woman.

That's okay.

Woman, man.

Woman subject, man object.

That's not so comfortable for you, is it?

(door bangs shut) (bar creaking) (Paul exhales) Okay, here's where I'm at with this guy.

There's an athleticism to these crimes that suggests that he's a young man.

Sarah Kay was 65 inches tall and weighed 112 pounds.

- The same as a sack of cement, and he's picking her up and moving her around.

- Yeah, there's no sign on the heels of dragging.

- So he's lifting her, he's strong.

(Paul breathing heavily) Fiona Gallagher may have been his first kill, but I doubt she was his first attack.

There's a progression, an increased level of criminal sophistication that suggests that he understands police work, that he knows criminology.

As such, I would put his age at mid-20s to mid-30s.

And he's intelligent.

Even highly intelligent.

- Well, that would go with the psychological rather than the physical torture.

- Maybe lower-paid white collar, quasi-professional.

Less qualified than these women.

Perhaps he's an underachiever, or at least in his own eyes.

And he selects victims that he feels inferior to, and then dominates and humiliates them.

- So he hates women who occupy powerful positions?

- Don't we all?

(Jerry laughing) Hm.

- [Stella] So why the washing?

- He likes a clean scene.

- Victims of strangulation mess themselves.

- But the washing's more than that, isn't it?

It's more than cleaning up, more than destroying evidence.

(glove stretching) (door creaking) - [Mary M.] He needs them clean for the posing.

- [Stella] Does he wash them in the bath?

- [Brian] Does he get in with them?

- Bathe with them?

- Maybe.

Cleans himself, too.

- Are you thinking there's a religious dimension?

- What do you mean?

- Purifying, washing away their sins, his sins.

I, I don't know.

- [Stella] What kind of sexual release is he getting at the scene?

- [Martin] Well, masturbate, I guess.

- [Stella] There's no ejaculate at the scene.

- [Martin] Into a condom?

- [Mary M.] Well there's no sign of damage, anal or vaginal.

- Well, he could be having postmortem intercourse, that's not violent.

- For me, the sexual release comes afterwards, when he's on his own.

It's all part of the fantasy.

The fantasy that sustains him between killings.

It's about power and control, and the thrill.

I think it thrills him to stalk these women.

(scissors clipping) To break in to their houses, to take their underwear.

(object clinking) (scissors snip) It's about intimacy.

What could be more intimate than squeezing the life from another human being?

(person speaking faintly) Having their dead body at your disposal?

(cup bangs) (floorboards creaking) (urine splashing) We've all seen more degrading crime scenes.

Bodies with objects left inside them.

This is different.

(flushing toilet splashes) It's like an art form to him.

(water flowing) I'm certain he takes photographs.

After they're dead, they're playthings to him.

He treats them like objects, he paints their nails, he uses them like dolls.

(door latch clicks) (slow somber music) (door creaking) He's creating his own pornography.

(slow somber music) (marker pen scraping) (slow somber music) (slow mysterious music)