Crime spree in downtown DC
I've been on the trail of a troubling series of brutal crimes in downtown DC. The first one occurred outside the Whole Foods Market on P Street, NW. The brazen killer struck in broad daylight, cutting down a streetlight, decapitating it, and leaving its head in a shopping basket. The Police responded to this horrifying attack by tying yellow "police line - do not cross" tape to the victim.
I thought this was an isolated case. But late Saturday night, I spotted a tell-tale trail of needles where a Christmas tree had been dragged down the street and left for dead at the curb. Different modus operandi, same brutality -- the same killer or a second one at large?
In the coming days, more corpses turned up -- helpless trees sawed off at the base, and left lifeless on DC's mean, cold streets. In one case, the killer had even bagged up the tree as he prepared to dispose of the corpse, but he must have fled the scene as police arrived. Again, though, they just left the victim on the cold concrete.
And now the latest - a hapless traffic cone, sawed off at the top! Again the police responded by tying "police line" tape to the victim and leaving the scene.
Can nobody stop this brutal killer?
I thought this was an isolated case. But late Saturday night, I spotted a tell-tale trail of needles where a Christmas tree had been dragged down the street and left for dead at the curb. Different modus operandi, same brutality -- the same killer or a second one at large?
In the coming days, more corpses turned up -- helpless trees sawed off at the base, and left lifeless on DC's mean, cold streets. In one case, the killer had even bagged up the tree as he prepared to dispose of the corpse, but he must have fled the scene as police arrived. Again, though, they just left the victim on the cold concrete.
And now the latest - a hapless traffic cone, sawed off at the top! Again the police responded by tying "police line" tape to the victim and leaving the scene.
Can nobody stop this brutal killer?
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