Obsessed

Detective Harper had seen her fair share of gruesome crimes during her career, but the scene in front of her made her stomach turn. A young woman was lying on the ground, her limbs twisted at impossible angles, her eyes open and glassy. Blood pooled around her body, the metallic smell filling the air. Harper shook her head, trying to shake off the feeling of dread that had settled in her chest. She had to focus on the task at hand.

The victim's name was Jessica, a twenty-four-year-old college student. She had been missing for two days before her body was found in the woods, just outside of town. Harper had a feeling this was not a random killing. The way the body was positioned, the wounds on her neck, and the way her clothes were torn suggested that the killer had a motive.

As Harper and her team started to investigate, they found out that Jessica had been part of a sorority on campus. They interviewed her sorority sisters and found out that she had been acting strange in the days leading up to her disappearance. She had been receiving strange phone calls, but refused to tell anyone who they were from. Her friends also mentioned that she had been seen with a mysterious man, whom they didn't recognize.

Harper knew that they had to find this man. They started to comb through CCTV footage from around the campus, hoping to catch a glimpse of him. And then they found it – a man wearing a hoodie and sunglasses, walking with Jessica towards the woods where her body was found.

The team tracked down the man's identity. His name was James, a former student who had been expelled for harassing female students on campus. He had a history of violence and was known to be a drug user. Harper knew that they had their suspect.

They found James holed up in a dingy apartment on the outskirts of town. He was high on drugs when they found him, but they managed to arrest him without incident. As they were taking him away, Harper noticed something strange about the apartment. There were no personal belongings, no photos or mementos. It was as if the apartment had been staged to look like someone lived there.

Harper started to investigate James' past, and what she found sent chills down her spine. James had been orphaned at a young age and had spent most of his childhood in foster care. But he had a pattern – he would get close to a family, and then something terrible would happen to them. Harper found news articles about a family that had been killed in a house fire, another family that had been found dead in their home, and a third family that had been killed in a car accident.

Harper realized that James had been trying to recreate the perfect family. He had been stalking Jessica, watching her from afar, and had become obsessed with her. He had killed her, hoping to make her a part of his twisted fantasy.

Harper shuddered as she thought about what might have happened if they hadn't caught James. He could have moved on to another victim, someone else to fill the role of his perfect family. She vowed to make sure that he never saw the light of day again.

As the trial approached, Harper had trouble sleeping. She kept seeing Jessica's face, the fear in her eyes as she realized what was happening to her. She knew that she had done everything she could to bring justice to Jessica's family, but the horror of the crime would stay with her forever.

In the end, James was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. But for Harper, the case was never truly closed. She knew that there were other monsters out there, waiting to strike. And she would be there to stop them, no matter the cost.