Chapter 231: Speculations Part 1
The analysis meeting took off immediately as Arlen summarized the case starting from when they found Emily Wilson four days ago.
He wrote down the events in chronological order on the smaller whiteboard, "Excluding the oldest victim, Mary Taylor who we would get back to later. The remaining twenty victims were escorts who mostly worked in nightclubs. Evenly distributed among three clubs, here, here, and here." There was a projection of a large map of Davenport in front of Arlen.
He circled the clubs with a red marker.
"We have tried to get as much of the clientele as we can. But there are a few overlaps of clients. Those who visit all three clubs have been interviewed by us and they all had alibis on that morning that Emily Wilson’s body was dumped." To be more specific, the four of them were all married and were with their families, they were all eager to cooperate as long as Ravi and Lisa did not tell their families about their extra-curricular activities.
"Scums." Lisa cursed outside the interrogation room.
After speaking, Ravi turned to look at her, wondering what would happen if she finds out that the boyfriend that she liked so much was a different shade of scum.
"I don’t think he is a patriot of those clubs. In the autopsy, there was no trace of semen in the victim’s body. There was also no trace of sexual assault." Korra spoke up, drinking her tea a little calmly, "For the killer, I think his choice of victims was pure opportunity. Nobody would miss the death of prostitutes and even if they are found, the police tend not to investigate too closely."
"Why would you..." Lisa began to question her but Korra interrupted.
"This is just a speculation. The amount of torture shows this is someone who enjoys other’s pain. For many sadists, sexually assaulting their victims is not just to have an orgasm, it is because that is another form of torture, it would cause the victim more pain and more humiliation and that is what gets them off but we don’t have it in this case. There is a 70% probability that he is impotent."
"But he used a knife to stab them. I read in a forensic textbook that that could also be a sex crime. The knife is some form of penetration." Sarah asked.
Korra was even more patient when replying, "It could be. Some offenders can not get an erection the normal way so they substitute something else. But this killer did not stab them. He slashed them and let them bleed to death after torturing them for days, he held them captive for days and did not do anything sexual, there was no evidence of fondling or bruising. He does not get off on sexual acts. I believe he did not meet them at the club. What is an impotent man going to a club that provides night services to do?" She normally did not speak so much and had to drink some tea to moisten her throat when she was done.