Every human life involves an unfathomable mystery, for man is the riddle of the universe, and the riddle of man in his endowment with personal capacities.
Harry Emerson Fosdick

Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.
R. I. Fitzhenry

CROW HILLS TOWN
MONDAY NIGHT
1O:10 PM
CROW HILLS BAR
OFFICER SUMIL FLIRK

The door jingled as she entered the only bar in Crow Hills, sometimes she thinks the bar was wrongly named with its outdated amenities, old chairs and dirt brown tables, it should have been named the Crow Hills drink and leave, she smile wryly at her own musing.

She looks around the dimly lit room, waving to familiar faces in the room, finding the person she was looking for, she walks towards him, even from afar she could see agent Roman has been there for some minutes, with the half filled beer bottle in front of him.

"I didn't think you would show up, you looked frightened this afternoon," agent Roman said as she was sitting down besides him

"I didn't Know I would come, but I couldn't stay home alone with all this thought running through my head, that's why I decided to come, I need the company," she answered him, taking the available sit besides him.

"You are taking it hard, why? Are you related to the James?" Agent Roman asked, looking at her curiously.

"I am not related to them, but I feel their pain. Don't you wondered what may have happened to the boy? No news or tips about his whereabouts, I am dreading what we'll find out about him," she answered, taking the drink from the bartender.

"I still think you are taking this more personal than it should be," agent Roman said.

"Aren't you bothered? Don't you think about what the boy may be going through now? All those things are my uttermost concern," she replied him.

"Of course I do, even the suspense of this whole case is making me dizzy..." He stopped mid sentence, watching the news display on the small black and white television in the bar. Wondering why agent Roman stopped talking, she turns towards the direction he was looking.

NEWS REPORT
EVENING NEWS REPORT

The heading was written boldly at the bottom of the images displaying on the television, beckoning to the bartender, she told him to increase the volume.

Good evening people, this is the evening news report. Brought to you by Sidney Aiko for CHNews.

The aptly named recluse of Crow Hills Town, Mr. Lane, has been found as the true perpetrator of the murder of the teenager's death happening in the small town.

Earlier this morning, the police officer Sumil Flirk and FBI agent Roman discovered the body of missing Marvel Savil on Mr. Lane's property. With a long gnash wound and also two bullet wound found on the body, these evidence points directly to Mr. Lane as the perpetrator of the crime as the weapon used in discharging the gun shot was found in Mr. Lane's house.

As at this evening when we were gathering our report, we learned that, Mr. Lane followed the officers to the station willingly which was quite strange and suspicious in itself, but we are yet to ascertain the reason why Mr. Lane would behave that way and the police are still looking for more evidence.

But amidst all this was the news of the missing son of the James along with their dog, Juz, Togan James, who went missing earlier this morning and hasn't been found or located yet.

There has been speculation about the missing teenager, with the people of the town wondering if he was Mr. Lane's next victim, as at the time we are gathering information for the news, we haven't able to get any comment from Mr. Lane. The question on every Crow Hills Towner's mind is could Mr. Lane kidnapped the boy along with the dog? Or the boy just wandered away from home and get lost?

She tuned out the noise of the television after that, this was one of the thing that has been bothering her, could it have really been Mr. Lane? Is he the real culprit of the situation or is he just a Victim like all the other teenagers? Noticing that agent Roman stand up to answer a call on his phone, She shakes her head to clear her thoughts.

CROW HILLS TOWN
MONDAY NIGHT
1O:25 PM
CROW HILLS BAR
FBI AGENT ROMAN

This case has been one of the hardest case he has handled yet, the mystery of it all is killing, its like been entangled in a web of deceit. Earlier in the day he was surprised with the turn of event, who would have thought the person no one suspect of would be the real culprit they've been looking for?

One of the only thing that was bothering him was, there is no motive, no reason why the man was killing all those people and also the case doesn't add up. How would he explain the death of the first two teenagers? The man has an alibi for that day.

Who would have thought the small Crow Hills Town is filled with secrets, drama and also a serial killer on the loose? With all of his questions and no one to give him a answer he decide to invite officer Sumil out for a drink and the local bar.

Even with her presence with him at the bar, he couldn't shake away the feeling of dread that has enveloped him since he heard the news of the missing boy. Listening to the news just add more to his feeling of incompetence.

The ringing of his phone stopped him from commenting on the news, he stands up and walk outside to receive the call. It was strange that the call was from a pay phone. So he was weary to say anything at first.

"Hello, is this agent Roman?" The voice at the other end asked.

"Yes, this is him. What can I do for you?" He asked, trying hard to guess who the voice belongs too.

"I have an information for you, its about the case you are working on," The voice answered.

"Whats the information," Agent Roman asked, he can already guessed the caller is using something to hide is voice, the voice sounded nasally and gruff.

"The missing boy was at Mr. Lane's house this morning, I was passing by when i saw him walking along with their dog. Mr. Lane stopped him to talk, they were far away from me so i don't know what they really talked about,"

"Are you certain about this?" Agent Roman asked.

"Yes,"

"Why didn't you....." The dialing tone cut off agent Roman's question.

"God, this drama doesn't seems to have an end," he muttered to himself as he entered the bar, to inform officer Flirk of this new information.

CROW HILLS TOWN
TUESDAY MORNING
10:30 AM
RISE AND SHINE COFFEE SHOP
KIRSTY DANE

Kirsty listened with half hear to what her mother is talking about. She didn't want to leave the house, if it were up to her she would sleep under the cover and cry for her dead friends. No matter how she thinks about it, she couldn't accept that they are gone, it doesn't sound real to her.

Following the police discovery of the first body, she couldn't sleep through out the first night and the other night that followed, her crying from nightmare usually wake up her mom from sleep. Now with the body of Marvel turning up, she doubt she will get any sleep any time soon.

Kirsty fear what her nightmare would be about if she close her eyes even for a seconds, it was one of the reason why her mother decided that they should have a morning coffee to cheer her up.

The sound of the television distract her from her thoughts and it also stopped her mother's lone chattering.

NEWS REPORT: Togan James' body along with the dog's body found on Mr. Lane's property.

Good morning, this is morning news brought to you by Sidney Aiko for CHNews.

Late last night while we were still gathering more information about the horror of the serial death happening in the small town of Crow Hills Town, we received an anonymous call tipping us about the whereabout of the missing James boy.

Following our source, it leads us directly to Mr. Lane's property where we found the police men and also FBI agent Roman already at the scene.

According to FBI agent Roman, the body of Togan James tied with the dog was found near the location where they found the body of Marvel Savil. The agent said, though the time of death hasn't been confirmed yet, but he guess it was earlier yesterday morning and it was also the reason they didn't discovered the body, because it was recent.

Also found at Mr. Lane's house was several strange things stained with blood, which the police believed was the instrument used in killing the other victims. Even though we were at the scene, the police didn't allow us to get a look at the body yet, for fear of destroying the evidence.

We morn with all of Crow Hills Town and every parents that has lose a child to this serial killer, its with happy heart that we rejoice that Mr. Lane is now in the police custody and this is an end to he killing in the town.

"Ooh God, Oh my God," her mother said, quietly as if afraid to talk louder.

Kirsty was to shocked to react, its as if her nightmare is playing out all over again, only this time its happening in real life, she couldn't take away her eyes from the news on the television, her mother noticed this and she Grabbed her bag in one hand, she grabbed Kirsty with her other hand and left the shop quickly.
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