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Authors: Thomas Laird

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s
Paris
i
co
p
irritate
s
m
e.
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d
lik
e
t
o
mee
t
u
p
wit
h
hi
m
an
d
hi
s
famil
y
a
t
som
e
poin
t,
bu
t
it’
s
a
bi
t
to
o
risk
y
t
o
ange
r
th
e
polic
e
b
y
killin
g
on
e
o
f
thei
r
ow
n.I
can’
t
ove
r-
stimulat
e
publi
c
outrag
e
becaus
e
i
t
tighten
s
th
e
loo
p
o
n
m
y
huntin
g
ground
s.
Nex
t
thin
g
I’
d
kno
w,
al
l
th
e
wome
n
i
n
th
e
cit
y
wil
l
b
e
packin
g
hea
t.
I’
m
tryin
g
t
o
conduc
t
busines
s,
fo
r
th
e
mos
t
par
t,
s
o
I
suppos
e
it’
s
tim
e
fo
r
a
brie
f
interlud
e
.

I
n
orde
r
t
o
fil
l
th
e
othe
r
tw
o
order
s
fo
r
ou
r
Europea
n
client
s
vi
a
Thailan
d,I
me
t
wit
h
tw
o
prostitute
s,
separatel
y,
o
n
th
e
wes
t
sid
e
o
f
th
e
cit
y.I
too
k
the
m
t
o
m
y
apartmen
t,I
anesthetize
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eac
h
o
f
the
m
o
n
thos
e
tw
o
occasion
s,
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d
I
extracte
d
wha
t
th
e
orde
r
calle
d
fo
r—
live
r,
lung
s,
an
d
hear
t.I
dumpe
d
eac
h
o
f
th
e
bodie
s
o
n
differen
t
lot
s
o
n
th
e
wes
t
sid
e
.

I
don’
t
normall
y
d
o
nigger
s,
bu
t,
a
s
I
sai
d,
i
t
wa
s
a
rus
h
orde
r.
Sinc
e
we’r
e
talkin
g
i
n
seve
n
figure
s,
ther
e
wa
s
n
o
tim
e
t
o
b
e
a
s
selectiv
e
a
s
I
normall
y
a
m
.

Th
e
creativ
e
geniuse
s
a
t
th
e
FB
I
an
d
a
t
th
e
Chicag
o
Polic
e
Departmen
t
hav
e
mad
e
i
t
ver
y
publi
c
abou
t
ho
w
th
e
previou
s
‘victims

wer
e
whit
e
female
s
i
n
thei
r
thirtie
s.
Th
e
nigge
r
whore
s
wer
e
probabl
y
i
n
thei
r
earl
y
twentie
s,
an
d
I
trie
d
t
o
mak
e
m
y
cutting
s
a
s
crud
e
a
s
possibl
e.
I
t
coul
d
b
e
tha
t
they’l
l
thin
k
someone’
s
doin
g
a
copyca
t.I
hop
e
s
o.
It’
s
no
t
ver
y
cleve
r
t
o
b
e
predictabl
e
.

B
y
thi
s
tim
e
Paris
i
an
d
hi
s
cohort
s
wil
l
hav
e
conducte
d
th
e
inevitabl
e
intervie
w
wit
h
m
y
parent
s.
An
d
b
y
thi
s
tim
e
th
e
polic
e
wil
l
hav
e
learne
d
fro
m
m
y
mothe
r
an
d
fathe
r
tha
t
I
cam
e
hom
e
‘changed

fro
m
m
y
militar
y
servic
e.
An
d
the
n
Paris
i
wil
l
hav
e
notice
d
a
photograp
h
tha
t
contain
s
a
ne
w
playe
r
i
n
th
e
Karrio
s
cla
n.
H
e
wil
l
hav
e
inquire
d
wh
o
sh
e
wa
s
an
d
wha
t
sh
e
ha
d
t
o
d
o
wit
h
m
y
growin
g-
u
p.
Bu
t
m
y
parent
s
wil
l
no
t
hav
e
tol
d
the
m
anythin
g
specifi
c
abou
t
Marin
a.
The
y
wil
l
no
t
discus
s
anythin
g
a
s
persona
l
an
d
a
s
delicat
e
a
s
ou
r
previou
s
‘situation
’.
The
y
woul
d
no
t
an
d
coul
d
no
t.
Marina’
s
bee
n
dea
d
fo
r
man
y
year
s.
Sh
e
wa
s
kille
d
wit
h
he
r
husban
d
i
n
a
ca
r
acciden
t
o
n
th
e
couple’
s
wa
y
t
o
thei
r
honeymoo
n.
The
y
migh
t
hav
e
mentione
d
th
e
acciden
t
t
o
Paris
i
o
r
th
e
FB
I
o
r
som
e
Sheriff’
s
deput
y,
bu
t
the
y
wouldn’
t
hav
e
disclose
d
anythin
g
furthe
r.
N
o.
They’v
e
burie
d
Marin
a
deepe
r
tha
n
an
y
cemeter
y
plo
t.
She’
s
gon
e
an
d
she’
s
bee
n
disappeare
d
.

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