The mirror

Organized/Nonsocial Offenders types are usually of high intelligence, have an above average IQ (120+ range), and plan their crimes quite methodically, usually abducting victims, killing them in one place and disposing of them in another. They maintain a high degree of control over the crime scene, and usually have a solid knowledge of forensic science that enables them to cover their track.

June 20

‘This is Dr. Thomas, neurologist interviewing serial killer Jill’, placing the recorder close to my mouth, I asked Jill ‘So what are the reasons behind your killings Jill?’

‘Have you ever looked into the mirror doc, what do you see beyond your pupils? ‘Jill asked. ‘You haven’t answered my question’, I looked into his eyes, ‘No, you haven’t answered mine’, he was furious.

‘I see a monster beyond your eyes’, I said and he started to smile inadvertently and replied, ‘so do I….’

March 10

‘Twenty six girls in all, murdered in cold blood and discovered so far with another two kills’ said the news reporter with the cameraman zooming onto the two bodies of the girls recovered lately.

Detective Drakes was having a chat with Chief Inspector David, ‘going by the kills, we have two serial killers, two patterns. But the circumstantial evidence proves that there was only one guy. It could be very much possible that one of the serial killers is of organized types plotting to involve the other guy also into these killings’

‘Or isn’t it possible that the same guy is killing two sets of people at the same time?’ asked David. Drakes was now in deep thoughts.

April 13

A handsome man in his 40’s walked into the police station, and asked for detective Drakes. ‘May I come in, detective?’ he asked after knocking at the door. Normally Drakes wouldn’t allow visitors, but this man insisted to meet him as he wanted to give him a tipoff about the serial killer. Drakes called in David and asked the operator to send the man into his room.

‘Yes, please do come in’, Drakes replied, and a man with an athletic physic entered the room.

‘Detective, please listen to me carefully, I am the serial killer you are looking for’ he said straight looking into his eyes. David burst into laughter but Drakes had something else running in his mind.

June 20

I went on questioning, ‘Why did you kill 26 innocent victims Jill?’

‘Please hold it doc’, I killed only 13. The other 13 were killed by Jack’, he replied, ‘Please make sure that you go through the circumstantial evidence before convicting me’

I asked, ‘Who’s Jack?’ to which Jill promptly replied, ‘Jack and Jill went up to kill, to fetch a pail of blood….’

‘Please Jill, stop that, you have been saying the same thing innumerable times’

‘You see these patterns doc, it’s done by me. I am more organized than Jack, and I have covered all my tracks so far. I wanted to kill only 13 people and after that I have surrendered myself before the police.

March 10

‘It’s more than impossible that there is one guy who’s committed these murders. If you look at the handling of the knife in both the incidents, the post mortem reports on the dead girls and also the circumstantial evidence at only one place, all these indicate two guys are involved’ ,Drakes continued.

‘The following thing, isn’t made public, but since you were stressing that there’s only one guy, I have to divulge this. There is one thing common between them, each of them carved their respective names on the waists of the victims, and the way it’s written was exceptionally same for the 13 victims of Jack and same for 13 victims of Jill, but, undeniably these two sets of carvings differed from each other’

David had goose bumps on hearing this.

April 13

‘My name is Thomas and I am a neurologist. I am responsible for killing 13 young women and carving my name onto their waists. I have completed my number and so I am surrendering myself, voluntarily’, I said.

‘Freeze’, David shouted, but he was pushed back by Drakes, ‘This isn’t our man; his name isn’t Jack or Jill…’ and both of them looked at surprise towards me.

I replied, ‘If you don’t believe me, please send you men to search in these locations’. Drakes wasn’t sure of me, but still he sent a few men to the place I pointed. Within few minutes, there was a call on Drakes mobile.

‘Sir, whatever Dr. Thomas said is very much true. We found another 13 bodies of young ladies, very well preserved and with a mark of his name Dr. Thomas on their waists’, the voice from the other end said so.

The present day

‘Dr. Thomas is convicted of 39 crimes committed under three different masks, and he be taken to the asylum, where he would be treated for his condition’ was the verdict from the federal court.

June 20

‘You look into this mirror’ I said pointing towards Jill, you very much see that Jill and Jack are not different but one and the same’

‘You look into this mirror’, Jill showing a mirror towards me and said, ‘Jack and Thomas are not different but very much same’

And I started to sing ‘Jack and Jill went up to kill, to fetch a pail of blood….’