Twisted by Francine Pascal Read Free Book Online Page A

felt a little thrill go through her. As sick as she knew the thought was, the idea of Gaia and murder just seemed so right .
    Â 
    NEW YORK POST
    ANOTHER BLOND BEAUTY DEAD
    G ENTLEMAN K ILLER P LANTS B LOODY
K NIFE IN H EART OF NYC
    After a killing spree that has left victims scattered from Connecticut to New Jersey, the serial killer known only as the “Gentleman” has taken his act off Broadway—slicing up an NYU coed just a block from the school’s campus.
    Carolyn Mosley, 20, a freshman at NYU, was found dead this morning by maintenance workers at Washington Square Park, say city officials. The manner of death points to a connection with the string of killings committed by the infamous serial killer, the Gentleman, according to officials.
    Police have been reluctant to share details of the killer’s technique, but sources have confirmed that this Gentleman is no gentleman. Death in the Gentleman’s victims has been brought about by numerous knife wounds, according to information released by New Jersey police. Victims have received multiple stab wounds and have suffered “extreme violence and extensive damage,” according to reports on the previous victims.
    â€œTheir throats were cut so badly, they were nearly decapitated,” said Stanley G. Norster, a detective who investigated the Gentleman’s killings in Connecticut. “There’s an incredible amount of anger in these killings. A rage.”
    Police have admitted to withholding some details of the Gentleman’s actions in previous crimes. The FBI has been involved in this investigation for several weeks, and a psychological profile of the killer has been prepared, but this profile has not been made available to the public. Sources inside the coroner’s office indicate that the bodies show evidence of torture. The killer apparently administered dozens of cuts and other injuries before the killing blow. The killer didn’t stop with death. Other signs
    Continued on page 12
    Â 
    New York Times, Morning Edition
    NYU Student Killed in
Washington Square Park
    NYU—A New York University student was found dead early this morning only two blocks from the university campus, according to police. Carolyn Mosley, 20, a freshman at NYU, died as a direct result of blunt trauma and numerous stab wounds, officials say.
    The body was discovered in the southwestern part of Washington Square Park by maintenance workers responding to a report of a gas leak. No leak was found, but Ms. Moser’s body was found at the location of the alleged leak. Police spokesmen refused comment when asked about the possibility that the gas leak was reported by someone involved in the murder.
    Mosley was last seen leaving a restaurant on MacDougal Street around 11 P.M ., according to officials. The student worked part-time at the restaurant and worked her regular shift there the evening of her death.
    No suspects have been named; however, the condition of the body has led to speculation that the case may be related to a series of killings in Connecticut.
    Police have scheduled a press conference for 3 P.M. to discuss the case. Case files from the possibly related murders in other states have been requested, according to police.
    Â 
    From : E.
    To: L.
    Last night’s events confirm Delta presence. High probability of encounter with primary subject and subsequent risk. Advise.
    Â 
    From: L.
    To: E.
    Continue to monitor activity. Do not intercede at this time. Will personally visit site within twenty-four hours.
    I want to see what happens.

numbering the dead
    They had nothing in common at all-nothing except a general similarity of features and the fact that they were all dead.
Pretty Girls
    ONE AFTER ANOTHER, THE FACES and names of the Gentleman’s victims appeared on the computer monitor.
    Debra Lemasters—more cute than beautiful, with her hair pulled back in a ponytail and wide blue eyes that stared out from a yearbook