* Alley is a cul-de-sac. Fifteen feet wide by one hundred and four feet long, surfaced in cobblestones, body was fifteen feet from Cedar Street.
Victim:
* Theodore Adams.
* Lived in Battery Park.
* Freelance copywriter.
* No known enemies.
* No warrants, state or federal.
* Checking for a connection with buildings around alley. None found.
Perp:
* The Watchmaker.
* Male.
* No database entries for the Watchmaker.
M.O.:
* Dragged from vehicle to alley, where iron bar was suspended over him. Eventually crushed throat.
* Awaiting medical examiner's report to confirm.
* No evidence of sexual activity.
* Time of death: approximately 10:15 P.M. to 11 P.M. Monday night. Medical examiner to confirm.
Evidence:
* Clock.
* No explosives, chemical-or bioagents.
* Identical to clock at pier.
* No fingerprints, minimal trace.
* Arnold Products, Framingham, MA.
* Sold by Hallerstein's Timepieces, Manhattan.
* Poem left by perp at both scenes.
* Computer printer, generic paper, HP LaserJet ink.
* Text:
The full Cold Moon is in the sky,
shining on the corpse of earth,
signifying the hour to die