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. Calling to find distributors and retailers.
* 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
and end the journey begun at birth.
--The Watchmaker
* Not in any poetry databases; probably his own.
* Cold Moon is lunar month, the month of death.
* $60 in pocket, no serial number leads; prints negative.
* Fine sand used as "obscuring agent." Sand was generic. Because he's returning to the scene?
* Metal bar, 81 pounds, is needle-eye span. Not being used in construction across from the alleyway. No other source found.
* Duct tape, generic, but cut precisely, unusual. Exactly the same lengths.
* Thallium sulfate (rodent poison) found in sand.
* Soil containing fish protein found inside victim's jacket.
* Very little trace found.
* Brown fibers, probably automotive carpeting.
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