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I was thrilling inside I could see the whole scene going down alood

I asked the Schultzes, “You’re sure the smaller man was the attacker?”

Said Lynn Schultz, “Definitely One hundred percent”

“Okay If you could, describe him once more, as best as you can,” I said

“Sure Estihtcolored hair? Like faded blond He had a collar or a hoodie under his coat Damned shame I didn’t see his face”

Conklin said, “You’ve given us a lot, Lynn Our first good lead”

Ia newspaper If the headline had read STEALTH KILLER, maybe it had sparked Beardsley’s curiosity Had he made the killer, and the killer knew it—so he took Beardsley out?

Conklin was saying, “If you think of anything else, anything at all, callin”

We had beautiful, corroborated eyewitness reports and a decent description of the needle sticker It was, as Conklin had said, our first good lead It was better than I could even have wished for

But we needed uy” was volatile and sounded like he was also fearless He was striking out much more frequently than before—as far as we knew

How many of our citizens had died as a direct result of this killer?

More than two ue’s buttock, we had no more idea who the needle sticker was than we had then Four more people had died

The killer was on a roll

CHAPTER 72

CONNOR GRANT’S COMPLAINT to Internal Affairs haunted ht as I waited to be interviewed by Lieutenant William Hoyt